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INDEX. 



Mivart, Mr., on the eyes of oephalo- 

 pods, i. 237. 



, various objections to Natural 



Selection, i. 275. 



, on abrupt modifications, i. 313. 



, on the resemblance of the 



mouse and antechinus, ii. 218. 

 Mocking-thrush of the Galapagos, 



ii. 193. 

 Modification of species not abrupt, 



ii. 298. 

 Moles, blind, i. 170. 

 Molotnrus, habits of, i. 334. 

 Mongrels, fertility and sterility of, 

 ii. 34. 



and hybrids compared, ii. 39. 



Monkeys, fossil, iL 79. 

 Monaohanthus, li. 216. 

 Mons, Van, on the origin of fruit- 

 trees, i. 33. 

 Monstrosities, i. 51. 

 Moquin-Tandon, on sea-side plants, 



i. 166. 

 Morphology, ii. 231. 

 Morren, on the leaves of Oxalis, i. 



308. 

 Moths, hybrid, iL 9. 

 Mozart, musical powers of, i. 321. 

 Mud, seeds in, iL 175. 

 Mules, striped, i. 201. 

 Muller, Adolf, on the instincts of the 



cuckoo, L 331. 

 Milller, Dr. Ferdinand, on Alpine 



Australian plants, ii. 163. 

 Muller, Fritz, on dimorphic crusta- 

 ceans, L 55, 362. 



, on the lancelet, i. 154. 



— '■ — , on air-breathing crustaceans, 

 L 238. 



, on climbing plants, L 307. 



, on the self-sterility of orchids, 



ii. 7. 



, on embryology in relation to 



ola.s3ification, iL 210. 

 , on the metamorphoses of crus- 

 taceans, iL 245, 253. 



, on terrestrial and fresh- water 



organisms not undergoing any 

 metamorphosis, ii. 250. 

 Multiplication of species not indefi- 

 nite, i. 157. 

 Murchison, Sir E., on the forma- 

 tions of Sussia, IL 60. 



, on azoic formations, ii. 84. 



, on extinction, iL 94. 



Murie. Dr., on the modification of 

 the skull in on. age, L 233. 



Murray, Mr. A., on cave-insects, 



i. 173. 

 Mustela vision, L 216. 

 Myanthus, ii. 216. 

 Myrmecocystus, L 369. 

 Myrmica, eyes of, i. 361. 



N. 



Nageli, on morphological characters, 



i. 266. 

 Nails, rudimentary, iL 260. 

 Nathusius, Von, on pigs, i. 249. 

 Natural historv, future progress of, 

 iL 301. 



selection, L 97. 



system, iL 204. 



Naturalisation of forms distinct 



from the indigenous species, i. 138. 



Naturalisation in New Zealand, i. 



265. 

 Naudin, on analogous variations in 

 gourds, i. 195. 



, on hybrid gourds, ii. 38. 



, on reversion, ii. 41. 



Nautilus, Silurian, ii. 83. 

 Nectar of plants, i. 114. 

 Nectaries, Tiow formed, L 114. 

 Nelumbium luteum, iL 176. 

 Nests, variations in, L 324, 356, 364. 

 Neuter insects, i. 359, 360. 

 Newman, Col., on humble-bees, i. 90. 

 New Zealand, productions of, not 

 perfect, L 255. 



, naturalised products of, iL 119. 



, fossil birds of, iL 121. 



, glaciers of, ii. 159. 



, crustaceans of, ii. 164. 



, algaj of, iL 164. 



, number of plants of, ii. 178 



, flora of, iL 189. 



Newton, Sir I., attacked for irre- 

 ligion, ii. 294. 



, Prof, on earth attached to a 



partridge's foot, ii. 148. 

 Nicotiana, crossed varieties of, ii. 39. 



, certain species very sterile, iL 



14. 

 Nitsche^ Dr., on the Polyzoa, i. 301. 

 Noble, Mr., on fertility of fJhodo- 



dendron, ii. 8. 

 Nodules, phosphatic, in azoic rocks, 

 iL84. ^ 



Oaks, variability of, L 62. 

 Onites, appelles, i. 168. 



