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Show 472 POPLAR. INDEX. QL"ATREFAGES. 58, 59; on the young of Asinus indicus, ii. 43. POPLAR,·Lomba.rdy, i. 361. PoPPIG on Cuban wild dogs, i. 27. PoPPY 'round in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 3b, 319; with the stamens converted into pistils, i. 365; differences of the, in different parts of India, ii. 165; monstrous, fertility of, ii. 166; black-seeded, antiquity of, ii. 429. PoRCUPINE, breeding of, in captivity, ii. 152. PoRCUPINE family, ii, 4, 76. Porphy1·io, breeding of a species of, in captivity, ii. 156. PoRTAL, on a peculiar hcrc<litary affection of the eye, ii. 9. PoRTO Santo, feral rabbits of, i. 112. Potamochrerus penicillatus, ii. 150. PoTATO i. 330-331 ; bud-mriation by tuber~ in the, i. H84-385; graft-l~yb~·id of, by union of h::df-tub~rs, i. 3~.;); mdividual self-impotence m the, u. 137; sterility of. ii. 169; advantage of change of soil to th e, ii. H6; relation of tubers a11cl flowers in the, ii. :H3. PoTATO, sweet, sterility of th~, in Chi~ ~' ii. 169; varieties of the, smted to different climates, ii. 309. PoucllET, l\1., his views on plurality of races, i. 2. PoUTER pigeons, i_. 1 37-13~; furcula figured, i. 167 ; h1s_tory of, 1: 207. . Powrs Lord, expcnmcnts m crossmg hm~pe<l and English ca_ttlc, i. ~3, ii. 4~ . PoYNTER, l\Ir., on a grait-Lybnd rose, 1. 396. PRAIRIE wolf, i. 22. PRECOCITY of highly-improved breeds, ii. 321. PREPOTENCY of pollen, ii. 187. PREPOTENCY of tr:m~miss ion of character, ii. 65 174 ; in the Austrian emperors and 'some Roman families, ii. 65; in cattle, 6!5-66; in sheep, 66 ; in cats, ibid. ; in pigeons, G6-67 ; in fow Is, G7 ; in plants, ibid. ; in a variety of the pumpkin, ii. 358 ; in t.he jackal over the dog, ibid. ; in the ass over tbe h?rsc, ibid.; in the pheasant over the fowl, 68; in the penguin cluck over tile Egyptian goose, 1.bicl. ; discussion of the phenomena of, 69-71. Pru:scoTT, 1\'Ir., on the earliest known European flower-garden, ii. 217. PRESSt:RE, mechanical, a cause of modification, ii. 344-345. PREVOST and Dumas, on the employment of several spermatozoids to fert.ilise one ovule, ii. 363. PRICE, 1\'Ir., variations in the structure of the feet in horses, i, 50. PmcHARD, Dr., on polydactylism in ~he negro, ii. 14; on _the Lalllb~~·t fam1ly, ii. 77; on an albmo negTo, u. 229; on Plica polonica, ii. 276. . PRIMROSE, ii. 21; double, rendered smgle by tra.nsplantatio~, ii. 1_67. . . Primula intercrossmg of speCJes of, 1. 336 · 'contabescencc in, ii. 166; hose and,bose, i. 365; with coloured calyces, sterility of, ii. 166.. . . Primula sinensis, reCiprocally dimorphw, ii. 132. Primula 'Veris, ii. 21, 109, 182. Primula vulgaris, ii. 21, 109. PRINCE, 1\'Ir., on the intercrossing of strawberries, i. 352. Procyon, sterility of, in captivity, ii.152. PHOLlFlCACY, incrLasecl by domestication, ii. 174. PnoPAGATION, rapidity of, favourable to selection, ii. 297. PROTOZOA, reproduction of the, ii. 376. Prunus anneniaca, i. 34!-3±5. Prunus avium, i. 347. Prunus cerasus, i. 347, 375. Pru11us clomestica, i. 345. Prum~s insititia, i. 345-34 7. P1·wrus spinosa, i. 345. Pm:SSIA, wild horse::J in, i. GO. PsiUacus erithacus, ii. 155. Psittacus macoa, ii. 155. P~ophia, general sterility of, in captivity, ii. 157. PTAmnGAN fowls, i. 228. Pulex penetrans, ii. 275. PuMPKINS, i. 357. PuNo ponies of the. Cordillera, i. 52. PmtSER, 1\'Ir. on Cytisus Adami, i. 389. P usEY, 1\ir., preference of hares and rab-bits fur co1umon rye, ii. 20:.!. PUTSCHE and Vertuch, vmieties of the potato, i. 330. P YIS, effects of foreign pollen on apples, i. 401 ; supposed non-\·ariability of monotypic genera, ii. 26G. Pyn·hula vulga1·is, ii. 232 ; assumption of tlw h en-plumage by the male, in coufincment, ii. 15ti. PYimuus, Jds breed of cattle, ii. 202. Pyrus, fastigate Chine:>c species of, ii. 277. Pyrus acerba, i. 348. Pyms aucuparia, ii. 230. Pyrus communis, i. 350, 376. Pyrus malus, i. 34:8, 376. Pyrus pm·adisiaca, i. 348. ]Jyrus prmcox, i. 348. QuAGGA, effect of fecundation by, on the subsequent progeny of a mare, i. 403- 40±. Qt.:ATREFAGES, A. cle, on the Lurrowing of QGERCUS. INDEX. REVERSION, 473 a bitch to litter, i. 77; selection in the silkworm, i. 301 ; development of the wings in the