Kallima, 45, 47, 209, 212, 235, 386
Kellog, 16, 26, 45, 47, 67
Kingfisher, 202, 203, 206
Kite, 282
“Knowledge,” 171, 198, 277
Korchinsky, 15, 33
Krait, 216, 247
Kuppa, 224
L
Labernum, 119
_Lachnanthes_, 357
Ladybird, 213, 214
Lamarck, 2, 14, 17, 52
Lamarckism, 16, 24, 25
Lambert, Edward, 341
Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 13, 25
Lapwing, 207
Lark, 185, 362
_Larus ridibundus_, 290
Latent characters, 149
Law of battle, 301, 302, 321
Leaf-butterfly, 45, 47, 209, 235, 386
Lemming, 190
Lemur, 242, 243
_Lemur catta_, 242
Leopard, black, 101, 354, 358
_Leucopternis_, 282
_Ligurinus sinicus_, 122
Lily, 146
_Linaria vulgaris peloria_, 86
Linden, Gräfin von, 155
Links, missing, 41, 42
Linnæus, 65, 115
Linnet, 212, 338
“Linus I.,” 95, 96
Lion, 192, 334, 349, 352
_Liothrix luteus_, 179
Lizard, 64, 207, 210, 212, 216, 217, 220, 223, 269, 350
_Loddigesia mirabilis_, 328
Loeb, 147
_Lophophorus chambanus_, 104
_L. impeyanus_, 104
Lucerne, 118
Lung, 36, 37
Lutinism, 102
_Lycæna donzelli_, 381
_L. pheretes_, 381
_Lycodon aulicus_, 247
Lyell, 3
M
Mackerel, 193
Madingly, 102
_Mænia typica_, 221
Magnus, 86
Magpie, 281
Magpie colouring, 66, 67, 280, 281
Magrath, 256
Male-fern, 49
Mallard, 65, 97, 122, 126, 132, 293, 313, 315, 334, 337
Malthus, 31
Malva, 260
Manchester School, 27
Mannikin, 104
Marbled newt, 124, 245
Marshall, 28
—— Mr G. A. K., 239
—— Milnes, 37, 174
Marsupials, 67
Masters, 86
“Materials for the Study of Variation,” 73, 103
Mauchamp sheep, 95
Mayer, 228
“Mechanischphysiologische Theorie der Abstammungslehre,” 15
_Medicago media_, 118
_Megascops asio_, 44
Melanism, 64, 101, 360
_Melopsittacus undulatus_, 101
Mendel, 42, 74, 136, 141, 142, 144, 145
Mendel’s Law, 145, 149, 150, 161
Mendelism, 145
_Mesohippus_, 41
Micellæ, 151
_Micropus melanoleucus_, 245
“Mikado, The,” 237
Mildew, 49
Mimicry, conditions of, 178
Mimicry, protective, 45, 50, 51, 173, 177-82, 226-51, 275, 293, 294
Mink, 243
_Miohippus_, 41
Missing links, 41, 42
Missouri currant, 119
Mivart, Dr St George, 7, 61
Mole, 180
_Molge blasii_, 124
_M. cristata_, 124
_M. marmorata_, 124
_M. vulgaris_, 221
Mollusca, 49
—— of Sandwich Islands, 375, 378
Molpastes, 123, 255
_Molpastes bengalensis_, 256, 379
_M. burmanicus_, 379
_M. hæmorrhous_, 255, 379
_M. intermedius_, 256, 379
_M. leucogenys_, 256
Monaul, 104
Monkey, 64, 213
Monotypic evolution, 366
Monstrosities, 56, 57, 358
Morgan, Prof. Ll., 368
—— T. H., 26
Morse, 190
Moseley, Prof., 311
_Motacilla lugubris_, 122
_M. melanope_, 122
Moth, 101, 102, 124, 209, 215, 227, 238, 240
Mouse, 64, 105, 139, 141, 146, 149, 150, 180, 185, 282, 359
Mule, 127, 136, 140, 160, 162
