For the names of Authors, Birds, Mammals (including names of classes) and Plants, see sub-indexes under Authors, Birds, Mammals and Plants.
/ul> Opetiorynchus, 83; Orpheus, 31; Ostrich, distribution of, 158; Owl, white barn, 82; Partridge, infertility of, 102; Peacock, 79, 97, 102; Penguin, 128 n., 237; Petrel, 128 n.; Pheasant, 97, 102; Pigeon, 66, 82, 110 n., 113, 114, 116, 117, 129, 135; see Wood-pigeon; Rhea, 158; Robins, increase in numbers, 88, 90; Rock-thrush of Guiana, 93; Swan, species of, 105; Tailor-bird, 18, 118; Turkey, Australian bush-turkey, 121 n., 122; Tyrannus, 31; Water-ouzel, 18 n., 120; Woodcock, loss of migratory instinct, 120; Woodpecker, 6, 16, 128 n., 148; - —in treeless lands, 16, 131;
Wood-pigeon, 122; Wren, gold-crested, 120; Breeds, domestic, parentage of, 71 Brothers, death of by same peculiar disease in old age, 42 n., 44 n., 223 Bud variation, 58; see Sports Butterfly, cabbage, 127
Catastrophes, geological, 145, 147 Caterpillars, food, 126, 127 Characters, acquired, inheritance of, 1, 57, 60, 225; - —congenital, 60;
- —fixed by breeding, 61;
- —mental, variation in, 17, 112, 119;
- —running through whole groups, 106;
- —useless for classification, 199
Cirripedes, 24, 35 n., 13, 101 Plants, Names of:— Vertebrate skull, morphology of, 215
Wildness, hereditary, 113, 119 |
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