Tail of giraffe --of aquatic animals --prehensile --rudimentary

Tanais, dimorphic

Tarsi deficient

Tausch, Dr., on umbelliferae

Teeth and hair correlated --rudimentary, in embryonic calf

Tegetmeier, Mr., on cells of bees

Temminck, on distribution aiding classification

Tendrils, their development

Thompson, Sir W., on the age of the habitable world --on the consolidation of the crust of the earth

Thouin, on grafts

Thrush, aquatic species of --mocking, of the Galapagos --young of, spotted --nest of

Thuret, M., on crossed fuci

Thwaites, Mr., on acclimatisation

Thylacinus

Tierra del Fuego, dogs of --plants of

Timber-drift

Time, lapse of --by itself not causing modification

Titmouse

Toads on islands

Tobacco, crossed varieties of

Tomes, Mr., on the distribution of bats

Transitions in varieties rare

Traquair, Dr., on flat-fish

Trautschold, on intermediate varieties

Trees on islands belong to peculiar orders --with separated sexes

Trifolium pratense --incarnatum

Trigonia

Trilobites --sudden extinction of

Trimen, Mr., on imitating-insects

Trimorphism in plants

Troglodytes

Tuco-tuco, blind

Tumbler pigeons, habits of, hereditary --young of

Turkey-cock, tuft of hair on breast

Turkey, naked skin on head --young of, instinctively wild

Turnip and cabbage, analogous variations of

Type, unity of

Types, succession of, in same areas

Typotherium

Udders enlarged by use --rudimentary

Ulex, young leaves of

Umbelliferae, flowers and seeds of --outer and inner florets of

Unity of type

Uria lacrymans

Use, effects of --under domestication --in a state of nature

Utility, how far important in the construction of each part

Valenciennes, on fresh-water fish

Variability of mongrels and hybrids

Variation, under domestication --caused by reproductive system being affected by conditions of life --under nature --laws of --correlated

Variations appear at corresponding ages --analogous in distinct species

Varieties, natural --struggle between --domestic, extinction of --transitional, rarity of

Varieties, when crossed --fertile --sterile --classification of

Verbascum, sterility of --varieties of, crossed

Verlot, M., on double stocks

Verneuil, M. de, on the succession of species

Vibracula of the Polyzoa

Viola, small imperfect flowers of --tricolor

Virchow, on the structure of the crystalline lens

Virginia, pigs of

Volcanic islands, denudation of

Vulture, naked skin on head

Wading-birds

Wagner, Dr., on Cecidomyia

Wagner, Moritz, on the importance of isolation

Wallace, Mr., on origin of species --on the limit of variation under domestication --on dimorphic lepidoptera --on races in the Malay Archipelago --on the improvement of the eye --on the walking-stick insect --on laws of geographical distribution --on the Malay Archipelago --on mimetic animals

Walsh, Mr. B.D., on phytophagic forms --on equal variability

Water, fresh, productions of

Water-hen

Waterhouse, Mr., on Australian marsupials --on greatly developed parts being variable --on the cells of bees --on general affinities

Water-ouzel

Watson, Mr. H.C., on range of varieties of British plants --on acclimatisation --on flora of Azores --on rarity of intermediate varieties --on Alpine plants --on convergence --on the indefinite multiplication of species

Weale, Mr., on locusts transporting seeds

Web of feet in water-birds

Weismann, Prof., on the causes of variability --on rudimentary organs

West Indian islands, mammals of

Westwood, on species in large genera being closely allied to others --on the tarsi of Engidae --on the antennae of hymenopterous insects

Whales

Wheat, varieties of

White Mountains, flora of

Whittaker, Mr., on lines of escarpment

Wichura, Max, on hybrids

Wings, reduction of size --of insects homologous with branchiae --rudimentary, in insects

Wolf crossed with dog --of Falkland Isles

Wollaston, Mr., on varieties of insects --on fossil varieties of shells in Madeira

Wollaston, Mr., on colours of insects on sea-shore --on wingless beetles --on rarity of intermediate varieties --on insular insects --on land-shells of Madeira naturalised

Wolves, varieties of

Woodcock with earth attached to leg

Woodpecker, habits of --green colour of

Woodward, Mr., on the duration of specific forms --on Pyrgoma --on the continuous succession of genera --on the succession of types

World, species changing simultaneously throughout

Wright, Mr. Chauncey, on the giraffe --on abrupt modifications

Wrens, nest of

Wyman, Prof., on correlation of colour and effects of poison --on the cells of the bee

Youatt, Mr., on selection --on sub-breeds of sheep --on rudimentary horns in young cattle

Zanthoxylon

Zebra, stripes on

Zeuglodons

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