Müller, Fritz, 81, 180
Müllerian mimicry, 177, 181, 182
_Munia atricapilla_, 104
_M. castaneithorax_, 98
_M. flaviprymna_, 98
_M. malacca_, 104
Muscovy duck, 99, 127, 128, 281
Musk ox, 190, 192
_Mustela sarmatica_, 243
Mutations, 41, 43, 66, 69, 72, 75-105, 124, 127, 134, 159, 160,
169, 223, 280, 281, 284, 292, 295, 339, 341, 342-4, 380-8
Mutations, theory of, 26, 38, 75, 76, 95
Myna, 244
_Myristicivoræ_, 282
N
Naegeli, 15, 16, 151
Nahrwal, 190
Natural selection, theory of, stated, 31, 32
“Nature,” 184
Nautili, 67
Nectar of flowers, 262, 264, 265, 268, 270, 271
Neo-Darwinians, 13, 14, 25, 173, 174, 176, 188, 214, 218, 222, 233,
238, 242, 263, 264
Neo-Darwinism, 51, 172, 234, 235, 264, 275, 276, 297
Neo-Lamarckians, 13, 14, 15
_Neophron_, 282
_Nepheronia hippia_, 179
_Nettium albigulare_, 179
New organs, beginnings of, 36, 73
Newman, 126
Newt, 124, 221, 222
Niata cattle, 95
Nicobar pigeon, 65
Nilgai, 337
Nitrogen, 153
Noddy, 62, 279
Nonpareil finch, 102
_Nyroca africana_, 337
O
Oates, 255, 379
Obliterative colouration, 184-7
_Ocydromus_, 365
_Œnis_, 205
_Œnopopelia tranquebarica_, 122, 123, 324, 333
_Œnothera lamarckiana_, 84, 85, 87, 88
_Ononis repens_, 23
_O. spinosa_, 22
Opossum, 243
Orchid, 268, 269, 270, 272
_Orgyia antiqua_, 215
“Origin of Species, The,” 7, 9, 11, 31, 53, 57, 63, 114, 170, 194,
347, 348, 356, 367
Oriole, 244, 249, 284, 304
_Oriolus galbula_, 282
_O. kundoo_, 282
_O. melanocephalus_, 244, 284
“Ornithological and Other Oddities,” 255
_Orohippus_, 41
Orr, 15-7
Orthogenesis, 15, 16, 34
_Ossifraga gigantea_, 99, 362
_Otidiphaps insularis_, 244
_Ovis ammon_, 120
_O. vignei_, 120
Owen, Sir Richard, 7
Owl, 247, 277, 289
—— little, 97, 98
—— scops, 101
—— snowy, 190
Ox, 146, 352
Oxygen, 152, 153, 263
P
Paddy bird, 254
Paint-root, 357
_Palæornis torquatus_, 102, 325
Pallas, 115
Pansy, 260
Panther, 360
_Papilio_, 228, 246
_P. aristolochiæ_, 179, 216, 220, 221
_P. polites_, 179
Paradise, bird of, 62, 249
Paradise flycatcher, 47, 202, 298, 303, 316, 324, 338
_Paradisea apoda_, 249
Paraguay cattle, 94
_Parnassius apollo_, 155
Paroquet, 102, 121, 325
Parrot, 103
Parthenogenesis, 135, 138
Partridge, 185, 315, 337
_Parus leucopterus_, 245
_Passer domesticus_, 289, 342
_P. montanus_, 342
_P. swainsoni_, 342
Pasteur, 5
_Pavo nigripennis_, 96
_Pavoncella pugnax_, 343
Pea, sweet, 74, 75, 81, 141
Pear, 72
Pearson, Karl, 309, 310
Peckham, 308
Pekin robin, 179
Pelagic animals, 173, 192-4
Penguin, 191
Pennant’s parakeet, 121
_Petaurus breviceps_, 243
Petrel, 44, 190, 191, 277, 337
Pfeffer, 33
_Phalacrocorax carbo_, 381
Phalanger, 243
Phalarope, 327
_Phasianidæ_, 125, 330
