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Show 480 St::B-SI'ECTES. INDEX. TEGE'l'~mmn. Sun-SPEOIES, wild, of Columba livia and other pigeons, i .. 204:. . . SuccESSION, geological, of orgamsms, 1.11. SucKERS, bud-variation by, i. 384. SUGAR cane, sterility of, in various countries, ii. 169; white, liability of, to dis-ease, ii. 228, 336. .. SuiCIDE, h ereditary tendency to, u. 7, 78. S-cLIV AN, Admiral, on the horses of the Falkland Islands, i. 53; wild pigs of the Falkland Islands, i. 77; feral cattle of the Falkland Islands, i. 86, 102; feral rabbits of the Falkland Islands, i. 112. SuLTAN fowl , i . 228, 255. Sus indica, i. 65, 67-70, ii. llO. Sus pliciceps, i. 69 (figured). Sus scrojct, i. 65, 66, ii. 110. Sus scrnfa palusl1·is, i. 68. Sus vittatus, i. G7. SwALLOWS, a breed of pigeons, i. 156. SWAYNE, 1\'Ir., on artificial crossing of varieties of the pea, i. 397. .. SwEET P eas, ii. 91 ; crosses of, u. 93, 9~_; varieties of, coming true by seed, ll. 20 · acclimatisation of, in India, ii. 311. SwEE~' William, burl-variation in, i. ~81. SwiNIIOE, R., on Chinese pigeons, 1. 28, 206; on striped Chinese hor~es, i. 5~. Swi'l'ZERLAND, ancient dogs of, 1. 19; p1gs of, in the Neolithic period, i. 67-08; goats of, i. 101. SYCAliiOUE, pale-leaved variety of the, ii. 330. SYKES, Colonel, on a Pariah dog w~th crooked legs, i. 17 ; on small In~Ja~l asses, i. 62 ; on Gallus Sonneratn, 1. 233 · 011 the voice of the Iudian Knlm cocl~. i. 259 ; fertility of the fowl in most climates, ii. 1Gl. SYMMETRY, hereditary departures from, ii. 12. Symphytum, vari egated, i. 384. SYPHILIS, h ereditary, ii. 332. SYRIA, asses of, i. 62. Suringct persica, chinensis, and vulgaris,)i. 164. T ACTTUS, on the care taken by the Celts in breeding animals, ii. 202. Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of, ii. 20: 'rAHI'l'I, varieties of cultivated plants m, ii. 256. TAIL, occasional development of, in man, ii. 57; n ever curled in wild animals, ii. 30 l ; rudimentary in Chinese sheep, ii. 315. TAIL-FEATHERS, numbers of, in breeds of pigeons, i. 15R-159; peculiarities of, in cocks, i. 25-:1:-255 ; variability of. in fowls, 1. 258; em led, in Anas boschas, and tame drak es, i. 280. TAL&'\:'1', hereditary, ii. 7. TANJmliVILLE, Earl of, on Chillingham ctttile, i. 84, ii. 119. 'l'ANNEll, Prof., effects of disuse of parts i11 cattle, ii. 299. TAPIR, sterility of the, in ca~tivity, ii. 150. TARGIONI-TOZZE'l"l'I, on cultiva ted plants, i. 306 ; on the vine, i. _3~2 ; vari eti_es of the peach, i. 31_2; ongm_a~d varieties of the plum, 1. 345 ; ongm of the cherry, i. 347; origin of ros0s, i. 3liG. TAnsos, variability of th e, in fowls, i. 259; reproduction of tl!e, in a thrush, ii. 15. TARTARS their preference for spiralhorned sheep, ii. 209. TAVERNLEH, abundance of pigeons in P er ia, i. 205. Ta.-cus baccata, ii. 18. TEEBAY 1\'Ir., rever:;ion in fowls, ii. 38. T EETH, 'number and position of, in dogs, i. 34: ; defiei•mcy of, in nuked 'I'urki sh clogs, i. 35; period_ of app eara1~ ee of, in brcrcls of clogs, 1. 35; precoCLty of, in highly bred a nimal s, ii. 322 ; conelation of, with h air, ii. 326 ; double 1·ow of, with r edundant hair, in Julia Pastrana, ii. 328 ; aifcctecl in form by h ereditary syphilis and by pulmonary tubercle, ii. 332 ; fu sion of, ii. 3:H ; clevdopccl on the palate, ii. 391. T EGE'l'lllEnm, M:r., on a cat with monstrous t eeth, i. 48 ; on a swift-like pigeon, i. 157; naked young of some pigeons, i. 170; fertility of bybricl pigeons, i. 192; on white p igeons, ii. 230; reversion in crossed breeds of fowls, i. 239-24±; chicks of the white silk-fowl, i. 24:9; development of the cranial protuberance in P olish fowls, i. 250; on the skull in the Poli~h fowl, i. 257, 262; on the iutelligcnce of Polish fowls, i. 264: ; correlation of the cranial protuberance and crest in Polish fowl s, i. 274; development of the web in the feet of P olish fowls, i. 259; early development of several r'ccnliaritics in Spa uish cocks, i. 250; on the comb in Spanish fowls, i. 253; on the Spanish fowl, ii. 306; varieties of game-fowls, i. 252 ; pedigrees of game-fowls, ii. 3; assumption of female plumage by a game cock, i. 253 ; natural selection in the game cock, ii. 225; pugnacity of game hens, i. 256 ; length of ihe middle toe in Cochin fowls, i. 259; origin of the Sebright bantam, ii. 54; differences in the size of fowls, i. 257; eftect of crossi11g in fowls, i. 2iiR, ii. 9?