BABINGTON, C.C., on the origin of the plum. -British species of the genus Rosa. -distinctness of Viola lutea and tricolor.
BACHMANN, Mr., on the turkey. See also Audubon.
BADGER, breeding in confinement.
"BAGADOTTEN-TAUBE."
BAILY, Mr., on the effect of selection on fowls. -on Dorking fowls.
BAIRD, S., on the origin of the turkey.
BAKER, Mr., on heredity in the horse. -on the degeneration of the horse by neglect. -orders of Henrys VII. and VIII. for the destruction of undersized mares.
BAKEWELL, change in the sheep effected by.
BALANCEMENT. -of growth, -law of.
BALDHEAD (pigeon).
BALDNESS, in man, inherited. -with deficiency in teeth.
BALLANCE, Mr., on the effects of interbreeding on fowls. -on variation in the eggs of fowls.
Ballota nigra, transmission of variegated leaves in.
BAMBOO, varieties of the.
BANANA, variation of the. -bud-variation in the. -sterility of the.
BANTAM fowls, Sebright, origin of. -sterility of.
BARB (pigeon). -figure of. -figure of lower jaw of.
BARBS, of wheat.
BARBERRY, dark or red-leaved variety. -reversion in suckers of seedless variety.
BARBUT, J., on the dogs of Guinea. -on the domestic pigeons in Guinea. -fowls not native in Guinea.
BARKING, acquisition of the habit of, by various dogs.
BARLEY, wild. -of the lake-dwellings. -ancient variety of.
BARNES, Mr., production of early peas by selection.
BARNET, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries. -dioeciousness of the hautbois strawberry. -on the Scarlet American strawberry.
BARTH, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in Central Africa.
BARTLETT, A.D., on the origin of "Himalayan" rabbits by intercrossing. -on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo. -on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck. -on the young of the black-shouldered peacock. -on a variety of the turkey. -size of hybrids. -on the breeding of the Felidae in captivity. -so-called hybrids.
BARTRAM, on the black wolf-dog of Florida.
BATES, H.W., refusal of wild animals to breed in captivity. -sterility of American monkeys in captivity. -sterility of tamed guans.
BATRACHIA, regeneration of lost parts in.
BEACH, raised, in Peru, containing heads of maize.
BEAK, variability of, in fowls. -individual differences of, in pigeons, -correlation of, with the feet in pigeons.
BEALE, Lionel, on the contents of cells, -on the multiplication of infectious atoms.
BEANS, of Swiss lake-dwellings. -varieties of, produced by selection. -French and scarlet, variable resistance of, to frost. -superiority of native seed of. -a symmetrical variation of scarlet. -experiments on kidney. -with monstrous stipules and abortive leaflets.
BEARD pigeon.
BEARS, breeding in captivity.
BEASLEY, J., reversion in crossed cattle.
BEATON, D., effect of soil upon strawberries. -on varieties of pelargonium. -bud-variation in Gladiolus colvilii. -cross between Scotch kail and cabbage. -hybrid gladiolus. -constant occurrence of new forms among seedlings. -on the doubling of the Compositae.
BECHUANA cattle.
BECHSTEIN, on the burrowing of wolves. -Spitz Dog. -origin of the Newfoundland dog. -crossing of domestic and wild swine. -on the Jacobin pigeon. -notice of swallow-pigeons. -on a fork-tailed pigeon. -variations in the colour of the croup in pigeons. -on the German dovecote pigeon. -fertility of mongrel-pigeons. -on hybrid turtle-doves. -on crossing the pigeon with Columba oenas, C. palumbus, Turtur risoria, and T. vulgaris. -development of spurs in the silk hen. -on Polish fowls. -on crested birds. -on the canary-bird. -German superstition about the turkey. -occurrence of horns in hornless breeds of sheep. -hybrids of the horse and ass. -crosses of tailless fowls. -difficulty of pairing dovecote and fancy pigeons. -fertility of tame ferrets and rabbits. -fertility of wild sow. -difficulty of breeding caged birds. -comparative fertility of Psittacus erithacus in captivity. -on changes of plumage in captivity, -liability of light-coloured cattle to the attacks of flies. -want of exercise a cause of variability. -effect of privation of light upon the plumage of birds. -on a sub-variety of the monk-pigeon.