_Phasianus colchicus_, 114, 123
_P. torquatus_, 114, 123
_P. versicolor_, 114, 123, 124
Pheasant, 97, 104, 114, 121, 123, 128-30, 141, 315, 336, 338
Pictet, 155, 156
_Pieris napi_, 155
_Piezorhynchus_, 285
Pig, 57, 283, 357, 365
Pigeon, 61, 62, 65, 68, 71, 72, 91, 92, 93, 98, 101, 109, 126, 127,
244, 277, 282, 353, 357, 364, 365
Pigment, massing of, 256
Pike, 102, 222
Pimpernel, 261
Pintail duck, 130, 132, 293, 337
Pintailed nonpareil finch, 102
“Plant Breeding,” 87
Plasomes, 151
Plastidules, 151
_Platycercus elegans_, 121
_P. erythropeplus_, 121
_P. eximius_, 121
_Pliohippus_, 41
Plover, 207
Plumage, decorative, 40
Pochard, 126, 337
Pœcilomeres, 288-95
_Poëephila mirabilis_, 99
Polar bear, 119, 130
Polar bodies, 135
Polecat, 119
Polytypic evolution, 367
Poppy, 82, 261
_Porzana bailloni_, 251
_P. pusilla_, 251
Post-nuptial display, 316
_Potentilla tormentilla_, 263
Poulton, 11, 25, 26, 171, 173, 177, 181, 184, 210, 213, 217, 221,
223-5, 229-35, 238-42
_Precis artexia_, 203, 204, 212
Preferential mating among human beings, 309, 310
Prepotency, 136
Prickly pear, 274
Primrose, evening, 84, 85, 88
Pritchard, Hesketh, 359
“Proceedings of the Fourth International Ornithological Congress,”
288, 337
“Proceedings of the Linnæan Society,” 288
“Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Brunn,” 141
_Protohippus_, 37
_Pseudoclytia pentata_, 103
Pseudo-sematic colours, 173
_Pseudotantalus cinereus_, 282
Ptarmigan, 190
_Pteroclurus exustus_, 204
Puffin, 191
Pugnacity of animals, 206, 360
Puma, 45
Purple beech, 87
Pycraft, W. P., 277
_Pycnorhampus affinis_, 284
_P. icteroides_, 284
_Pygæra bucephala_, 215
Q
Quail, 185
Quatrefages, de, 124
_Quelea quelea_, 98
_Q. russi_, 98
_Querquedula crecca_, 290
Quetelet’s Law, 77
R
Rabbit, 99, 100, 105, 183, 253, 283, 350, 352
Racehorse, 69
Radicles, biological, 159
_Rallus aquaticus_, 251
_R. indicus_, 251
_Ranunculus bulbosus_, 70
_Rappia_, 245
Raspberry, 118
Rat, 74, 282
—— water, 101
Raven, 190
Razorbill, 190
Recessive characters, 142
Recognition colours, 251-7, 275
—— marks, 124
Red-mantled parakeet, 121
Redpole, 207
Redwing, 354
Reed bunting, 98
Reeves’ pheasant, 129
Regression, Law of, 82, 374
Reid, Archdale, 5
Reindeer, 190
Rest-harrow, 22
Reversion, 64, 65, 129, 293
_Rhinosciurus tupaioides_, 180
_Rhodocera rhamni_, 155
_Rhododendron ferrugineum_, 118
_R. hirsutum_, 118
_Rhynchæa_, 327
Ricardo, 28
Ringed finch, 104
Robin, 281, 378
Robin, Indian, 202
Robinson, Dr H., 171, 198
—— E. K., 261, 264, 265, 266, 268, 270, 272-4
Rodents, 67
Rogeron, 126
Roller, 123, 220, 255
Romanes, 366-81
Rook, 51, 187
Rose, 61, 267