_; eflects of interbre(·ding in fowls, n. 124-125; i11cmbation by mongrels of non-sitting races of fowls, ii. H; i~verse correlation of crest and comb ill '.rEMMINCK. INDEX. TRITICUM. 481 fowls, i. 274 ; occurrence of pencilled feathers in fowls, ii. 40; on a variety of the goose from Sebastopol, i. 289 ; on the fertility of the pealwn, ii. ll2 ; on the intercrossing of bees, ii. 126. TEMliiTNCK, origin of domestic cats, i. 43 ; origin of domestic pigeons, i. 180 ; on Columba guinea, i. 182 ; on Colttmba leucocephala, i. 183 ; asserted reluctance of some breeds of pigeons to cross, i. 192; sterility of hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193 ; variations of Gallus bankiva, i. 235; on a buff-coloured breed of Turkeys, i. 293 ; number of eggs laid by the peahen, ii. 112; breeding of Guans in captivity, ii. 156; behaviour of grouse in captivity, ~7Jid. ; sterility of the partridge in captivity, ibid. TENDRILS in Cncurbitacero, i. 358, ii. 316. TE"Io."NENT, Sir J. E., on the goose, i. 287; on the growth ot' the apple in Ceylon, ii. 277; on the Jaffna sheep, ii. 302. Teredo, fertilisation in, ii. 363. 'I'ERmERS, wry-legged, ii. 245; white, subject to distemper, ii. 336. TESCHEUACHER, on a husked form of maize, i. 320. TESSIER, on the period of gestation of the dog, i. 29; of the pig, i. 74; in cattle, i. 87; experiments on change of soil, ii. 147. Tetmo, breeding of species of, in captivity, ii. 156. Tetmpteryx paradisea, ii. 156. Teucrium campanulatum, pelorism in, ii. 345. TExAs, feral cattle in, i. 85. TnEOGNis, his notice of the domestic fowl, i. 246. THEOPHRAS'l'US, his notice of the peach, ii. 308. Thesium, ii. 284. THOMPSON, Mr., on the peach and nectarine, i. 342 : on the varieties of the apricot, i. 344 ; classification of varieties of cherries, i. 347-348; on the ''Si ster ribston-pippin," i. 350 ; on the varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354, 355. THOMPSON, William, on the pigeons of !slay, i. 184; feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190 ; colour of the bill and legs in geese, i. 288 ; breeding of Tetrao scotius in captivity, ii. 156; destruction of black-fowls by the osprey, ii. 230. THOMPSON, Prof. W., on the obliquity of tl10 flounder, ii. 53. THORNS, reconversion of, into branches, in pear trees, ii. 318. THORN, grafting of early and late, i. 363 ; Glastonbury, i. 364. THRUSH, asserted reproduction of the tarsus in a, ii. ] 5. VOJ,. II. Thuja pendula or filiformis, a variety of T. or1'entalis, i. 362. THURET, on the division of the zoospores of an alga, ii. 378. THWAITES, G. H., on the cats of Ceylon, i. 46 ; on a twin seed of Fuchsia coccinea and fulgens, i. 391. TrnoRTms, experiments in rearing wild ducks, i. 278. TIGER, rarely fertile in captivity, ii. 150, 151. Tigridia conchijlora, bud-variation in, i. 386. TJME, importance of, in the production of races, ii. 243. TINZliiANN, self-impotence in the potato, ii. 137. TISSUES, affinity of, for special organic substances, ii. 380. TITMICE, destructive to thin-shelled walnuts, i. 356 ; attacking nuts, i. 357 ; attacking peas, ii. 231. ToBACCO, crossing of varieties of, ii. 108 ; cultivation of in Sweden, ii. 307. TOBOLSK, red-coloured cats of, i. 47. ToEs, relative length of, in fowls, i. 259 ; development of fifth in dogs, ii. 317. ToLLE'!', Mr., his selection of cattle, ii. 199. TOMATO, ii. 91. TOM'l'I'l'S. Sec Titmice. TONGUE, relation of, to the beak in pigeons, i. 168. - TOOTH, occurrence of a molar, in place of an incisor, ii. 391. "TORFSCHWEIN," i. 68. TnArr,, R., on the union of half-tubers of different kinds of potatoes, i. 395. TREES, varieties of, suddenly produced, i. 361 ; weeping or pendulous, i. 361 ; fastigate or pyramidal, i. 361 ; with variegated or changed foliage, i. 362 ; early or late in leaf, i. 362-363 ; forest, non-application of selection to, ii. 237. "TRElllBLEUR" (pigeons), i. 146. TREMBLEY, on reproduction in Hydra, ii. 359. '' TREVOL'l'INI" silkworms, i. 301-302. Trichosanthe.q anguina, i. 3.60. TmCKs, inheritance of, ii. G-7, 395. Trifolium minus and repens, ii. 164. TRIMORPmc plants, conditions of repro-duction in, ii. 181-184. TRTS'l'RAlii, H. B., selection of the drome-dary, ii. 205-206. T1-iticum dicoccum, i. 319. T1·it-icum monococcum, i. 319. Triticum spelta, i. 31 9. Triticum turgidum, i. 319. Triticum vulgaTe, wild in Asia, i. 312. 2 I |