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ence, i. 77.

-, on sterility of hybrids, ii. 6.
Hermaphrodites crossing, i. 119.
Heron eating seed, ii. 176.
Heron, Sir R., on peacocks, i. 109.
Heusinger, on white animals poi-
soned by certain plants, i. 13.
Hewitt, Mr., on sterility of first
crosses, ii. 23.

Hildebrand, Prof., on the self-ste-
rility of Corydalis, ii. 7.
Hilgendorf, on intermediate varie-
ties, ii. 66.

Himalaya, glaciers of, ii. 159.

-, plants of, ii. 162.

Hippeastrum, ii. 7.
Hippocampus, i. 295.

Hofineister, Prof., on the move-
ments of plants, i. 308.
Holly-trees, sexes of, i. 115.
Hooker, Dr., on trees of New Zea-
land, i. 123.

on acclimatisation of Hima-
layan trees, i. 174.

on flowers of umbelliferæ, i.
180.

on the position of ovules, i. 268.

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Horns, rudimentary, ii. 261.
Horse, fossil, in La Plata, ii. 96.

proportions of, when young,

ii. 247.
Horses destroyed by flies in Para-
guay, i. 89.

striped, i. 199.
Horticulturists, selection applied by,
i. 37.

Huber, on cells of bees, i. 349.

P., on reason blended with
instinct, i. 320.

on habitual nature of instincts,
i. 320.

on slave-making ants, i. 336.
on Melipona domestica, i. 343.
Hudson, Mr., on the Ground-Wood-
pecker of La Plata, i. 221.

-, on the Molothrus, i. 334.
Humble-bees, cells of, i. 343.
Hunter, J., on secondary sexual
characters, i. 185.

Hutton, Captain, on crossed geese,
ii. 10.

Huxley, Prof., on structure of her-
maphrodites, i. 124.

-, on the affinities of the Sirenia,
ii. 108.

-, on forms connecting birds and
reptiles, ii. 108.

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blind, in caves, i. 171.

luminous, i. 236.

their resemblance to certain

objects, i. 283.

-, neuter, i. 359.

Instinct, i. 319.

not varying simultaneously

with structure,

357.

Instincts, domestic, i. 325.

Kidney-bean, acclimatisation of, i.
177.

Kidneys of birds, i. 178.

Kirby, on tarsi deficient in beetles,
i. 168.

Knight, Andrew, on cause of varia-
tion, i. 8.

Kölreuter, on Intercrossing, i. 119.
on the barberry, i. 121.

on sterility of hybrids, ii. 3, 4.
-, on reciprocal crosses, ii. 15.
-, on crossed varieties of nico-
tiana, ii. 38.

on crossing male and herma-
phrodite flowers, ii. 256.

L.

Lamarck, on adaptive characters, ii.

218.
Lancelet, i. 154.

eyes of, i. 227.
Landois, on the development of the
wings of insects, i. 231.
Land-shells, distribution of, ii. 186.
of Madeira, naturalised, ii.

193.

resisting salt water, ii. 187.
Languages, classification of, ii. 214.
Lankester. Mr. E. Ray, on Longe-
vity, i. 263.

on homologies, ii. 237.
Lapse, great, of time, ii. 51.
Larvæ, ii. 241, 242, 243.

Laurel, nectar secreted by the leaves,
i. 114.

Intercrossing, advantages of, i. 149, Laurentian formation, ii. 84.

ii. 27.

Islands, oceanic. ii. 177.

Laws of variation, i. 164.
Leech, varieties of, i. 93.

Isolation favourable to selection, i. Leguminosa, nectar secreted by

127.

J.

Japan, productions of, ii. 158.
Java, plants of, ii. 162.

Jones, Mr. J. M., on the birds of
Bermuda, ii. 180.

Jourdain, M., on the eye-spots of
star-fishes, i. 225.

Jukes, Prof., on subaerial denuda-
tion, ii. 53.

Jussieu, on classification, ii. 209.

K.