Rosella parakeet, 121
Rous, Admiral, 69
Roux, 136
Ruff, 343
S
Sable, 190
Saffron finch, 244
Sainfoin, 267
Salamander, 217, 219, 221
_Salix alba_, 118
_S. pentandra_, 118
Sandgrouse, 204, 351
Sandpipers, 185, 190
Sassaby, 363
_Satyridæ_, 205
Scatliff, H. P., 91-3
Scatliff strain, 91
Scaup, 290
Schmankewitsch, 156
“Science,” 166
_Sciuropterus volucella_, 243
_Scops giu_, 101
Scops owl, American, 44
——, Indian, 101
Scoter, 249
Seal, 190, 191
Sea-urchin, 149
Seaweed, 263
Sebright, Sir John, 63
Secondary sexual characters, 298
Segregation, 369
—— of gametes, 143-5
Selous, Edmund, 308
—— F. C., 192, 195, 197, 203
Sematic colours, 173
_Sesia fuciformis_, 178
Sexual dimorphism, 51, 297-344
Sexual selection, theory of, 299-321
Shaheen, 251
Shamrock, 274
Sheathbill, 191
Sheep, 95, 266, 267, 283, 357, 372
Sheldrake, 109, 129
Shikra, 235, 236
Shoveler, 290
Shrew, 180, 216
Sidgwick, 28
Sidney, 5, 49
Sika deer, 120
Silver-washed fritillary butterfly, 103
Siskin, 127, 244
Skua, Arctic, 44, 362
Skua-gull, 191
Skunk, 186, 217, 221
Skylark, 315
Slug, 49, 185
Smith, Adam, 28
Snake, 185, 197, 198, 217, 220, 223-6, 247, 356
Snap-dragon, 268, 272
Snipe, 69, 327
Sodium sulphate, 151
Somatic variations, 106-10
“Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances,” 225, 358
Sorrel, 274
Sparrow, 213, 241, 341, 342
—— Java, 99, 100
Sparrow-hawk, 235, 243
_Spatula clypeata_, 290
Spavin, 332
“Species and Varieties,” 69, 77, 84, 87, 118
Species, definition of, 89
Species, elementary, 77, 78, 87-9
Spencer, 3, 15, 16, 28, 38, 151
Spider, 269, 272
_Sporæginthus amandava_, 311
Sports, 41, 43, 66, 75, 85, 135
Squirrel, 101, 186, 243
Stag, 325
—— Irish, 67
Standfuss, 155
Stanley crane, 248, 279
St Hilaire, T. G., 2, 356
Stick insect, 209
_Stictoptera annulosa_, 104
Stoat, 119, 190, 290
Stolzmann, 327-9, 342, 343
Stonechat, 353
Stork, 247, 282
“Strand Magazine,” 64
_Strix flammea_, 289
Struggle for existence, 31, 32, 48
—— for nourishment, 167
Suchetet, A., 126, 130
_Sula capensis_, 282
_S. serrator_, 282
Sunbird, 324
_Surniculus lugubris_, 235, 243
Survival of the fittest, 32
Survival value, 33, 34
Swallow, 250, 251, 279, 361
Swallow-shrike, 281
Swallow-tail butterfly, 179
Swan, 100
Swift, 243, 250
Swimming bladder of fishes, 36, 37
_Sycalis flaveola_, 244
_Syrphidæ_, 178
T
_Tachycineta leucorrhoa_, 361
_Tadorna cornuta_, 129
_T. tadornoides_, 129
Tails, 62, 64
Tait, Mr, 356
Tanager, 281
Tapir, 42
Tasmanian devil, 282
Teal, 290, 316
Teasel, fuller’s, 58
Teeth, molar, 105
Tegetmeier, Mr, 307
Tern, 62, 278
_Terpsiphone paradisi_, 202, 298, 304, 316, 324
_Tetraogallus_, 337
_Tetraonidæ_, 125
_Tetrapteryx paradisea_, 249