silkmoth, i. 303, ii. 298 ; on varieties of the mulberry, i. 33±; special raising of eggs of the silkmoth, ii. 197; on disease of the silkworm, ii. 228; on monstrosities in insects, ii. 269, 391 ; on the Anglo-Saxon race in America, ii. 276; on a cliange in the breeding season of the Egyptian g-oose, ii. 304; fertilisation of the Teredo, ii. 363; tendency to similarity in the best races, ii. 241 ; on his "tiJurbillon vital," ii. 6J. ; on the independent existence of the sexual elements, ii. 360. Que1·cus cerris, i. 303. Quercus robur and pedunculata, hybrids of, ii. 130. QuiNCE, pears grafted on the, ii. 259. RABBITS, domestic, their ori gin, i.103-105; of.M:ountSinaiandAlgeria, i.l05 ; breeds of, i. 105-111 ; Himalayan, Chinese, P olish, or Russian, i. 108-111, ii. 97; feral, i. 111-115; of Jamaica, i. 112; of the F alkland islands, i. 112; of Porto Santo, i. 112-115, ii. 103, 279; osteological characters of, i. 115-129; discussion of modifications in, i. 129-130; one-eared, transmission of peculiarity of, ii. 12; reversion in feral, ii. 33; in the Himalayan, ii. 41 ; crossing of white and coloured Angora, ii. 92 ; comparative fertility of wild and tame, ii. 111; high-bred, often bad breeders, ii. 121 ; selection of, ii. 20-!; white, J iable to destruction, ii. 230; eftccts of disuse of parts in, ii. 298 ; skull of, affected by drooping ears, ii. 301; length of int estines in , ii. 303; correlation of cars and skull in, ii. 32':1:-325; variations in skull of, ii. 350 ; periosteum of a dog producing bone in, ii. 36!). RACE-HORSE, origin of, i. 54. RACES, modification and formation of, by cross ing, ii. 95-99; natural and artificial, ii. 2·.1:5; Pouchet's views on plmality of, i. 2; of pigeons, i. 207- 212. RADISHES, i. 326; crossing of, ii. 90; varieties of, ii. 217-218. RADCLYFFE, W. F., etl:"ect of climate and soil on strawberries, i. 354; constitutional differences in roses, i. 367. RADLKOFER, ret rogressive metamorphosis in mos::cs and algre, ii. 3til. RA~'FLES, Sir Stftmford, on the crossing of J avanese cattle witl1 Bos sondaict,s, ii. 206. Rur, goat-like, from the Cape of Good Hope, ii. 66. RANCHIN, heredity of di seases, ii. 7. RANGE of gallinaceous birds on the Hima-laya, i. 237. Ranunculus ficaria, ii. 170. RLtnunculus repens, ii. 168. RAPE, i. 325. Raphanus sati'IYtts, ii. 343. RASPBERRY, yellow-fruited, ii. 230. RATTLESNAKE, experiments with poison of the, ii. 289. RAVEN, stomach of, affected by vegetable diet, ii. 302. RAwsoN, A., self-impotence in hybrids of Gladiolus, ii. 139-140. R.E, Le Compte, on the assumption of a yellow colour by all varieties of maize, i. 321. REAUiriUR, effect of confinement upon the cock, ii. 52; fertility of fowls in most climates, ii. 161. REED, 1\'Ir., atrophy of the lin1bs of rabbits, consequent on the destruction of their nerves, ii. 297. REGENERATION of amputated pa1·ts in man, ii. 14; in the humftn embryo, ii. 15; in the lower vertebrata, in:sects, and myriapoda, 1"bicl. REINDEER, individuals recognised by the LfLplanders, ii. 251. REGNIER, early cultivation of the cabbage by the Celts, i. 324. REISSEK, experiments in crossing Cyl1"sus purpureus and labumum, i. 389 ; mo<.lification of a Thesium by CEcidium, ii, 284. RELATIONS, characters of, reproduced in children, ii. 3-!. RENGGER, occurrence of jaguars with crooked legs in Paraguay, i. 17; naked dogs of Paraguay, i. 23, 31, ii. 93, 102; feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27; on the a.guara, i. 26; cats of Paraguay, i. 46, ii. 86, 151; dogs of Paraguay, ii. 87; feral pigs of Buenos Ayres, i. 77 ; on the refusal of wild animals to bree4 l in captivity, ii. 149; ·on Dicotyles labialus, ii. 150; sterility of plantigrade carnivora in captivity, ii. 152; on Cavia ape1·ea, ii. 152; sterility of Ctbus azarre in captivity, ii. 153; abortions produced by wild animals in captivity, ii. 158. REPRODUCTION, sexual and asexual, contrasted, ii. 361 ; unity of forms of, ii. 383; antagonism of, to growth, ii. 384. Reseda odorata, ii. 237. RETINITIS, pigmentary, in deaf-mutes, ii. 328. REVERSION, ii. 28-29, 372-373, 396, 398- 402; in pigeons, ii. 29; in cattle, ii. 29-30; in sheep, ii. 30; in fowls, ii. 31; in the heartsease,ibicl.; in vegetables, ibid.; in feral animals and plants, ii.32-31; to |