STBIX. 



INDEX. 



487 



Granada, i. 81 ; of fruit and flowers, 



i. 430, ii. 11; in horses, i. 58-63; in 



the ass, i. 66, 67 ; production of, by 



crossing species of Equidse, ii. 16, 17. 

 Strix grallaria, ii. 292. 

 Strix passer ina, ii. 137. 

 " Strupp-Taube," i. 163. 

 Struthers, D., osteology of the feet in 



solid-hoofed pigs, i. 78 ; on poly- 



dactylism, i. 457, 458. 

 Sturm, prepotency of transmission of 



characters in sheep and cattle, ii. 41 ; 



absorption of the minority in crossed 



races, ii. 65 ; correlation of twisted 



horns and curled wool in sheep, ii. 



318. 

 Sub-species, wild, of Columba lima and 



other pigeons, i. 214. 

 Succession, geological, of organisms, i. 



11. 

 Suckers, bud-variation by, i. 409. 

 Sugar-cane, sterility of, in various 



countries, ii. 1 53 ; sporting of, i. 410 ; 



white, liability of, to disease, ii. 213. 



330. 

 Suicide, hereditary tendency to, i. 451, 



ii. 55. 

 Sulivan, Admiral, on the horses of the 



Falkland Islands, i. 55 ; wild pigs of 



the Falkland Islands, i. 80 ; feral cattle 



of the Falkland Islands, i. 89, 96; 



feral rabbits of the Falkland Islands, 



i. 117. 

 Sultan fowl, i. 240, 267. 

 Sus indicus, i. 68, 70-72, ii. 89. 

 Sus plickeps (figured), i. 72. 

 Sus scrofa, i. 68, 69, ii. 89. 

 Sus scrofa paiustris, i. 71. 

 Sus sennariensis, i. 71. 

 Sus vittatus, i. 70. 



Swallows, a breed of pigeons, i. 64. 

 Sweet peas, ii. 68; crosses of, ii. 71 ; 



varieties of, coming true by seed, i. 



463 ; acclimatisation of, in India, ii. 



302. 

 Sweet William, bud-variation in, i. 406. 

 Swinhoe, R., on Chinese pigeons, i. 



155, 216 ; on striped Chinese horses, 



i. 61 ; on the japanned peacock, i. 30C. 

 Switzerland, ancient dogs of, i. 19; 



pigs of, in the Neolithic period, i. 71 ; 



goats of, i. 105. 

 Sycamore, pale-leaved variety of the, 



ii. 324. 



Sykes, Colonel, on a pariah dog with 

 crooked legs, i. 17 ; on small Indian 

 asses, i. 65 ; on Gallus sonneratii, i. 

 245 ; on the voice of the Indian Kulm 

 cock, i. 272 ; fertility of the fowl in 

 most climates, ii. 144. 



Symmetry, hereditary departures from, 

 i. 456. 



Symphytum, variegated, i. 410. 



Syphilis, hereditary, ii. 325. 



Syria, asses of, i. 65. 



Syringa persica, chinensis, and vulgaris, 



• ii. 148. 



Tacitus, on the care taken by the Celts 



in breeding animals, ii. 187. 

 Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of, i. 



463. 

 Tahiti, varieties of cultivated plants 



in, ii. 243. 

 Tail, never curled in wild animals, ii. 



291; rudimentary in Chinese sheep, 



ii. 306. 

 Tail-feathers, numbers of, in breeds 



of pigeons, i. 167, 168; peculiarities 



of, in cocks, i. 267 ; variability of, in 



fowls, i. 270 ; curled, in Anas boschas, 



and tame drakes, i. 295. 

 Tait, Lawson, presence of hairs and 



teeth in ovarian tumours, ii. 365. 

 Talent, hereditary, i. 451. 

 Tankerville, Earl of, on Chillingham 



cattle, i. 88, ii. 97. 

 Tanner, Prof, effects of disuse of parts 



in cattle, ii. 289. 

 Tapir, sterility of the, in captivity, ii. 



133. 

 Targioni-Tozzetti, on cultivated 



plants, i. 323 ; on the vine, i. 352 ; 



varieties of the peach, i. 363 ; origin 



and varieties of the plum, i. 367 ; 



origin of the cherry, i. 368 ; origin 



of roses, i. 390. 

 Tarsus, variability of the, in fowls, i. 



272 ; reproduction of the, in a thrush, 



ii. 358. 

 Tartars, their preference for spiral- 

 horned sheep, ii. 194. 

 Tavernier, abundance of pigeons in 



Persia, i. 215. 

 Taxus baccata, i. 461. 

 Taylor, Mr., potato-grafting, i. 420. 

 Teebay, Mr., reversion in fowls, ii. 12. 

 Teeth, number and position of, in dogs, 



