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INDEX. 



HARE. 



Greening, Mr., experiments on Abraxas 

 grossulariata, ii. 270. 



GBEGSON, Mr., experiments on Abraxas 

 grossulari'da, ii. 270. 



Grey, Sir George, preservation of seed- 

 bearing plants by the Australian sa- 

 vages, i. 327 ; detestation of incest by 

 Australian savages, ii. 103. 



Greyhounds, sculptured on Egyptian 

 monuments, and in the Villa of Anto- 

 Dinus, i. 17 ; modern breed of, i. 43 ; 

 crossed with the bulldog, by Lord 

 Orford, ii. 73 ; close interbreeding of, 

 :i. 100 ; co-ordination of structure 

 of, due to selection, ii. 206, 207 ; 

 Italian, ii. 212. 



Greyness, inherited at corresponding 

 periods of life, ii. 53. 



Grieve, Mr., on early-flowering dahlias, 

 i. 394. 



Grigor, Mr., acclimatisation of the 

 Scotch fir, ii. 300. 



Gronland, hybrids of JEgilcys and 

 wheat, ii. 88! 



Groom-Napier, C. O., on the webbed 

 feet of the otter-hound, i. 41. 



Gros, on Pangenesis, ii. 350. 



" Grosses-gorges " (pigeons), i. 143. 



Ground-tumbler, Indian, i. 157. 



Grouse, fertilitv of, in captivity, ii. 

 139. 



Grus moniigresia, coierea, and antigonc, 

 ii. 140. 



Guanacos, selection of, ii. 192. 



GUANS, general fertility of, in captivitv, 

 ii. 139. 



Guelder-rose. ii. 169. 



GtTELDERLAND fowls, i. 241. 



Guiana, selection of dogs by the Indians 

 of, ii. 191. 



Guinea fowl, i. 310 ; feral, in Ascension 

 and Jamaica, i. 200, ii. 7 ; indiffer- 

 ence of, to change of climate, ii. 145. 



Guinea pig, i. 467, ii. 135. 



Guldenstadt, on the jackal, i. 25. 



Gull, herring, breeding in confinement, 

 ii. 141. 



Gulls, general sterilitv of, in captivity, ' 

 ii. 141. 



Gulo, sterility of, in captivity, ii. 134. i 



GUNTHER, A., on tufted ducks and 

 geese, i. 289 ; on the regeneration of 

 lost parts in batrachia, ii. 358. 



Subnet, Mr., owls breeding in cap- 



tivity, ii. 137 ; appearance of " black* 

 shouldered " among ordinary pea« 

 cocks, i. 306. 



Habit, influence of. in acclimatisation, 

 ii. 302-305. 



Hackel. on fissiparous reproduction, ii. 

 357 ; on cells, ii. 366 ; on the double 

 reproduction of medusae, ii. 379 ; on 

 inheritance, ii. 391. 



Hackles, peculiarities of, in fowls, i. 

 266. 



Hair, on the face, inheritance of, in 

 man, i. 449 : peculiar lock of, in- 

 herited, ibid. ; growth of, under 

 stimulation of skin, ii. 319; homo- 

 logous variation of, ii. 318 ; develop- 

 ment of, in the brain, ii. 386. 



Hair and teeth, correlation of, ii. 319- 

 321. 



Hairy family, corresponding period of 

 inheritance in, ii. 53. 



Half-castes, character of, ii. 21. 



Half-lop rabbits, figured and described, 

 i. 111,112; skull of, i. 124. 



Hj.li&tus leucocephalus, copulating in 

 captivity, ii. 137. 



Hallam, Col., on a two-legged race of 

 pigs, i. 448. 



Hallet, Major, selection in cereals, i. 

 184 ; on pedigree wheat, i. 332. 



Hamburgh fowl, i. 238, 274; figured, 

 i. 239. 



Hamilton, wild cattle of. i. 87. 



Hamilton, Dr., on the assumption of 

 male plumage by the hen pheasant, 

 ii. 26. 



Hamilton, F. Buchanan, on the shad- 

 dock, i. 355 ; varieties of Indian culti- 

 vated plants, ii. 243. 



Hancock, Mr., sterility of tamed birds, 

 ii. 138, 140.' 



Handwriting, inheritance of pecu- 

 liarities in, i. 449. 



Hanmer, Sir J., on selection of flower- 

 seeds, ii. 188. 



Hansf.ll. Mr., inheritance of dark yolks 

 in duck's eggs, i. 295. 



Harcourt, E. V., on the Arab boar- 

 hound, i. 18 ; aversion of the Arabs 

 to dun-coloured horses, i. 58. 



Hardy, Mr., effect of excess of nourish- 

 ment on plants, ii. 244. 



Hare, hvtrids of. with rabbit, i. 109' 



