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MENETRIE3. 



INDEX. 



MOQEIN-TAXDON. 



MenetRIES, on the stomach of Strix 

 grallaria, ii. 292. 



Meningitis, tubercular, inherited, ii. 55. 



Merrick, potato-grafting, i. 422. 



?>1et agenesis, ii. 362. 



Metamorphosis, ii. 362. 



Metamorphosis and development, ii. 

 383, 384. 



Metzger, on the supposed species of 

 wheat, i. 329, 330; tendency of wheat 

 to vary, i. 332 ; variation of maize, i. 

 339, 340 ; cultivation of American 

 maize in Europe, i. 340, ii. 339 ; on 

 cabbages, i. 341-344 ; acclimatisation 

 of Spanish wheat in Germany, i. 472 ; 

 advantage of change of soil to plants, 

 ii. 128; on rye, ii. 241: cultivation 

 of different kinds of wheat, ii. 248. 



Mexico, dog from, with tan spots on 

 the eyes, i. 29 ; colours of feral horses 

 in, i. 64. 



Meyen, on seeding of bananas, ii. 152. 



Mice, grey and white, colours of, not 

 blended by crossing, ii. 70 ; rejection 

 of bitter almonds by, ii. 218; naked, 

 ii. 268. 



Michaux, F., roan-coloured feral horses 

 of Mexico, i. 64 ; origin of domestic 

 turkey, i. 308 ; on raising peaches 

 from seed, i. 360. 



Michel, F., selection of horses in mediae- 

 val times, ii. 1ST; horses preferred 

 on account of slight characters, ii. 

 194. 



Michely, effects of food on caterpillars, 

 ii. 270 ; on Bumhyx hesperus. ii. 329. 



Microphthalmia, associated with de- 

 fective teeth, ii. 321. 



Middens, Danish, remains of dogs in, i. 

 18, ii. 423. 



MiGNONErrE. ii. 223, 301. 



Millet, i. 396. 



Mills, J., diminished fertility of mares 

 when first turned out to grass, ii. 

 145. 



Milne-Edwards, on the development 

 of the Crustacea, ii. 363. 



Milne-Edwards, A., on a crustacean 

 with a monstrous eye-peduncle, ii. 

 385. 



Milvus niger, ii. 137. 



Mimulus luteus, ii. 109. 



Misor, W. C, gemmation md fission in 

 annelids, ii. 351. 



Mirabilis, fertilisation of, ii. 356; hvbrids 

 of, ii. Ill, 153, 253. 



Mirabilis jalapa, i. 407, 426. 



Mirabilis longiflora, ii. 65. 



Mirabilis vulgaris, ii. 65. 



Misocampus and Cecidomyia, i. 5. 



Mitchell, Dr., effects of the poison of 

 the rattlesnake, ii. 279. 



Mitford, Mr., notice of the breeding of 

 horses by Erichthonius, ii. 186. 



Mivart, Mr., rudimentary organs, ii. 

 308. 



Moccas Court, weeping oak at, i. 461. 



Mogford, horses poisoned by fool's par- 

 sley, ii. 331. 



Moller, L., effects of food on insects, 

 ii. 270. 



Mole, white, ii. 326. 



Moll and Gavot, on cattle, i. 84, ii. 74, 

 195. 



MOLLUSCA, change in shells of, ii. 270. 



Monke, Ladv, culture of the pansy by, 

 i. 391. 



Monkeys, rarely fertile in captivity, 

 ii. 135. 



Monnier, identity of summer and 

 winter wheat, i. 333. 



Monsters, double, ii. 333, 334. 



Monstrosities, occurrence of, in do- 

 mesticated animals and cultivated 

 plants, i. 389, ii. 241 ; due to per- 

 sistence of embryonic conditions, 

 ii. 31 ; occurring by reversion, ii. 

 31-34; a cause of sterility, ii. 150, 

 151 ; caused by injurv to the embrvo, 

 ii. 257. 



Moor, J. H., deterioration of the horse 

 in Malasia, i. 56. 



Moorcroft, Mr., on Hasora wheat, i. 

 331 ; selection of white-tailed yaks, 

 ii. 190; melon of Kaschmir, ii. 264; 

 varieties of the apricot cultivated in 

 Ladakh, i. 366; varieties of the 

 walnut cultivated in Kaschmir, i. 

 379. 



Moore, Mr., on breeds of pigeons, i. 

 155, 163, 217. 219, 221 ; on ground 

 tumblers, i. 228. 



Mooruk, fertilitv of, in captivitv, ii. 

 140. 



Moquin-Tandon, original form of 

 maize, i. 339 ; variety of the double 

 columbine, i. 389; peloric flowers, 

 ii. 32-35; position as a cause cf 



