CHRYSANTHEMUM.
Chrysotis festiva.
CINERARIA, effects of selection on the.
CIRCASSIA, horses of.
CIRCUMCISION.
CIRRIPEDES, metagenesis in.
Cistus, intercrossing and hybrids of.
CITRONS.
"Citrus aurantium fructu variabili."
Citrus decumana.
Citrus lemonum.
Citrus medica.
CLAPHAM, A., bud-variation in the hawthorn.
"CLAQUANT" (pigeons).
"CLAQUERS" (pigeons).
CLARK, G., on the wild dogs of Juan de Nova. -on striped Burmese and Javanese ponies. -breeds of goats imported into the Mauritius. -variations in the mammae of goats. -bilobed scrotum of Muscat goat.
CLARK, H.J., on fission and gemmation.
CLARKE, R.T., intercrossing of strawberries.
CLARKE, T., hybridisation of stocks.
CLARKSON, Mr., prize-cultivation of the gooseberry.
CLASSIFICATION, explained by the theory of natural selection.
CLEFT palate, inheritance of.
CLEMENTE, on wild vines in Spain.
CLERMONT-TONNERRE, on the St. Valery apple.
CLIMATE, effect of, upon breeds of dogs. -on horses. -on cattle. -on the fleece of sheep. -on seeds of wheat. -on cultivated cabbages. -adaptation of maize to.
CLIMATE and pasture, adaptation of breeds of sheep to.
CLIMATE and soil, effects of, upon strawberries.
CLINE, Mr., on the skull in horned and hornless rams.
CLOS, on sterility in Ranunculus ficaria.
CLOTZSCH, hybrids of various trees.
CLOVER, pelorism in.
COATE, Mr., on interbreeding pigs.
COCCUS of apple-trees.
COCHIN fowls. -occipital foramen of, figured. -section of skull of, figured. -cervical vertebra of, figured.
COCHINEAL, persistence of. -preference of, for a particular cactus.
Cochlearia armoracia.
COCK, game, natural selection in. -spur of, grafted on the comb. -spur of, inserted into the ear of an ox. -effect of castration upon the.
COCK'S-COMB, varieties of the.
COCOONS of silkworms, variations in.
CODFISH, bulldog. -number of eggs in the.
Coelogenys paca.
COLIN, prepotency of the ass over the horse. -on cross-breeding. -on change of diet.
COLLINSON, PETER, peach-tree producing a nectarine.
COLORATION in pigeons, an evidence of unity of descent.
COLOUR, correlation of, in dogs. -persistence of, in horses. -inheritance and diversity of, in horses. -variations of, in the ass. -of wild or feral cattle. -transmission of, in rabbits. -peculiarities of, in Himalayan rabbits. -influence of. -correlation of, in head and limbs. -correlated with constitutional peculiarities.
COLOUR and odour, correlation of.
COLOUR-BLINDNESS, hereditary. -more common in men than in women. -associated with inability to distinguish musical sounds.
COLOURS, sometimes not blended by crossing.
Columba affinis, Blyth, a variety of C. livia.
Columba amaliae, Brehm, a variety of C. livia.
Columba guinea.
Columba gymnocyclus, Gray, a form of C. livia.
Columba gymnophthalmos, hybrids of, with C. oenas. -with C. maculosa.
Columba intermedia, Strickland, a variety of C. livia.
Columba leucocephala.
Columba leuconota.
Columba littoralis.
Columba livia. -the parent of domestic breeds of pigeons. -measurements of. -figured. -skull figured. -lower jaw figured. -scapula figured.
Columba luctuosa.
Columba migratoria and leucocephala, diminished fertility of, in captivity.
Columba oenas. -crossed with common pigeon and C. gymnophthalmos.
Columba palumbus.
Columba rupestris.
Columba schimperi.
Columba torquatrix.
Columba turricola.
COLUMBIA, cattle of
COLUMBINE, double.
COLUMBUS, on West Indian dogs.
COLUMELLA, on Italian shepherd dogs. -on domestic fowls. -on the keeping of ducks. -on the selection of seed-corn. -on the benefits of change of soil to plants. -on the value of native breeds.
COLZA.
COMB, in fowls, variations of. -sometimes rudimentary.
COMPENSATION, law of.
COMPENSATION of growth.
COMPLEXION, connection of, with constitution.
COMPOSITAE, double flowers of.
CONCEPTION, earlier in Alderney and Zetland cows than in other breeds.
CONDITIONS of life, changed, effect of. -on horses. -upon variation in pigeons. -upon wheat. -upon trees. -in producing bud-variation. -advantages of. -sterility caused by. -conducive to variability. -accumulative action of. -direct action of.