Chapter 37

on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo, i. 114; on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck, i. 288; on the young of the black-shouldered peacock, i. 290; on the breeding of the Felidæ in captivity, ii. 150. BARTRAM, on the black wolf-dog of Florida, i. 22. BATES, H. W., refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity, ii. 150, 152; sterility of American monkeys in captivity, ii. 153; sterility of tamed guans, ii. 156. BATRACHIA, regeneration of lost parts in, ii. 15. BEACH, raised, in Peru, containing heads of maize, i. 320. BEAK, variability of, in fowls, i. 258; individual differences of, in pigeons, i. 160; correlation of, with the feet in pigeons, i. 171-174. BEALE, Lionel, on the contents of cells, ii. 370; on the multiplication of infectious atoms, ii. 378; on the origin of fibres, ii. 382. BEANS, i. 330; of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319; varieties of, produced by selection, ii. 218; French and scarlet, variable resistance of to frost, ii. 309, 314; superiority of native seed of, ii. 314; a symmetrical variation of scarlet, ii. 322; experiments on kidney, i. 330; with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets, ii. 343. BEARD, pigeon, i. 151. BEARS, breeding in captivity, ii. 151. BEASLEY, J., reversion in crossed cattle, ii. 41. BEATON, D., effect of soil upon strawberries, i. 353; on varieties of pelargonium, i. 364, ii. 274, 311; bud-variation in _Gladiolus colvillii_, i. 382; cross between Scotch kail and cabbage, ii. 98; hybrid gladiolus, ii. 139; constant occurrence of new forms among seedlings, ii. 235; on the doubling of the compositæ, ii. 316. BECHUANA cattle, i. 88. BECK, Mr., constitutional differences in pelargoniums, i. 364. BECKMANN, on changes in the odours of plants, ii. 274. BECKSTEIN, on the burrowing of wolves, i. 27; "Spitz" dog, i. 31; origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42; crossing of domestic and wild swine, i. 66; on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154, 209; notice of swallow-pigeons, i. 156; on a fork-tailed pigeon, i. 157; variations in the colour of the croup in pigeons, i. 184; on the German dove-cot pigeon, i. 185; fertility of mongrel pigeons, i. 192; on hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193; on crossing the pigeon with _Columba oenas_, _C. palumbus_, _Turtur risoria_, and _T. vulgaris_, i. 193; development of spurs in the silk-hen, i. 256; on Polish fowls, i. 257, 264; on crested birds, i. 257; on the Canary-bird, i. 295, ii. 22, 161; German superstition about the turkey, i. 293; occurrence of horns in hornless breeds of sheep, ii. 30; hybrids of the horse and ass, ii. 68; crosses of tailless fowls, ii. 92; difficulty of pairing dove-cot and fancy pigeons, ii. 103; fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits, ii. 112; fertility of wild sow, _ibid._; difficulty of breeding caged birds, ii. 154; comparative fertility of _Psittacus erithacus_ in captivity, ii. 155; on changes of plumage in captivity, ii. 158; liability of light-coloured cattle to the attacks of flies, ii. 229; want of exercise a cause of variability, ii. 257; effect of privation of light upon the plumage of birds, ii. 280; on a sub-variety of the monk-pigeon, ii. 350. BEDDOE, Dr., correlation of complexion with consumption, ii. 335. BEDEGUAR gall, ii. 284. BEE, persistency of character of, ii. 236, 254; intercrossing, ii. 126; conveyance, of pollen of peas by, i. 329. BEE-OPHRYS, self-fertilisation of, ii. 91. BEECH, dark-leaved, i. 362, ii. 19; fern-leaved, reversion of, i. 382; weeping, non-production of by seed, ii. 19. BEECHEY, horses of Loochoo Islands, i. 53. BEET, i. 326; increase of sugar in, by selection, ii. 201. {437} _Begonia frigida_, singular variety of, i. 365; sterility of, ii. 166. BELGIAN rabbit, i. 106. BELL, T., statement that white cattle have coloured ears, i. 85. BELL, W., bud-variation in _Cistus tricuspis_, i. 377. BELLINGERI, observations on gestation in the dog, i. 30; on the fertility of dogs and cats, ii. 112. BELON, on high-flying pigeons in Paphlagonia, i. 209; varieties of the goose, i. 289. BENGUELA, cattle of, i. 