NEWT. 



INDEX. 



ORGANISATION. 



471 



Newt, polydactylism in the, i. 548. 



Newton, A., absence of sexual distinc- 

 tions in the Columbidee, i. 171; 

 production of a " black-shouldered " 

 peahen among the ordinary kind, i. 

 306 ; on hybrid ducks, ii. 140. 



Ngami, Lake, cattle of, i. 91. 



" NlATA " cattle, i. 92-94; resemblance 

 of, to Sivatherium, i. 93 ; prepotency 

 of transmission of character by, ii. 

 41. 



"Nicard" rabbit, i. 111. 



Nicholson, Dr., on the cats of Antigua, 

 i. 48 ; on the sheep of Antigua, i. 

 102. 



Nicotiana, crossing of varieties and 

 species of, ii. 87 ; prepotency of 

 transmission of characters in species 

 of, ii. 43 ; contabescence of female 

 organs in, ii. 150. 



Nicoti'-ina glutinosa, ii. 87. 



Niebuhr, on the heredity of mental 

 characteristics in some Eoman fami- 

 lies, ii. 40. 



Night-blindness, non-reversion to, ii. 

 10. 



NiLSSON, Prof., on the barking of a 

 young wolf, i. 28 ; parentage of 

 European breeds of cattle, i. 84, 85 ; 

 on Bos frontosus in Scania, i. 85. 



Nind, Mr., on the dingo, i. 41. 



"Nisus formativus," ii. 283, 284, 

 348. 



Nitzsch, on the absence of the oil- 

 gland in certain Columbse, i. 155. 



Non-inheritance, causes of, i. 470- 

 472. 



" Nonnain" pigeon, i. 161. 



Nordmann, dogs of Awhasie, i. 25. 



Normandy, pigs of, with appendages 

 under the jaw, i. 78. 



Norway, striped ponies of, i. 61. 



Nott and Gliddon, on the origin of the 

 dog, i. 16 ; mastiff represented on an 

 Assyrian tomb, i. 1 7 ; on Egyptian 

 dogs, i. 18 ; on tne Hare Indian dog, 

 i. 23. 



Notylia, ii. 116. 



Nourishment, excess of, a cause of 

 variability, ii. 244. 



Number, importance of, in selection, 

 ii. 221. 



Numida ptilorhyncha, the orig'nal of 

 the Guinea-fowl, i. 310. 



Nun pigeon, i. 163 ; known to Aldro- 



vandi, i. 217. 

 Nutmeg-tree, ii. 223. 



Oak, weeping, i. 385, 461; ii. 228; 



pyramidal, i. 385 ; Hessian, ibid. ; 



late-leaved, i. 386 ; valueless as 



timber at the Cape of Good Hope, 



ii. 264; changes in, dependent on 



age, i. 413 ; galls of the, ii. 272. 

 Oats, wild, i. 330 ; in the Swiss lake- 

 dwellings, i. 337. 

 Oberlin, change of soil beneficial to 



the potato, ii. 128. 

 Odart, Count, varieties of the vine, i. 



353, ii, 267 ; bud-variation in the 



vine, i. 400. 

 (Ecidium, ii. 274. 

 Oenothera biennis, bud-variation in, i. 



407. 

 Ogle, Dr. J. W., inherited deficient 



phalanges, i. 458 ; resemblance of 



twins, ii. 239, 240. 

 Oil-gland, absence of, in fantail 



pigeons, i. 155, 168. 

 Oldfield, Mr., estimation of European 



dogs among the natives of Australia, 



ii. 199. 

 Oleander, stock affected by grafting 



in the, i. 418. 

 Ollier, Dr., insertion of the periosteum 



of a dog beneath the skin of a rabbit, 



ii. 365. 

 Oncidium, reproduction of, ii. 114-116, 



147. 

 Onions, crossing of, ii. 68 ; white, 



liable to the attacks of fungi and 



disease, ii. 213, 330. 

 Ophrys cpifera, self-fertilisation of ii. 



69 ; formation of pollen by a petal 



in, ii. 387. 

 Opuntia leucotrichu ii. 267. 

 Orange, i. 355-356 ; crossing of, ii. 



68 ; with the lemon, i. 430, ii. 360 ; 



naturalisation of, m Italy, ii. 298 ; 



variation of, in North Italy, ii. 243 ; 



peculiar variety of, ii. 325 ; bizzarria, 



i. 417 ; trifacial, i. 418. 

 Orchids, reproduction of, i. 434, 435 ; 



ii. 114-116. 

 Orford, Lord, crossing greyhounds with 



the bulldog, i. 43. 

 Organisms, origin of, i. 13. 

 Organisation, advancement in, i. S. 



