CAFFRE fowls.

CAFFRES, different kinds of cattle possessed by the.

"CAGIAS" a breed of sheep.

Cairina moschata.

CALCEOLARIAS. -effects of seasonal conditions on. -peloric flowers in.

CALDWELL, J., sporting of sugar-cane.

"CALONGOS," a Columbian breed of cattle.

CALVER, Mr., on a seedling peach producing both peaches and nectarines.

CALYX, segments of the, converted into carpels.

CAMEL, its dislike to crossing water.

Camellia, bud-variations in. -recognition of varieties of. -variety in, hardiness of.

CAMERON, D, on the cultivation of Alpine plants.

CAMERONN, Baron, value of English blood in racehorses.

Campanula medium.

CANARY-BIRD. -conditions of inheritance in. -hybrids of. -period of perfect plumage in. -diminished fertility of. -standard of perfection in. -analogous variation in.

CANCER, heredity of.

CANFIELD, Dr., on horses with curled hair. -on feral horses in North America.

CANINE teeth, development of the, in mares.

Canis alopex.

Canis antarcticus.

Canis argentatus.

Canis aureus.

Canis cancrivorus, domesticated and crossed in Guiana.

Canis cinereo-variegatus.

Canis fulvus.

Canis ingae, the naked Peruvian dog.

Canis latrans. -resemblance of, to the Hare Indian dog. -one of the original stocks.

Canis lupaster.

Canis lupus, var. occidentalis, resemblance of, to North American dogs. -crossed with dogs. -one of the original stocks.

Canis mesomelas.

Canis primaevus, tamed by Mr. Hodgson.

Canis sabbar.

Canis simensis, possible original of greyhounds.

Canis thaleb.

Canis variegatus.

CANNING, A.S.G., the japanned peacock.

CANTERBURY Bell, doubled by selection.

CAPE of Good Hope, different kinds of cattle at the. -no useful plants derived from the.

CAPERCAILZIE, breeding in captivity.

Capra aegagrus and C. falconeri, probable parents of domestic goat.

CAPSICUM.

CARDAN, on a variety of the walnut. -on grafted walnuts.

CARDOON.

Carex rigida, local sterility of the.

CARLIER, early selection of sheep.

CARLISLE, Sir A., inheritance of peculiarities. -of polydactylism.

"CARME" pigeon.

CARNATION, bud-variation in. -variability of. -striped, produced by crossing red and white. -effect of conditions of life on the.

CARNIVORA, general fertility of, in captivity.

CAROLINE Archipelago, cats of.

CARP.

CARPELS, variation of, in cultivated Cucurbitaceae.

CARPENTER, W.B., regeneration of bone. -number of eggs in an Ascaris.

Carpinus betulus.

Carpophaga oceanica.

CARR, Mr., effect of changed conditions.

CARRIER pigeon. -English. -figured. -skull figured. -history of the. -Persian. -Bussorah. -Bagadotten, skull figured. -lower jaw figured.

CARRIERE, origin of radish. -intermediate form between the almond and the peach. -glands of peach-leaves. -bud-variation in the vine. -bud-variation in the rose. -inheritance in purple-leaved trees. -on variation. -grafts of Aria vestita upon thorns. -variability of hybrids of Erythrina.

CARROT, wild, effects of cultivation on the. -reversion in the. -run wild. -increased fertility of cultivated. -experiments on the. -acclimatisation of the, in India.

Carthamus, abortion of the pappus in.

CARTIER, cultivation of native plants in Canada.

CARYOPHYLLACEAE, frequency of contabescence in the.

CASPARY, bud-variation in the moss-rose. -on the ovules and pollen of Cytisus. -crossing of Cytisus purpureus and C. laburnum. -trifacial orange. -differently-coloured flowers in the wild Viola lutea. -sterility of the horse-radish.

CASTELNAU, on Brazilian cattle.

CASTRATION, assumption of female characters caused by.

Casuarius bennettii.

CAT, domestic. -early domestication and probable origin of the. -intercrossing of, with wild species. -variations of. -feral. -anomalous. -polydactylism in. -black. -indications of stripes in young. -tortoiseshell. -effects of crossing in. -fertility of. -difficulty of selection in. -length of intestines in. -white with blue eyes, deafness of. -with tufted ears.

Charles Darwin

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