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Show 484 INDEX Edwards, Mr. W. II., on dark forllls of Papilio turnus, 248 Egg· protectively coloured, 214, 215 th eory of varied colours of, 2Hi Elaps mimicked by harmless snake>:, 261 Embryonic development of man UJHl other mammalia, 448 Ennis, Mr. John, on willows driving out watercresses from rivers of New ZealnnJ, 24 Entomostruca, in bromelia leaves, 118 Environment never iJentical for two specie., 149 direct action of, 418 direct influence of, 426 as initiator of variations, 436 action of, overpowered by natu-ral selection, 437 Ethical aspect of the struggle for existence, 36 Euchelia jacoheoo in dible, 235 Everett, Mr. A., on a caterpillar reseml. Jling moss, 205 Evidence of evolution that may be expected among fossil forms, 380 Evolutionists, American . chool of, 420 Exogens, pos ible cause of sudden late appearance of, 400 External difl'erences of man and apes, 453 Extinct animals, number of species of, 376 Extinction of large animals, cause of, 394 Eye, origin of, 130 Eyes, explanation of loss of in cave animals, 416 F FACTS of natural selection, summary of, 122 Falcons illustrating divergence, 108 and butcher birds, hooked and toothed beaks of, 422 Fantails, 91 Female bircls, why often dull coloured, 277 l<'emale binlP, what their choice of mates is determined by, 286 butterflies, why dull coloured, 272 brighter than male bird, 281 choice a doubtful agent in selection, 283 preferenceneutralised by natural election, 294 Fertility of domestic animals, 154 Flatfish, eyes of, 129 Fle:;h-fiy, enormous increase of, 25 Floral structure, great eli l!'ereucc:; of, i 11 allied genera aml species, 3~0 Flowen;, variations of, 88 colours of, 308 with sham uectaries, 317 cl1anging colour when fertilised, 017 adapted to bees or to butterflies, 318 contrasted colours of, at same season and locality, 31 fertilisation of, by binls, 319 self-fertilisation of, 321 once insect-fertilised IIOW selffertile, 323 how the struggle for existence acts amo1w, 328 repeatedly modified during wl10le Tertiary perio<l, 331 the product of in.-ect agency, 332 Forbes, Mr. H. 0., on protective colour of a pigeon, 200 on spider imitating birJs' dropping, 211 Fossil shell~, complete seric · of trall.-itional forms of, 381 crocodiles afford evidence of evolution, 3 3 l10rses iu Americn, 386 and living ani111als, local rela-tiom; of, 391 Fowl, early domestication of, 97 Frill-back, Indian, 93 Frog il1habitiug bromelin lea,·es, 11 R Fruits, use of charncten; of, 13:3 colonrs of, 304 edible or attractive, 306 poisOIIOUH, 307 Fulica atra, protectively coloured eggs of, 215 . Fulmar petrel, abundance of, 30 INDEX 485 G U ,\LLlNA 'Ell·:, ornamental plumes of, 29:2 Galton, Mr. F., diagrams of variability u. ccl by, 74 on markings of zebra, 220 (note) on regression towards mediocrity, 414 theoryofhereditylJy, 443 (note) on imperfect counting of tho Damarns, 464 Uaudry on extinct animals at Pikernli 377 ' Gay, Mons. '1'., on variations of struc-ture in Cru ciferm, 0 Gazella SO'mmcrringi (fi gure), 219 Gazelles, re ognitiou marks of, 218 Gccl<lcs, Professor, on variation in plants, 428 . . ol1jection to theory of, 430 Omkte, Dr. Archibald, on formation of marine stratifi >cl ro ·ks, 344 Gcolfroy St. Hilaire, on species, 6 Geological evillcnces of evolution 376, 381 ' record, causes of imperfection of, 379 clistril.Jution of insects, 403 antiquity of man, 455 Ghost-moth, colours of, 270 Glaciation, no proofs of, in Brazil, 370 Glow-worm, light a warning of in-edibility, 287 Gomphia olea:folia, variability of, 79 Goo. c eating Jl ek h, 75 Gosse, Mr. P. H., on variation in the sea-an ' Ill ones, 43 on sea-anemone and bullhead, 265 Uould, Mr., on colours of coast and inlnncl binls, 228 Grant Allen, on for111s of leaves, 133 on in. ects and flower.-, 33:2 Graphite in Laurentian implies abundant plnnt life, 398 Gray, Dr. Asa, on naturalised plants in the United States, 110 Dr. J. E., on variation of skulls of mammalia, 71 Great fertility not essential to rapid incre~se, 30 Great powers of increase of auimalR, 27 Green colour of birds in tropical forests, 192 Gro~1sc, red, recent divergence of, 106 Guhck, I ev. J. T., on variation of land-shells, 43 on isolation and variation, 147, 150 on <livergent evolution, 148 H HABITS of animals, variability of, 74 Hairy caterpillars inedible, 237 Hanbury, Mr. 'l'homas, Oil a remarkable case of win<l co111·eyance of seed, 373 (note) Hansten-Blangsted, on . uccession of trees in D 'nmark, 21 Harvest mice, prehensile tails of young, 136 Hawkweed, species and varieties of British, 77 Hector, Sir James, 11se of homs of deer, 137 H eliconidoo, warning colours of, 234 mimicry of, 240 Helix Jlcmoralis, varieties of, 43 l10rtensis, varieties of, 43 Hemsley, Mr., on rarity of spines in oceanic i~: lands, 432 Henslow, Profes or G., on vigour of self-fertilis d plants, 323 on wind-fertilised a. degradations from insect-fertilised flowers, 324 on origin of forms ancl structures of flowers, 431 (note) Herbert, Dean, on species, 6 on plant hybricls, 164 Herbivora, recognition marks of, 21 Heredity, 11 Wei.·mann's th ory of, 437 Herschel, Sir Jolm, on sp 'cies, 3 Hooker, Sir Joseph, Oil attempts at naturnlisillg A ustrnlian plauts in New Zealand, 16 Horne, Mr. C., on inedihility of an Indian locust, 267 Horns of deer, 11ses of, 136 |