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Show 428 INDEX. Geoftroy on correlation, 131. on variable parts being often mon-strous 140. Hooker, Dr., on acclimatisation of Rima. layan trees, 127. Geographical distribution, 302. Geography, ancient, 422. Geology, future progress of, 421. imperfection of the record, 245. Giraffe, tail of, 174. Glacial period, 318. on :flowers of umbelliferoo, 132. on glaciers of IIimalaya, 324. on algm of New Zealand, 327. on vegetation at the base of the IIimalaya1 329. on plants of 'l'lerra del Fuego, 326, 329. Gmclin on distribution, 318. on Australian plants, 327, 347. Gnathodon, fossil 321. Godwin-Austen, Mr., on the Malay Archi-pelago, 262. on relations of :flora of South America, 330. Goethe on compensation of growth, 133. Gooseberry, grafts of, 231. Gould..z pr. A., on land-shells, 345. .M.r., on colours of birds, 121. on birds of the Galapagos, 34'7. on distribution of genera of birds, 352. Gourds, crossed, 238. Grafts, capacity of, 231. Grasses, Yarieties of, 105. Gray, Dr. Asa, on trees of United States, 94. on naturalised plants in the United States, 107.• on rarity of intermediate yarieties, 158. on Alpine plants, 318. Dr. J. E., on striped mule, 149. Grebe, 165. Groups, aberrant, 3'73. Grouse, colours of 81. red, a doubtful species, 50. Growth, coml?ensation of, 134. correlatwn of, in domestic products, 18. correlation of, 130. Habit, effect of, under domestication, 17. effect of, under nature, 122. diversiiied, of same species, 164. Hair and teeth, correlated 131. Harcourt, Mr. E. V., on the birds of Madeira, 340. Hartung, M., on boulders in the Azores, 31'7. Hazel-nuts, 313. · Hearne on habits of bears1 165. Heath, changes in vegetatwn, 70. Heer, 0., on plants of Madeira, 100. Helix pomatia, 846. Helosciadium, 313. Hemionus, striped, 147. Herbert, W., on struggle for existence, 61. on sterility of hybrids, 220. Hermaphrodites crossing, 91. Heron eating seed, 338. Heron, Sir R., on peacocks, 84. Heusinger on white animals not poieoned by certain plants, 18. Hewitt, Mr., on sterility of first crosses, 233. Himalaya, glaciers of, 324. plants of, 326. Hippeastrum, 221. Holly-trees, sexes of, 88. Hollyhock, varieties of, crossed, 239. Hooker, Dr., on trees of New Zealand, 94. on flora of the Antarctic lands, 3411 347. on the plants of the Galapagos, 3411 347. Hooks on bamboos, 176. to seeds on islands, 342. Horner, Mr., on the antiquity of Egyp-tians, 23. Horns, rudimentary 394. Horse, fossil, in La Plata, 278. Horses destroyed by flies in La Plata, 70. striped, 147. proportions of, when young 386. Horticulturists, selection applied by, 35. Huber on cells of bees, 205. P., on reason blended with instinct, 186. on habitual nature of instincts, 186. on slave-making ants, 195. on Melipona domestica, 200. Humble-bees, cells of, 200. Hunter, J., on secondary sexual characters, 136. Hutton, Captain, on crossed geese, 224. Huxley, Prof., on structure of hermaph-rodites, 94. on embryological succession, 295. on homologous organs 381. on the development of aphis, 384. Hybrids and mongrels compared, 239. Hybridism, 217. Hydra, structure of, 170. Ibla, 134. Icebergs transporting seeds, 316. Increase, rate of, 63. Individuals, numbers favourable to l!!eleotion, 96. manyt whether simultaneously createa, 310. Inheritance, laws of, 19. at corresponding ages, 20, 82. Insects, colour of, fitted for habitations, 81. sea-side, colours of, 121. blind, in caves, 126. luminous, 173. neuter, 209. Instinct, 185. Instincts, domestic, 190. Intercrossing, advantages of, 90. Islands, oceanic, 338. Isolation favourable to selection, 9'7. Japan, productions of, 324. Java, plants of, 326. Jones, Mr. J. M., on the birds of Bermuda, 340. INDEX. 