INDEX.

Aberrant groups

Abyssinia, plants of

Acclimatisation

Adoxa

Affinities of extinct species --of organic beings

Agassiz on Amblyopsis --on groups of species suddenly appearing --on prophetic forms --on embryological succession --on the Glacial period --on embryological characters --on the latest tertiary forms --on parallelism of embryological development and geological succession --Alex., on pedicellariae

Algae of New Zealand

Alligators, males, fighting

Alternate generations

Amblyopsis, blind fish

America, North, productions allied to those of Europe --boulders and glaciers of --South, no modern formations on west coast

Ammonites, sudden extinction of

Anagallis, sterility of

Analogy of variations

Andaman Islands inhabited by a toad

Ancylus

Animals, not domesticated from being variable --domestic; descended from several stocks --acclimatisation of

Animals of Australia --with thicker fur in cold climates --blind, in caves --extinct, of Australia

Anomma

Antarctic islands, ancient flora of

Antechinus

Ants attending aphides --slave-making instinct --neuters, structure of

Apes, not having acquired intellectual powers

Aphides attended by ants

Aphis, development of

Apteryx

Arab horses

Aralo-Caspian Sea

Archeopteryx

Archiac, M. de, on the succession of species

Artichoke, Jerusalem

Ascension, plants of

Asclepias, pollen of

Asparagus

Aspicarpa

Asses, striped --improved by selection

Ateuchus

Aucapitaine, on land-shells

Audubon, on habits of frigate-bird --on variation in birds' nests --on heron eating seeds

Australia, animals of --dogs of --extinct animals of --European plants in --glaciers of

Azara, on flies destroying cattle

Azores, flora of

Babington, Mr., on British plants

Baer, Von, standard of Highness --comparison of bee and fish --embryonic similarity of the Vertebrata

Baker, Sir S., on the giraffe

Balancement of growth

Baleen

Barberry, flowers of

Barrande, M., on Silurian colonies --on the succession of species --on parallelism of palaeozoic formations --on affinities of ancient species

Barriers, importance of

Bates, Mr., on mimetic butterflies

Batrachians on islands

Bats, how structure acquired --distribution of

Bear, catching water-insects

Beauty, how acquired

Bee, sting of --queen, killing rivals --Australian, extermination of

Bees, fertilizing flowers --hive, not sucking the red clover --hive, cell-making instinct --Ligurian --variation in habits

Bees, parasitic --humble, cells of

Beetles, wingless, in Madeira --with deficient tarsi

Bentham, Mr., on British plants --on classification

Berkeley, Mr., on seeds in salt-water

Bermuda, birds of

Birds acquiring fear --beauty of --annually cross the Atlantic --colour of, on continents --footsteps, and remains of, in secondary rocks --fossil, in caves of Brazil --of Madeira, Bermuda, and Galapagos --song of males --transporting seeds --waders --wingless

Bizcacha, affinities of

Bladder for swimming, in fish

Blindness of cave animals

Blyth, Mr., on distinctness of Indian cattle --on striped Hemionus --on crossed geese

Borrow, Mr., on the Spanish pointer

Bory St. Vincent, on Batrachians

Bosquet, M., on fossil Chthamalus

Boulders, erratic, on the Azores

Branchiae --of crustaceans

Braun, Prof., on the seeds of Fumariaceae

Brent, Mr., on house-tumblers

Britain, mammals of

Broca, Prof., on Natural Selection

Bronn, Prof., on duration of specific forms --various objections by

Brown, Robert, on classification

Brown-Sequard, on inherited mutilations

Busk, Mr., on the Polyzoa

Butterflies, mimetic

Buzareingues, on sterility of varieties

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