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Show 458 lWNTER. INDEX. I~ SECTS. liuNTER, J ohn, period of gestation in the dog, i. 29 ; on secondary sexual characters i. 179 ; fertile crossing of Anser j ems dud the domestic goose, i. 288; inheritance of peculiarities in gestnrcs, voice, &c., ii. 6 ; assumption of male characters by the human femal e, ii. 51 ; period of appearance of hereditary diseases, ii. 78; graft of the spur of a cock upon its comb, ii. 296 ; on the stomach of Larus tridentalttS, ii. 302 ; double-tailed lizards, ii. 341. HuNTER, W., evidence against the influence of imagination upon the offspring, ii. 264. H uTTON, Capt., on the variability of the silk moth, i. 303; on the number of species of silkworms, i. 300; markings of silkworms, i. 302; domestication of the rock-pigeon in India, i. 185; domestication and crosBing of Gallus banlciva, i. 236. Ht:TCHINSON, Col., liability of dogs to distemper, i. 35. H uXLEY, Prof., on the transmission of polydactylism, ii. 13; on unconscious selectiou, ii. 194; on correlation in the mollusca, ii. 320; on gemmation and fission, ii. 359; development of starfishes, ii. 366. HYACINTHS, i. 370-371 ; bud-variation in, i. 385; graft-hybrid by uruon of half bulbs of, i. 395; white, reproduced by seed, ii. 20; red , ii. 229, 336; varieties of, 1·ecognisablc by the bulb, ii. 251. HYACINTH, feather, ii. 185, 316. Hyacinthus orientalis, i. 370. Hybiscus syriacus, ii. 286. HYBRIDS, of hare and rabbit, i. 105; of various species of Gallus, i. 234-236; of almond, peach, and nectarine, i. 339 ; naturally produced, of species of Cytisus, i. 390 ; from twin-seed of Fuchsia coccinea and fulgens, i. 391 ; reversion of, i. 392-394, ii. 36. 48-50 ; from mare, ass, and zebra, ii. 42; of tame animals, wildness of, ii. 44-46; female instincts of sterile male, ii. 52 ; transmission and blending of characters in, ii. 92-()5 ; breed better with parent species than with each oth er, ii. 131 ; self-impotence in, ii. 138-140; readily produced in captivity, ii. 151. HYBRlDlSATION. singular effects of, in oranges, i. 336; of chenies, i. 347; difficulty of, in Cucurbit;;e, i. 358; of roses, i. 366. HYBRIDISM, ii. 178-191; the cause of a tendency to double flowers, ii. 171 ; in relation to pangencsis, ii. 385. HYBRIDITY in cats, i. 4.4-45; supposed of peach and nectarine, i. 342. Jlydra, i. 374, ii. 2!J3, 359. HYDRANGEA, colour of flowers of, influ-enced by alum, ii. 277. HYDROCELE, ii. 52. lJYDROGEl'llALl:'S, ii. 295. Hypericum calycinum_! ii. 170. Jlypm·icum cris1Jum, n . 227, 337. IlYJ'ERMETAMORPHOSIS, ii. 367. J-IYFERMETROPIA, hereditary, ii. 8. I cn•rnYOP'fERYGIA, number of digits in the, ii. 16. llex aqwfolium, ii. 19. I~1A GJNATION, supposed effect of, on offsprillg, ii. 263. Imatophyllum miniatum, bud- variation in, i. 385. INCES'l', abhoned by savages, ii. 123-124. l NCUBA'l'JON, by crossed fowls of non-sitting varieties, ii. 43-44. I NDIA, striped horses of, i. 58; pigs of, i. 6G, 67,76; breeding of rabbi ts in, i. 112; cultivation of pigeons in, i. 205-206. INDIVIDUAL variability in pigeons, i. 158- 160. I NOLEDEW, Mr., cultivation of European vegetables in India, ii. 1G9. "INDISCHE Taube," ii. 14.4. INllELU'l'ANCE, ii. 1-84, 371-373, 395, 397- 402 ; doubts entertained of by some writers, ii. 3 ; importance of to breeders, 3-4; evidence of, derived from statistics of chances, 5; ofpeculiariticsin man, 5- 7, 12-16; of disease, 7-8, 17; of peculiarities in tbe eye, 8-10; of deviat ions n:om symmetry, 12; of polydactylism, 12-16; capriciou ness of, 17-22, 27 ; of mutilations, 22-24; of congenital monstrosities, 24; causes of absence of, 24-26; by reversion or atavism, 28-61 ; its connexiou with fixedness of ch<Jracter, 62-64; affected by prcpole11cy of transmission of character, G5-71; limited by sex, 71-75; at cmTcbponding periods of life, 75·80; summary of the subject of, 80-84; laws of, the same in seminal and bud varieties, i. 409; of characters in the horse, i. 10-11 ; in cattl e, i. 87; in rabbits, i. 107; in the peach, i. 339; in the nectarine, i. 34.0; in plums, i. 347 ; in apples, i. 350 ; in pears, i. 351 ; in the pansy, i. 309.; ?f primary characters of Culu·rnba lww m crossed pigeons,i. 201; of pcculiaritics of plumage