429 Jussleu on classification, 863. Kentucky, caves of, 125. Kerguelen-land, flora of, 831, 34'7. Kidney-bean, acclimatisation of, 129. Kidneys of birds, 131. Kirby on tarsi deficient in beetles, 123. Knight, Andrew, on cause of variation, 14. Kolreuter on the barberry t 92. on sterility of hybrias, 218. on reciprocal crosses, 228. on crossed varieties of nicotiana, 239. on crossing male and hermaphrodite flowers, 892. Lamarck on adaptive characters, 371. Land-shells, distribution of, 346. of Madeira, naturalised, 350. Languages, classification of, 367. Lapse, great, of time, 247. Larvre, 382. Laurel, nectar secreted by the leaves, 88. Laws of variation, 120. Leech, varieties of, 78. Leguminosre, nectar secreted by glands, 88. Lepidosiren 1001 288. Life, struggle for, 60. Lingula, Silurian, 268. Linnoous, aphorism of, 360. Lion, mane of 84. young of, striped, 382. Lobelia fulgens, 71 92. Lobelia, sterility of crosses, 221. Loess of the Rhine, 835. Lowness of structure connected with va-riability 135. Lowness, related to wide distribution, 353. Lubbock, Mr., on the nerves of coccus, 47. Lucas, Dr. P., on inheritance, 19. on resemblance of child to parent, 242. Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil, 296. Lyell, Sir C., on the struggle for existence, 61. .:>n modern changes of the earth, 90. on measure of denudation, 249. on a carboniferous land-shell, 253. on fossil whales, 265. on strata beneath Silurian system, 268. on the impel'fection of the geological record, 271. on the appearance of species, 273. on Barrande's colonies, 274. on tertiary formations of Europe and North :America, 282. on parallelism of tertiary formations, 28'1. on transport of seeds by icebergs, 31'7. on great alternations of climate, 382. on the distribution of fresh-water shells, 836. on land-shells of Madeira, 350. Lyell a.rui Dawson on fossilised trees in Nova Scotia, 259. MBQleay on analogical characters, 871. Madeira, plants of, 100. beetles of, wingless, 124. Madeira, fossil land-shells of, 295. birds of, 340. Magpie tame in Norway, 189, Maize, crossed, 238. Malay Archipelago compared with Europe, 262. mammals of, 344:. Malpighiacem, 363. Mammm, rudimentary, 392. Mammals, fossil, in secondary formation, 265. insular, 343. Man, origin of races of, 1 '78. Manatee, rudimentary nails of, 894. Marsupials of Australia, 107. fossil species of, 296. Martens, M. experiment on seeds, 815 • Martin, Mr. W. C., on striped mules, 148. Matteuohi on the electric organs of rays, ' 172. Matthiola, reciprocal crosses of, 228. Means of dispersal, 311. Melipona domestica, 200. Metamorphism of oldest rocks, 269. Mice destroying bees, 72. acclimatisation of, 128. Migration, bears on first appearance of fossils, 259. Miller1 Prof., on the cells of bees, 201. Mirabtlis, crosses of, 228. Missel-thrush, 74. Mlsseltoe, complex relations of, 11. Mississippi, rate of deposition at mouth, 249. Mocking. thrush of the Galapagos, 350. Modification of species, how far appliea.ble, 418. Moles, blind, 125. Mongrels, fertility and sterility of, 236. and hybrids compared, 239. Monkeys, fossil, 265. Monocanthus, 369. Mons, Van, on the origin of fruit-trees, 82. Moquin-'l'andon on sea-side plants, 121. Morphology, 377 . Mozart, musical powers of, 186. Mud, seeds in 337. Mules, striped 148. Muller, Dr. F., on Alpine Australian plants, 32'7. Murchison, Sir R., on the formations of Russia, 253. on azoic formations, 268. on extinction, 277. Mustela vison, 161. Myanthus, 369. Myrmecocystus, 211. Myrmica, eyes of, 213. Nails, rudimentary, 893. Natural history, future progress of, 419. selection, 77. system, 860. Naturalisation of forms distinct from the indigenous species, 107. in New Zealand, 180. Nautilus, Silurian, 268. Nectar of plants_, 88. N ectarles, now tormed, 88. Nelumbium luteum, 337. |