Kentucky, caves of, i. 172.
Kerguelen-land, flora of, ii. 169, 189.

glands, i. 114.

Leibnitz' attack on Newton, ii. 294.
Lepidosiren, i. 130; ii. 109.

limbs in a nascent condition,
ii. 258.
Lewes, Mr. G. H., on species not
having changed in Egypt, i. 263.

on the Salamandra atra, ii. 256.
-, on many forms of life having
been at first evolved, ii. 300.
Life, struggle for, i. 77.
Lingula, Silurian, ii. 83.
Linnæus, aphorism of, ii. 205.
Lion, mane of, i. 109.

young of, striped, ii. 241.
Lobelia fulgens, i. 90, 121.
-, sterility of crosses, ii. 7.

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Lubbock, Sir J., on the nerves of
coccus, i. 54.

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on secondary sexual charac-
ters, i. 193.

-, on a diving hymenopterous
insect, i. 222.

-, on affinities, ii. 73.

-, on metamorphoses, ii. 239, 242.
Lucas, Dr. P., on inheritance, i. 14.
-- on resemblance of child to
parent, ii. 43.

Lund and Clausen, on fossils of
Brazil, ii. 121.

Lyell, Sir C., on the struggle for
existence, i. 77.

-, on modern changes of the
earth, i. 118.

on terrestrial animals not hav-
ing been developed on islands, i.
281.

-, on a carboniferous land-shell.
ii. 59.

on strata beneath Silurian sys-
tem, ii. 84.

on the imperfection of the geo-
logical record, ii. 88.

-, on the appearance of species,
ii. 88.

-, on Barrande's colonies, ii. 90.

on

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tertiary formations of
Europe and North America, ii.

101.

-, on parallelism of tertiary for-
mations, ii. 106.

on transport of seeds by ice-
bergs, ii. 148.

, on great alterations of climate,
ii. 170.

on the distribution of fresh-
water shells, ii. 174.

-, on land-shells of Madeira, ii.
193.

Lyell and Dawson, on fossilized trees
in Nova Scotia, ii. 70.
Lythrum salicaria, trimorphic, ii.

32.

Maurandia, i. 307.

Means of dispersal, ii. 140.
Melipona domestica, i. 343.
Merrell, Dr., on the American
cuckoo, i. 330.

Metamorphisin of oldest rocks, ii. 85.
Mice destroying bees, i. 90.
acclimatisation of, i. 175.
tails of, i. 294.

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Miller, Prof., on the cells of bees, i.
344, 350.

Mirabilis, crosses of, ii. 15.
Missel-thrush, i. 93.

Mistletoe, complex relations of, i. 3.
Mivart, Mr., on the relation of hair
and teeth, i. 179.

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and hybrids compared, ii. 39.
Monkeys, fossil, ii. 79.
Monachanthus, ii. 216.

Mons, Van, on the origin of fruit-
trees, i. 33.

Monstrosities, i. 51.

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Moquin-Tandon, on sea-side plants, Naudin, on analogous variations in

i. 166.

Morphology, ii. 231.

Morren, on the leaves of Oxalis, i.
308.

Moths, hybrid, ii. 9.

Mozart, musical powers of, i. 321.
Mud, seeds in, ii. 175.
Mules, striped, i. 201.

Müller, Adolf, on the instincts of the
cuckoo, i. 331.

Müller, Dr. Ferdinand, on Alpine
Australian plants, ii. 163.
Müller, Fritz, on dimorphic crusta-
ceans, i. 55, 362.

on the lancelet, i. 154.

on air-breathing crustaceans,

i. 238.

on climbing plants, i. 307.
on the self-sterility of orchids,
ii. 7.

on embryology in relation to
classification, ii. 210.

on the metamorphoses of crus-
taceans, ii. 245, 253.

on terrestrial and fresh-water
organisms not undergoing any
metamorphosis, ii. 250.
Multiplication of species not indefi-
nite, i. 157.

Murchison, Sir R., on the forma-
tions of Russia, ii. 60.

