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Show 4G6 li11.:S~IO~. I.XDEX. NIA'I'A. 1\'IusMON, female, sometimes hornless, i. 85. 1\iuTILATIONS, inlll'riLance or Iwn-inheritanee of, ii. 22-24, H97. l\1YA'l".r, on a five-leaved variety of the strawberry, i. 353. MYOPIA, hereditary, ii. 8. . 1\hRIAl'OD-~, regencmlion of lost parts m, ii. 15, 294. NAILS, growing on slumps of fingers, ii. 38-1. N AIS, scission of, ii. 358. NAMAQUAS, cattle of th0, i. 88, ii. 207. NARCiilSUS, double, becoming single in poor soil, ii. 167. . NARVAEZ, on the cultivation of natlve plnnts in Floridn., i. 312. N11sua, sterility of, in cavtivity, ii. 15~. '' NATAS," or Niatas, a South Amencan breerl of cattle, i. 89-91. NATHUSICS, H. von, on the pigs of the Swiss Ltke-uwellings, i. 6R; on 1he races of pi~s, i .. 65-68; con.vcrg:e~ce ~f character Ill Jughly-bred p1gs, 1. r3, n . 241 ; causes of changes in the form ?f tl10 pig's skull, i. 7~-73 ;. :hanges 111 breeds of pigs by ~ros~~ng, 1. 18; ?hange. of form in tho p1g, n. ~79 ; effects of disuse of parts in the pig, ii. 289 ; period of gestation .in t!1e ~ig, ~· 7-1 ; appendages to tl:e JaW m. p1gs, 1. 76; on Sus pliciceps, 1. 70 ; pe1:10d of gest~tion in sheep, i. 97; on N1ata cattle, 1. sa. on short-horn cattle, ii. 118; on int~rbrccding, ii. llu; in the sheep, ii. 120 ; in pigs, ii. 122; .unc~? sc ious selection in cattle and p1gs, 11. 214; variability of highly selected races, ii. 238. NATO, P., on the Bizz~tria orange, i. 381. NATt:HAL sdcction, its general principles, i. 2-14. NATCRE, sense in which the term is employed, i. 6. NAl'DlN, supposed rules of transmission in crossing plants, ii. 68; on the nature of hybrids, ii. 48-49; essences of the species in hybrid::~, ii. 386, 401; reversion of !Iybrids, ii. 36, 49-50; reversion in flower:; by stripes and blotches, ii 37; hyurids of Linaria vulga1·is and pu1·pure·t, ii. 9-1; pelorism in Lina1·ia, ii. 58, 346; crossing of peloric L1'naria with the normal form, ii. 70; variability in Datum, ii. 266; hybrids of Datura lxvis and stramoni~tm, i. 392; prepotency of transmission of Datum strarnoniwn wl1 en crossed, ii. 67; on the pol] en of Jlllirabilis and of hybrids, i. 389; fertilisation uf Mimbilis, ii. 3G3; crossing of Ohammrops humilis a.11J the date palm, i. 39(); c.ultivated Cucurbitacero, i. 357- 360, ii. 108; rudiment.ary tcncl~-ils ~~ gourJs, ii. 316; dwarf Cttcur.bttm, 11. 330; relation be~w?en tho ~1ze unJ number of the frmt m Cucurbtla pepo, ii 343 · analogous variation in Cuc~ rbitx,' ii. 349; acolimatisation of Cuourbitacero, ii. 313; production of fruit by sterile hybrir~ Cucur?itaccro, ii. 1 ~2; 011 the melon, 1. 360, u. 108, 275; mcapacity of the cucumuer to cross with other species, i. 359. . NECTAIHNE, i. 336-:144; dcnved from the peach, i. 337, 338-342; hybrids of, i. 338; p er~i stency of charn.cters in seedling, i. 3-10; origin of, ibid.; produced on peach trees, i. 340-3'!1 ; producing peaches, i. 311; varintion in, i. 312-3-13; bud-variation in, i. 37-1; glands in the leaves of lhe, ii. 231; analogous variation in, ii. 348. NECTARY, variations of, in pansies, i. 369. NEES, on changes in the odour of plants, ii. 27:1:. "NEGHo" cat, i. 46. NEGHOES, polydactylism in, ii. 14; selection of cattle practised by, ii. 207. NEOLITTIIC period, domestication of Bos long1jrons and primigenius in the, i. 81 ; cattle of the, distinct from the original species, i. 87 ; rlomestic goat in the, i. 101; cereals of the, i. 317. NEtWE, optic, atrophy of the, ii. 297.: NEt:lliEISTER, on the Dutch and German pouter pigeons, i. 138; on the Jacobin pigeon, i. 154; duplication of the middle flight feather in pigeons, i. 159; on a peculiar! y coloured breed of pigeons, " Staarhalsige Taube," i. 161 ; fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192; mongrels of the trumpeter pigeon, ii. 66; period of perfect plumage in pigeons, ii. 77 ; advantage of crossing pigeons, ii. 126. NEURALGIA, hereditary, ii. 79. :NEw ZEALAND, feral cats of, i. 47; cultivated plants of, i. 311. NEWFOUNDLAND clog, modification of, in England, i. 42. NEWMAN, E., sterility of Sphingidro under certain conditions, ii. 15~. NEWPORT, G., non-copulation of Vanessm in confinement, ii. 157; regeneration of limb;~ in myriapoda, ii. 2\14; fertilisation of the ovule in batrachia, ii. 363. NEWT, polvdactylism in the, ii. 14. NEWTON, A., absence of sexual distinctions in the Oolumbidro, i. 1u2; production of a ''black-shouldered" peahen among the ordinary kind, i. 291; on hybrid ducks, ii. 157. NGAm, Lake, cattle of, i. 88. "N1ATA'' cattle, i. 89-81; resemblance of :NICARD. INDEX. OtiiSTITT. 