88. BENNETT, Dr. G., pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, 87; dogs of the Pacific islands, i. 87; varieties of cultivated plants in Tahiti, ii. 256. BENNETT, Mr., on the fallow deer, ii. 103. BENTHAM, G., number and origin of cultivated plants, i. 306; cereals all cultivated varieties, i. 312; species of the orange group, i. 334-335; distinctions of almond and peach, i. 338; British species of _Rosa_, i. 366; identity of _Viola lutea_ and _tricolor_, i. 368. _Berberis vulgaris_, i. 384, ii. 19. _Berberis Wallichii_, indifference of, to climate, ii. 164. BERJEAN, on the history of the dog, i. 16, 18. BERKELEY, G. F., production of hen-cocks in a strain of game-fowls, i. 253. BERKELEY, M. J., crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397; effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400; on hybrid plants, ii. 131; analogy between pollen of highly-cultivated plants and hybrids, ii. 268; on Hungarian kidney-beans, ii. 275; failure of Indian wheat in England, ii. 307; bud developed on the petal of a _Clarkia_, ii. 384. BERNARD, inheritance of disease in the horse, ii. 10. BERNARD, C., independence of the organs of the body, ii. 368-369; special affinities of the tissues, ii. 380. BERNHARDI, varieties of plants with laciniated leaves, ii. 348. _Bernicla antarctica_, i. 288. BERTERO, on feral pigeons in Juan Fernandez, i. 190. _Betula alba_, ii. 18. BEWICK, on the British wild cattle, i. 84. BIBLE, reference to breeding studs of horses in, i. 54; references to domestic pigeons in the, i. 205; indications of selection of sheep in the, ii. 201; notice of mules in the, ii. 202. BIDWELL, Mr., on self-impotence in _Amaryllis_, ii. 139. BIRCH, weeping, i. 387, ii. 18. BIRCH, Dr. S., on the ancient domestication of the pigeon in Egypt, i. 205; notice of bantam fowls in a Japanese encyclopædia, i. 230, 247. BIRCH, Wyrley, on silver-grey rabbits, i. 109-110. BIRDS, sterility caused in, by change of conditions, ii. 153-157. BLADDER-NUT, tendency of the, to become double, ii. 168. BLAINE, Mr., on wry-legged terriers, ii. 245. BLAINVILLE, origin and history of the dog, i. 15-16; variations in the number of teeth in dogs, i. 34; variations in the number of toes in dogs, i. 35; on mummies of cats, i. 43; on the osteology of solid-hoofed pigs, i. 75; on feral Patagonian and N. American pigs, i. 77. "BLASS-TAUBE," i. 156. BLEEDING, hereditary, ii. 7, 8; sexual limitation of excessive, ii. 73. BLENDING of crossed races, time occupied by the, ii. 87. BLINDNESS, hereditary, ii. 9; at a certain age, ii. 78; associated with colour of hair, ii. 328. BLOODHOUNDS, degeneration of, caused by interbreeding, ii. 121. BLUMENBACH, on the protuberance of the skull in Polish fowls, i. 257; on the effect of circumcision, ii. 23; inheritance of a crooked finger, ii. 23; on badger-dogs and other varieties of the dog, ii. 220; on _Hydra_, ii. 293; on the "nisus formativus," ii. 294. BLYTH, E., on the Pariah dog, i. 24; hybrids of dog and jackal, i. 32; early domestication of cats in India, i. 43; origin of domestic cat, _ib._; crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44; on Indian cats resembling _Felis chaus_, i. 45; on striped Burmese ponies, i. 58; on the stripes of the ass, i. 63; on Indian wild pigs, i. 66; on humped cattle, i. 79, 80; occurrence of _Bos frontosus_ in Irish crannoges, i. 81; fertile crossing of zebus and common cattle, i. 83; on the species of sheep, i. 94; on the fat-tailed Indian sheep, i. 96; origin of the goat, i. 101; on rabbits breeding in India, i. 112; number of tail-feathers in fantails, i. 146; Lotan tumbler pigeons, i. 150; number of tail-feathers in _Ectopistes_, i. 159; on _Columba affinis_, i. 183; pigeons roosting in trees, i. 181; on _Columba leuconota_, i. 182; on _Columba intermedia_ of Strickland, i. 184; variation in colour of croup in pigeons, i. 184-185, 197; voluntary domestication of rock-pigeons in India, i. 185; feral pigeons on the Hudson, i. 190; {438} occurrence of sub-species of pigeons, i. 204; notice of pigeon-fanciers in Delhi, &c., i. 206; hybrids of _Gallus Sonneratii_ and the domestic hen, i. 234; supposed hybridity of _Gallus Temminckii_, i. 235; variations and domestication of _Gallus bankiva_, i. 235-236, 237; crossing of wild and tame fowls in Burmah, i. 236; restricted range of the larger gallinaceous birds, i. 237; feral fowls in the Nicobar islands, i. 238; black-skinned fowls occurring near Calcutta, i. 256; weight of _Gallus bankiva_, i. 272; degeneration of the turkey in India, i. 294, ii. 278; on the colour of gold-fish, i. 296; on the Ghor-Khur (_Asinus indicus_), ii. 42; on _Asinus hemionus_, ii. 43; number of eggs of _Gallus bankiva_, ii. 112; on the breeding of birds in captivity, ii. 157; co-existence of large and small breeds in the same country, ii. 279; on the drooping ears of the elephant, ii. 301; homology of leg and wing feathers, ii. 323. BOETHIUS on Scotch wild cattle, i. 85. BOITARD and Corbié, on the breeds of pigeons, i. 132; Lille pouter pigeon, i. 138; notice of a gliding pigeon, i. 156; variety of the pouter pigeon, i. 162; dove-cot pigeon, i. 185; crossing pigeons, i. 192-193, ii. 97, 126; sterility of hybrids of turtle-doves, i. 193; reversion of crossed pigeons, i. 197, ii. 40; on the fantail, i. 208, ii. 66; on the trumpeter, ii. 66; prepotency of transmission in silky fantail, ii. 67, 69; secondary sexual characters in pigeons, ii. 74; crossing of white and coloured turtle-doves, ii. 92; fertility of pigeons, ii. 112. BOMBYCIDÆ, wingless females of, ii. 299. _Bombyx hesperus_, ii. 304. _Bombyx Huttoni_, i. 302. _Bombyx mori_, i. 300-304. BONAFOUS, on maize, i. 320, 321. BONAPARTE, number of species of Columbidæ, i. 133; number of tail-feathers in pigeons, i. 158; size of the feet in Columbidæ, i. 174; on _Columba guinea_, i. 182; _Columba turricola_, _rupestris_, and _Schimperi_, i. 184. _Bonatea speciosa_, development of ovary of, i. 403. BONAVIA, Dr., growth of cauliflowers in India, ii. 310. BONES, removal of portions of, ii. 296; regeneration of, ii. 294; growth and repair of, ii. 381-382. BONNET, on the salamander, ii. 15, 341, 358, 385; theory of reproduction, ii. 385. BORCHMEYER, experiments with the seeds of the weeping ash, ii. 19. BORECOLE, i. 323. BORELLI, on Polish fowls, i. 247. BORNEO, fowls of, with tail-bands, i. 235. BORNET, E., condition of the ovary in hybrid _Cisti_, i. 389; self-impotence of hybrid _Cisti_, ii. 140. BORROW, G., on pointers, i. 42. BORY de Saint-Vincent, on gold-fish, i. 297. _Bos_, probable origin of European domestic cattle from three species of, i. 83. _Bos frontosus_, i. 79, 81-82. _Bos indicus_, i. 79. _Bos longifrons_, i. 79, 81. _Bos primigenius_, i. 79-81, 119. _Bos sondaicus_, ii. 206. _Bos taurus_, i. 79. _Bos trochoceros_, i. 81. BOSC, heredity in foliage-varieties of the elm, i. 362. BOSSE, production of double flowers from old seed, ii. 167. BOSSI, on breeding dark-coloured silkworms, i. 302. BOUCHARDAT, on the vine disease, i. 334. BOUDIN, on local diseases, ii. 276; resistance to cold of dark-complexioned men, ii. 335. "BOULANS," i. 137. "BOUTON d'Alep," ii. 276. BOWEN, Prof., doubts as to the importance of inheritance, ii. 3. BOWMAN, Mr., hereditary peculiarities in the human eye, ii. 8-10; hereditary cataract, ii. 79. BRACE, Mr., on Hungarian cattle, i. 80. _Brachycome iberidifolia_, ii. 261. BRACTS, unusual development of, in gooseberries, i. 355. BRADLEY, Mr., effect of grafts upon the stock in the ash, i. 394; effect of foreign pollen upon apples, i. 401; on change of soil, ii. 146. "BRAHMA Pootras," a new breed of fowls, i. 245. BRAIN, proportion of, in hares and rabbits, i. 126-129. BRANDT, origin of the goat, i. 101. _Brassica_, varieties of, with enlarged stems, ii. 348. _Brassica asperifolia_, ii. 343. _Brassica napus_, i. 325. _Brassica oleracea_, i. 323. _Brassica rapa_, i. 325, ii. 165. BRAUN, A., bud-variation in the vine, i. 375; in the currant, i. 376; in _Mirabilis jalapa_, i. 382; in _Cytisus adami_, i. 388; on reversion in the foliage of trees, i. 382; spontaneous production of _Cytisus purpureo-elongatus_, i. 390; reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii. 37; excess of nourishment a source of variability, ii. 257. {439} BRAZIL, cattle of, i. 88. BREAD-FRUIT, varieties of, ii. 256; sterility and variability of, ii. 262. BREE, W. T., bud-variation in _Geranium pratense_ and _Centaurea cyanus_,