_Tetrao tetrix_, 129
_T. urogallus_, 129
_Thamnobia cambayensis_, 202, 275
_T. fulicata_, 202, 378
Thayer, Mr Abbot, 184-7
Thompson, Seton, 354
Thomson, 103, 136, 145, 166, 306, 326, 340
Throat disease, 353
“Through Southern Mexico,” 197, 245
“Through the Heart of Patagonia,” 359
Thrush, 203, 207, 355
Tiger, 334
Tit, 245
Toad, 210, 219, 241
Toad-flax, 56
Tortoise, 222
Trefoil, 274
_Trochilium_, 229
Trogon, 62
_Tropidonotus piscator_, 220
Troupial, 244, 281, 284
Tsetse-fly, 352
_Tupaia_, 180, 216
_T. ellioti_, 216
Turbit, 72, 91-3
“Turbit, The Modern,” 91
Turkey, 95, 363
Turnspit dog, 59
_Turtur cambayensis_, 333
_T. suratensis_, 333
_T. risorius_, 33, 123, 126
Tylor, Mr Alfred, 287
U
Ungulates, 67
Unilateral transmission, 341
Unit characters, 148-52
_Uria grylle_, 245
_U. lacrymans_, 58
Urial, 120, 130, 131
_Urodynamis tritensis_, 243
V
Valezina, 103
_Vanessa levana_, 154
_V. prorsa_, 154
Vapourer moth, 215
Variation, 52-110
—— cause of, 59-60
—— continuous, 56, 69, 76, 105
—— definite, 55
—— determinate, 55
—— discontinuous, 43, 56, 72, 73, 76, 78, 79, 87, 105, 106, 133,
159, 295
—— germinal, 106-10, 133
—— indefinite, 55, 59
—— somatic, 106-110
_Viola_, 260
_V. tricolor_, 260
Volckamer, 86
Vulture, 282
W
Waggett, 12
Wagner, 369, 372
Wagtail, 122, 203
Wallace, 3, 10, 13, 14, 25, 26, 35-42, 53, 112, 114, 116, 117, 171,
175, 177, 183, 184, 207, 213, 228, 230, 251, 253, 256, 287,
296, 308, 321-7, 343, 372, 377
Wallaceian school of biologists, 14, 24, 25, 47, 192, 210, 251,
346, 347, 366, 377
Wallaceism, 172, 202
Walrus, 190
Warblers, British, 315, 332
Warning colours, 173, 176, 198, 212-26
Wasp, 174, 178, 179, 214, 227
Wasp-beetle, 229
Water-rail, 251
Waxbill, blue-bellied, 104
Weasel, 190
Weaver, red-billed, 98
Weber, 86
Weir, Mr Jenner, 299
Weismann, 25, 106, 107, 151, 154
Weka rail, 365
“Westminster Review,” 112
Weston, G. E., 127
Whale, 42, 185, 190, 193
Wheatear, 253
Whinchat, 253
Wiesner, 151
Wilson, Prof. E. B., 166
Winter coat, 188
Wolf, 48, 130, 185, 192
Wonder horse, 95, 96
Woodpecker, 102
Wright, Mr, 304
Wyman, Professor, 357
X
X-element, 165
Y
Yak, 120
Yarrow, 268
“Year-book of the Smithsonian Institution,” 184
Yerbury, Col., 239
Youatt, 63
Z
Zebra, 196
Zebu, 120
Zocher & Co., 56
Zoological Gardens, Lahore, 309
——, London, 104, 119, 126, 130, 206, 304, 316
Zoological Society of London, 330
_Zygæna filipendulæ_, 102
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THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC.
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THE DAUGHTER OF LOUIS XVI.
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