-, on azoic formations, ii. 84.

on extinction, ii. 94.

gourds, i. 195.

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on hybrid gourds, ii. 38.

on reversion, ii. 41.

Nautilus, Silurian, ii. 83.
Nectar of plants, i. 114.
Nectaries, how formed, i. 114.
Nelumbium luteum, ii. 176.

Nests, variations in, i. 324, 355, 364.
Neuter insects, i. 359, 360.

Newman, Col., on humble-bees, i. 90.
New Zealand, productions of, not
perfect, i. 255.

naturalised products of, ii. 119.
fossil birds of, ii. 121.
glaciers of, ii. 159.

-, crustaceans of, ii. 164.
algae of, ii. 164

number of plants of, ii. 178.
flora of, ii. 189.

Newton, Sir I., attacked for irre-
ligion, ii. 294.

Prof., on earth attached to a
partridge's foot, ii. 148.

Nicotiana, crossed varieties of, ii. 39.
certain species very sterile, ii.

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14.

Nitsche, Dr., on the Polyzoa, i. 301.
Noble, Mr., on fertility of Rhodo-
dendron, ii. 8.

Nodules, phosphatic, in azoic rocks,
ii. 84.

0.

Murie, Dr., on the modification of Oaks, variability of, i. 62.

the skull in old age, i. 233.

Onites, appelles, i. 168.

Ononis, small imperfect flowers of, Palm with hooks, i. 247.

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on vegetative repetition, i.

on variability of unusually
developed parts, i. 185.

on the eyes of fishes, i. 227.
on the swim-bladder of fishes,
i. 231.

on fossil horse of La Plata, ii.
96.

on generalized form, ii. 107.
-, on relation of ruminants and
pachyderms, ii. 107.

on fossil birds of New Zea-
land, ii. 121.

-, on succession of types, ii. 121.
on atlinities of the dugong, ii.
206.

-, on homologous organs, ii. 233.
on the metamorphosis of ce-
phalopods, ii. 244.

P.

Pacific Ocean, faunas of, ii. 131.
Pacini, on electric organs, i. 235.
Paley, on no organ formed to give
pain, i. 254.

Pallas, on the fertility of the domes-
ticated descendants of wild stocks,
ii. 10.

Papaper bracteatum, i. 272.
Paraguay, cattle destroyed by flies,

i. 89.
Parasites, i. 334.

Partridge, with ball of earth at-
tached to foot, ii. 148.

Parts greatly developed, variable,

i. 185.

Parus major, i. 220.
Passiflora, ii. 7.

Peaches in United States, i. 104.
Pear, grafts of, ii. 18.
Pedicellariæ, i. 298.
Pelagornium, flowers of, i. 180.
sterility of, ii. 7.

Pelvis of women, i. 178.
Peloria, i. 180.

Period, glacial, ii. 151.
Petrels, habits of, i. 221.
Phasianus, fertility of hybrids, ii. 9.
Pheasant, young, wild, i. 329.
Pictet, Prof., on groups of species
suddenly appearing, ii. 77.

, on rate of organic change, ii. 90.
on continuous succession of
genera, ii. 93.

on change in latest tertiary
forms, ii. 71.

-, on close alliance of fossils in
consecutive formations, ii. 114.
— on early transitional liuks, ii.
78.
Pierce, Mr., on varieties of wolves,
i. 111.

Pigeons with feathered feet and skin
between toes, i. 14.

breeds described, and origin

of, i. 23.

47.

breeds of, how produced, i. 44,

tumbler, not being able to get
out of egg, i. 106.

-, reverting to blue colour, i. 197.
instinct of tumbling, i. 327.
young of, ii. 248.

Pigs, black, not affected by the
paint-root, i. 13.

modified by want of exercise,
i. 249.

Pistil, rudimentary, ii. 256.
Plants, poisonous, not affecting cer-
tain coloured animals, i. 13.

, selection, applied to, i. 41.
-, gradual improvement of, i. 42.
not improved in barbarous
countries, i. 43.

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