467 to Siva_th~rium, i. 89 ; prepotency of transmiss1on of character by, ii. 66, "NICARD" rabbit, i. 107. NICHOLSON, Dr., on the cats of Antigua, i. 46 ; on the sheep of Antigua, i. 98. Nicot~'!'na, crossing of varieties and species of, u. 108; prepotency of transmission of characters in species of, ii. 67; contabesceuce of female organs in, ii. 166. Nicotiana ghttinosa, ii. 108. NmBunu, on the heredity of mental characteristics in some Roman families ii. 65. ' NIGHT-BLINDNESS, non-reversion to, ii. 36. NrLSSON, Prof., on the barking of a younO' wolf, i. 27; parentage of Europea~ breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81 ; on Bos j1·ontosus in Scania, i. 81. NrND, l\1r., on the dingo, i. 39. "Nrsr;s formativus," i. 293, 294, 355. NITZSCH, on the absence of the oil-gland in certain Columbro, i. 147. NoN-INR~J:mTA~CE, causes of, ii. 24-26. "NoNNAIN" pigeon, i. 154. NoRDMANN, dogs of Awhasie, i. 25. NonMANDY, pigs of, with appendages under the jaw, i. 75. NomvAY, striped ponies of, i. 58. No'IT and Glidden, on the origin of the dog, i. 16 ; mastiff represented on an Assyrian tomb, i. 17 ; on Egyptian dogs, i. 18; on the Hare-Indian dog, i. 22. Notylia, ii. 135. NouRISI:IllmNT, excess of, a cause of variability, ii. 257. NuMBER, importance of, in selection, ii.. 235. N1tmida ptilorhyncha, the original of the Guinea-fowl, i. 294. NuN pigeon, i. 155; known to Aldrovandi, i. 207. NUTMEG tree, ii. 237, OAK, weeping, i. 361, ii. 18, 241; pyramidal, i. 361 ; Hessian, i. 361 ; late· leaved, i. 363; variation in persistency of leaves of, i. 363; valueless as timber at the Cape of Good Hope, ii. 274; changes in, dependent on age, i. 387; galls of the, ii. 282. OATS, wild, i. 313; in the Swiss lakedwellings, i. 319. OBERLIN, change of soil beneficial to the potato, ii. 146. 0DART, Count, varieties of the vine, i. 333, ii. 278 ; bud-variation in the vine, i. 375. OnouH and colour, correlation of, ii. 325. f.Ecidium, ii. 284. (Enol hera biennis, bud- variation in, i. 382. OGLE, W., resemblance of twins, ii. 252. OIL-GLAND, absence of, in fantail pigeons, i. 147, 160. 0LDFIEI,D, 1\ir., estimation of European dogs among the natives of Australia, ii. 215. OLEANDER, stock affected by grafting in the, i. 39-1. 0LLIER, Dr., insertion of the periosteum of a dog beneath the skin of a rabbit, ii. 369. Onciclium, reproduction of, ii, 133-135 16-1. ' ONIONS, crossing of, ii. 90 ; white, liable to the attacks of fungi and disease, ii. 228, 336. Ophrys azJijera, self- fertilisation of, ii. ~.1 ; formation of pollen by a petal in, ll. 3fl2. Op~tntict leucotricha, ii. 277. ORANGE, i. 334-336; crossinO' of ii 91 · with the lemon, i. 389, it 365; ~atu~ rali~ation of, in Italy, ii. 308; variation of, m North Italy, ii. 256; peculiar variety of, ii. 331; Bizzaria. i. 381 · trifacial, ibid. ' ' OncmDs, reproduction of, i. 402, 403; ii. 133-135. ORFORD, Lord, crossing greyhounds with the bulldog, i. 41. ORGANISMS, origin of, i. 13. 0RGAJ.'\'ISA'riON, advancement in, i. 8. ORGANS, rudimentary and aborted, ii. ~.15 - 318; multiplication of abnormal, 11. 391. ORIOLE, .assumJ?tion of ~en-plumage by a male m confinement, 1i. 158. ORKNEY islands, pigs of, i. 70; piO'eons of i. 184. 0 ' 0RTROPTERA, regeneration of bind leo-s in the, ii. 294. "' Orthosia munda, ii. 157. ORTON, R., on the effects of cross-breed ina on the female, i. 404; on the M:an~ cat, ii. 66; on mongrels from the silkfowl, ii. 67. Os.B?R~~· Dr., inherited mottling of the HIS, 11. ] 0. OsPREY, preying on Black-fowls, ii. 230. Ot>TEN-SAOKE:\, Baron, on American oak galls, ii. 282. OSTEOLOGICAL characters of pigs, i. 66, 67, 71-74; of rabbits, i. 115-130 · of pigeons, i. 162-167; of ducks, i. 282- 284. OsTRICH, diminished fertility of the in· captivity, ii. 156. ' Os'rYAKS, selection of dogs by the, ii. 206. 0'l'TER, ii. 151. "OTTER" sheep of Massachusetts, i. 100. OunE, feral humped cattle in, i. 79. OuiS'I'ITI, breed in Europe, ii. 153. ~ H ~ |