in pigeons,i.l60-161; of pecu- 1 iari ties of foliage in trees, i. 362 ; effects of in varieties of tbe cabbage, i. 325. INS~NITY, inheritance of, ii. 7, 78. I NSECTS regeneration of lost parts in, ii. 1 5, 294 ; agency of, in fecundation of larkspurs, ii. 21 ; effect of changed co~ditions upon, ii. 157 ; sterile neuter, u. INSTINCTS. INDEX. KIJ)NEY. 459 186-187 ; monstrosities in, ii. 269, 391. hsTINCTS, defective, of silkworms, i. 304. INTERBREEDING, close, ill effects of, ii. 114- 131, 175. I:NTERCROSSING, of species, as a cause of variation, i. 188 ; natural, of plants, i. 336; of species of Canidre and breeds of dogs, i. 31-33 ; of domestic and wild cats, i. 44-45 ; of breeds of pigs, i. 71, 78 ; of cattle, i. 83 ; of varieties of cabbage, i. 324 ; of peas, i. 326, 329-330 ; of varieties of orange, i. 336 ; of species of strawberries, i. 351-352; of Cucurbit;; e, i. 357-358; of flowering plants, i. 364 ; of pansies, i. 368. hrTERDIGl'l'AL pits, in goats, i. 102. hTERMARRIAGES, close, ii. 122-123. I NTESTINES, elongation of, in pigs, i. 73 ; relative measurements of parts of, in goats, i. 102 ; eftects of changed diet on, ii. 302. Ipomma purpurea, ii. 128. I nELAND, remains of Bos frontosus and longifrons found in, i. 81. IRis, hereuitary absence of the, ii. 9 ; hereditary peculiarities of colour of tbe, ii. 9-10. I1mm, ancient, selection practised by the, . ii. 203. IRoN period, in Europe, dog of, i. 18. ISLANDS, oceanic, scarcity of useful plants on, i. 311. IilLAY, pigeons of, i. 183. IsOLATION, effect of, in favour of selection, ii. 233-234. ITALY, vine growing in, during the bronze period, i. 332. IvY, sterility of, in the north of Europe, ii. 170. JACK, Mr., effect of foreign pollen on grapes, i. 400. JACKAL, i. 24, 27, 30; hybrids of, with the dog, i. 32; prepotency of, over the dog, ii. 67. J ACOBIN pigeon, i. 154, 208. JACQUEMET-BONNEFORT, on the mulberry, i. 334. JAGUAR, with crooked legs, i. I7. JMlAICA, feral dogs of, i. 28; feral pigs of, i. 77; feral rabbits of, i. 112. .JAPAN, horses of, i. 53. JAPAN ESE pig (figured), i. 69. JARDINE, Sir W., crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44. JARVES, J., silkworm in the Sandwich islands, i. 301. JAvA, F antail pigeon in, i. 148. JAVANESE ponies, i. 53, 59. J EMMY BUTTON, i. 309. JENYNS, L.1 whiteness of ganders, i. 288; Sllllfish-like variety of the goldfish, i. 297. JERDON, J. C., number of eggs laid by the pea-hen, ii. 112; origin of domestic fowl, i. 237. JERSEY, arborescent cabbages of, i. 323. J ESSAMINE, i. 394. j EITTELES, Hungarian sheep-dogs, i. 24; crossing of domestic and wild cats, i. 44. JoHN, King, importation of stallions from Flanders by, ii. 203. JoHNsoN, D., occurrence of stripes on young wild pigs in India, i. 76. JoRDAN, A., on Vibert's experiments on the vine, i. 332; origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350 ; varieties of pears found wild in woods, ii. 260. JOURDAN, parthenogenesis in the silk moth, ii. 364. J uAN DE NovA, wild dogs on, i. 27. J UAN FERNANDEZ, dumb dogs on, i. 27. Juglans reoia, i. 356-357. J eKEs, Prof., origin of the Newfoundland dog, i. 42. J "GLIEN, Stanislas, early domestication of pigt~ in China, i. 68 ; antiquity of the domestication of the silk- worm in China, i. 300. J uMPERS, a breed of fowl s, i. 230. J uNIPER, variations of the, i. 361, 364. Juniperus suecica, i. 361. Jussima grandijlora, ii. 170. J ussiEu, A. de, structure of the pappus in Carthamus, ii. 316. KAIL, Scotch, reversion in, ii. 32. ''KALA-PAR" pigeon, i. 142. KALES, i. 323. KALlll, P ., on maize, i. 322, ii. 307; introduction of wheat into Canada, i. 315; sterility of trees growing in marshes and dense woods, ii. 170. "KALMI Lotan," tumbler pigeon, i. 151. KANE, Dr., on Esquimaux dogs, i. 21. RARAKOOL sheep, i. 98. KARKEEK, on inheritance in the horse, ii. 10. "KARMELITEN Taube," i. 156. KARSTEN on Pulex penetmns, ii. 275. KATTYWAR horses, i. 58. KEELEY, R., pelorism in Galeobdolon luteum, ii. 59. KERNER on the culture of Alpine plants, ii. 163. KEsTREL, breeding in captivity, ii. 154. "KHANDESI," i. 141. KHANG-HI, selection of a variety of rice by, ii. 205. KIANG, ii. 43. KmD, on the canary bird, i. 77, ii. 275. KIDNEY Bean, i. 371 ; vruieties of, ii. 256, 275. |