GOETHE, on compensation of growth.

GOLD-FISH.

GOMARA, on South American cats.

GONGORA, number of seeds in the.

GOODMAN, three-toed cows.

GOOSE, ancient domestication of. -sacred to Juno in Rome. -inflexibility of organisation of. -skull perforated in tufted. -characters of breeds and sub-breeds of. -variety of, from Sebastopol. -feral, in La Plata. -Egyptian, hybrid of, with penguin duck. -spontaneous segregation of varieties of. -fertility of, increased by domestication. -decreased fertility of, in Bogota. -sterility of, in the Philippine Islands. -selection of. -white, preference of the Romans for the liver of. -persistency of character in. -Egyptian, change in breeding season of.

GOOSEBERRY. -bud-variation in the. -Whitesmith's.

GOPPERT, on monstrous poppies.

GOSSE, P.H., feral dogs in Jamaica. -feral pigs of Jamaica. -feral rabbits of Jamaica. -on Columba leucocephala. -feral Guinea fowl in Jamaica. -reproduction of individual peculiarities by gemmation in a coral. -frequency of striped legs in mules.

GOULD, Dr., on hereditary haemorrhage.

GOULD, JOHN, origin of the turkey.

Goura coronata and Victoriae, hybrids of.

GOURDS. -crossing of varieties of. -ancient Peruvian variety of.

GOUT, inheritance of. -period of appearance of.

GRABA, on the pigeon of the Faroe Islands.

GRAFTING. -effects of. -upon the stock. -upon the variability of trees. -changes analogous to bud-variation produced by.

GRAFT-HYBRIDS.

GRAPES, bud-variation in. -cross of white and purple. -green, liable to disease. -effect of foreign pollen on.

GRASSES, seeds of, used as food by savages.

GRAY, ASA, superior wild varieties of fruit-trees. -cultivated native plants of North America. -non-variation of weeds. -supposed spontaneous crossing of Cucurbitaceae. -pre-ordination of variation. -progeny of husked form of maize. -wild intermediate forms of strawberries.

GRAY, G.R., on Columba gymnocyclus.

GRAY, J.E., on Sus pliciceps. -on a variety of the gold-fish. -hybrids of the ass and zebra. -on the breeding of animals at Knowsley. -on the breeding of birds in captivity.

GREENE, J. REAY, on the development of the echinodermata.

GREENHOW, Mr., on a Canadian web-footed dog.

GREENING, Mr., experiments on Abraxas grossulariata.

GREGSON, Mr., experiments on Abraxas grossulariata.

GREY, Sir GEORGE, preservation of seed-bearing plants by the Australian savages. -detestation of incest by Australian savages.

GREYHOUNDS, sculptured on Egyptian monuments, and in the Villa of Antoninus. -modern breed of. -crossed with the bulldog, by Lord Orford. -close interbreeding of. -co-ordination of structure of, due to selection. -Italian.

GREYNESS, inherited at corresponding periods of life.

GRIEVE, Mr., on early-flowering dahlias.

GRIGOR, Mr., acclimatisation of the Scotch fir.

GRONLAND, hybrids of Aegilops and wheat.

GROOM-NAPIER, C.O., on the webbed feet of the otter-hound.

GROS, on Pangenesis.

"GROSSES-GORGES" (pigeons).

GROUND-TUMBLER, Indian.

GROUSE, fertility of, in captivity.

Grus montigresia, cinerea, and antigone.

GUANACOS, selection of.

GUANS, general fertility of, in captivity.

GUELDER-ROSE.

GUELDERLAND fowls.

GUIANA, selection of dogs by the Indians of.

GUINEA fowl. -feral, in Ascension and Jamaica. -indifference of, to change of climate.

GUINEA pig.

GULDENSTADT, on the jackal.

GULL, herring, breeding in confinement.

GULLS, general sterility of, in captivity.

Gulo, sterility of, in captivity.

GUNTHER, A., on tufted ducks and geese. -on the regeneration of lost parts in batrachia.

GURNEY, Mr., owls breeding in captivity. -appearance of "black-shouldered" among ordinary peacocks.

HABIT, influence of, in acclimatisation.

HACKEL, on fissiparous reproduction. -on cells. -on the double reproduction of medusae. -on inheritance.

HACKLES, peculiarities of, in fowls.

HAIR, on the face, inheritance of, in man. -peculiar lock of, inherited. -growth of, under stimulation of skin. -homologous variation of. -development of, in the brain.

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