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MARCEL. 



ii. 95 ; variability dependent on re- 

 production, ii. 237 ; period of action ! 



of variability, ii. "247 ; inheritance of i 



deafness in cats, ii. 322: complexion 



and constitution, ii. 329. 

 Lucaze-Duthiers, structure and 



growth of galls, ii. 272-274. 

 Lucae, Prof., on the masked pig, i. 72 ; 



on pigs, ii. 289. 

 LuiZET, grafting of a peach-almond on 



a peach, i. 359. 

 Lutke, cats of the Caroline Archipelago, 



i. 49. 

 Luxuriance, of vegetative organs, a 



cause of sterility in plants, ii. 152, 



155. 

 Lyoxxet, on the scission of Xais, ii. 351. 

 Lysimachia nummularia, sterility of, ii. 



154. 

 Lythrum, trimorphic species of, ii. 394. 

 Lythrum salicaria, ii. 166 ; contabescence 



in, ii. 149. 

 Lytta vesioitoria, affecting the kidneys, 



ii. 373. 



Macacus, species of, bred in captivity, 

 ii. 135. 



MACAULAY, Lord, improvement of the 

 English horse, ii. 197. 



M'CLELLAND, Dr.. variability of fresh- 

 water fishes in India, ii. 246. 



M'COY, Prof., on the dingo, i. 26. 



Macfayden, influence of soil in pro- 

 ducing sweet or bitter oranges from 

 the same seed, i. 355. 



MACGILLIVRAY, domestication of the 

 rock-dove, i. 194; feral pigeons in 

 Scotland, i. 200 ; number of vertebrae 

 in birds, i. 280 ; on wild geese, i. 

 302 ; number of eggs of wild and tame 

 ducks, ii. 91. 



Mackenzie. Sir G., peculiar variety of 

 the potato, i. 350. 



Mackenzie, P., bud-variation in the 

 currant, i. 400. 



MACKINNON, Mr., horses of the Falkland 

 Islands, i. 55 ; feral cattle of the 

 Falkland Islands, i. 89. 



MacKnigut. C, on interbreeding cattle, 

 ii. 96. 



MacNab, Mr., on seedling weeping 

 birches, i. 461; non-production of 

 the weeping beech by seed. i. 462. 



Madagascar, cats vi, i. 49. 



Madden, H.. on interbreeding cattle, 

 ii. 96. 



Madeira, rock pigeon of, i. 193. 



21 agnolia grandiflora, ii. 299. 



Magnus, Herr, on potato-grafting, i 

 422 ; on graft-hybrids, i. 423, 424. 



Maize, its unity of origin, i. 338 ; anti- 

 quity of, ibid. ; with husked grains 

 said to grow wild, ibid. ; variation of, 

 i. 239 ; irregularities in the flowers 

 of, i. 339 ; persistence of varieties, 

 ibid. ; adaptation of, to climate, i. 

 340, ii. 297 ; acclimatisation of, ii. 

 304, 339 ; crossing of, i. 430, ii. 82, 

 83 ; extinct Peruvian varieties of, ii 

 421. 



Malay fowl, i. 237. 



Malay Archipelago, horses of, i. 56 ; 

 short-tailed cats of, i. 49 ; striped 

 young wild pigs of, i. 80 ; ducks of, 

 i. 294. 



Male, influence of. on the fecundated 

 female, i. 428-437 ; supposed influence 

 of, on offspring, ii. 44. 



Male flowers, appearance of, among 

 female flowers in maize, i. 339. 



Malformations, hereditary, ii. 55. 



Malingie-Xouel. on sheep, i. 100 ; 

 cross-breeding sheep, ii. 45; English 

 sheep in France, ii. 220. 



Malm, eyes of flat fish, ii. 28. 



Maka, fertilisation of, i. 434, ii. 356. 



Mamestra suasa, ii. 141. 



Mamm.e. variable in number in the pig. 

 i. 77 ; rudimentary, occasional full 

 development of. in cows, i. 91, ii. 

 309 ; four present in some sheep, i. 

 99 ; variable in number in rabbits, 

 i. 110; latent functions of, in mal« 

 animals, ii. 27, 309. 



Mangles. Mr., annual varieties of the 

 heartsease, ii. 295. 



Mantegazza, abnormal growth ofspui 

 of cock, ii. 365 ; on Pangenesis, ii. 

 371. 



Mantell, Mr., taming of birds by the 

 New Zealanders, ii. 144. 



Manu, domestic fowl noticed in the In- 

 stitutes of. i. 258. 



Manure, effect of, on the fertility ot 

 plants, ii. 147. 



Manx cats, i. 48, ii. 41. 



Marcel de Serres, fertility of the os- 

 trich, ii. 140. 



