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INDEX. 



THORNS. 



i. 35 ; deficiency of. in naked Turkish 

 dogs, i. 36 ; period of appearance of, 

 in breeds of dogs, ibid. ; precocity of, 

 in highly-bred animals, ii. 313 ; cor- 

 relation of. with hair, ii. 319 ; double 

 row of, with redundant hair, in Julia 

 Pastrana, ii. 321 ; affected in form 

 by hereditary syphilis and by pulmo- 

 nary tubercle, ii. 325 ; developed on 

 the palate, ii. 385. 



Tegetmeier, Mr., on a cat with mon- 

 strous teeth, i. 50 ; on a swift-like 

 pigeon, i. 165; on sexual colours, i. 

 i70; naked young of some pigeons, 

 i. 179 ; fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 

 201; on white pigeons, ii. 215; re- 

 version in crossed breeds of fowls, i. 

 251-256; chicks of the white silk- 

 fowl, i. 261 ; development of the 

 cranial protuberance in Polish fowls, 

 i. 262; on the skull in the Polish 

 fowl, i. 268, 275 ; on the intelligence 

 of Polish fowls, i. 276; correlation 

 of the cranial protuberance and crest 

 in Polish fowls, i. 289 ; development 

 of the web in the feet of Polish fowls, 

 i. 272 ; early development of several 

 peculiarities in Spanish cocks, i. 263 ; 

 on the comb in Spanish fowls, i. 266 ; 

 on the Spanish fowl, ii. 296 ; varieties 

 of game-fowls, i. 264 ; pedigrees of 

 game-fowls, i. 447 ; assumption of 

 female plumage by a game-cock, i. 

 265 ; natural selection in the game- 

 cock, ii. 210; pugnacity of game- 

 hens, i. 268 ; length of the middle 

 toe in Cochin fowls, i. 272 ; origin of 

 the Sebright bantam, ii. 29 ; differ- 

 ences in the size of fowls, i. 270; 

 effect of crossing in fowls, i id. : ii. 

 74 ; effects of interbreeding in fowls. 

 ii. 105, 106 : incubation by mongrels 

 of non-sitting races of fowls, ii. 18 ; 

 inverse correlation of crest and comb 

 in fowls, i. 288 ; occurrence of pen- 

 cilled feathers in fowls, ii. 14; on a 

 variety of the goose from Sebastopol, 

 i. 304; on the fertility of the pea- 

 hen, ii. 91 ; on the intercrossing of 

 bees, ii. 107. 



Temminck. origin of domestic cats. i. 46 ; 

 origin of domestic pigeons, i. 189 ; on 

 Coluinba guinea, i. 192 ; on Coivmba 

 kncocephala, ibid. ; asserted reluc- 



tance of some breeds of pigeons to 

 cross, i. 202 ; sterility of hybrid 

 turtle-doves, i. 203 ; variations of 

 Gallus bankiva, i. 247 ; on a buff- 

 coloured breed of turkeys, i. 309 ; 

 number of eggs laid by the peahen, 

 ii. 91 ; breeding of guans in captivity, 

 ii. 139 ; behaviour of grouse in cap- 

 tivity, ibid. ; sterility of the partridge 

 in captivity, ibid. 



Tendrils in Cucurbitacea?, i. 381, ii. 

 306. 



Tennent, Sir J. E.. on the goose, i. 

 302 ; on the growth of the apple in 

 Cevlon, ii. 266 ; on the Jaffna sheep, 

 ii. "292. 



Teredo, fertilisation in, ii. 356. 



Terriers, wry-legged, ii. 232 ; white. 

 subject to distemper, ii. 330. 



Teschemacher, on a husked form of 

 maize, i. 339. 



Tessier, on the period of gestation ot 

 the dog, i. 30 ; of the pig, i. 77 ; in 

 cattle, i. 90 ; experiments on change 

 of soil, ii. 129. 

 | Tetrao, breeding of species of, in capti- 

 vity, ii. 139. 



Tetrapteryx paradisea, ii. 140. 

 } Tcucrium campanulatum,, pelorism in, ii. 

 337. 



Texas, feral cattle in, i. 89. 



Theognis, his notice of the domestic 

 fowl, i. 258. 



Theophrastus, his notice of the peach, 

 ii. 299. 



Thesium, ii. 274. 



Thompson, Mr., on the peach and nec- 

 tarine, i. 363 ; on the varieties of the 

 apricot, i. 365 ; classification of varie- 

 ties of cherries, i. 369 ; on the "Sister 

 ribston- pippin," i. 372; on the 

 varieties of the gooseberrv, i. 370, 

 377. 



Thompson, William, on the pigeons of 

 Islay, i. 193; feral pigeons in Scot- 

 land, i. 199 ; colour of the bill and 

 legs in geese, i. 304 ; breeding of 

 Tetrao scotius in captivity, ii. 139; 

 destruction of black fowls by the 

 osprey, ii. 215. 



Thorn, grafting of early and late, i. 

 386 ; Glastonbury, i. 387. 



Thorns, reconversion of, nto branch**, 

 in pear trees, ii. 310 



