SALISBURY, Mr., on the production of nectarines by peach-trees. -on the dahlia.
Salix, intercrossing of species of.
Salix humilis, galls of.
SALLE, feral guinea-fowl in St. Domingo.
SALMON, early breeding of male.
SALTER, Mr., on bud-variation in pelargoniums. -in the Chrysanthemum. -transmission of variegated leaves by seed. -bud-variation by suckers in Phlox. -application of selection to bud-varieties of plants. -accumulative effect of changed conditions of life. -on the variegation of strawberry leaves. -on pollen within ovules.
SALTER, S.J., hybrids of Gallus sonneratii and the common fowl. -crossing of races or species of rats.
SALVIN, habits of the jackal. -mutilation inherited in mot-mot.
SAMESREUTHER, on inheritance in cattle.
SANDFORD. See DAWKINS.
SANSON, M., origin of the horse. -lumbar vertebra of pigs.
SAP, ascent of the.
Saponaria calabrica.
SAPORTA, on Pistacia.
SARDINIA, ponies of.
SARS, on the development of the hydroida.
SATIATION of the stigma.
Saturnia pyri, sterility of, in confinement.
SAUL, on the management of prize gooseberries.
SAUVIGNY, varieties of the gold-fish.
SAVAGES, their indiscriminate use of plants as food. -fondness of, for taming animals.
SAVI, effect of foreign pollen on maize.
Saxifraga geum.
SAYZID MOHAMMED MUSARI, on carrier-pigeons. -on a pigeon which utters the sound "Yahu."
SCANDEROONS (pigeons).
SCANIA, remains of Bos frontosus found in.
SCAPULA, characters of, in rabbits. -in fowls. -in pigeons. -alteration of, by disuse, in pigeons.
SCARLET fever.
SCHAAFFHAUSEN on the horses represented in Greek statues.
SCHLEIDEN, excess of nourishment a cause of variability.
SCHMERLING, Dr., varieties of the dog found in a cave.
SCHOMBURGK, Sir R., on the dogs of Indians of Guiana. -on the musk duck. -bud-variation in the banana. -reversion of varieties of the China rose in St. Domingo. -sterility of tame parrots in Guiana. -on Dendrocygna viduata. -selection of fowls in Guiana.
SCHREIBERS, on Proteus.
SCHUTZE on the Torfschwein.
Sciuropterus volucella.
Sciurus palmarum and cinerea.
SCLATER, P.L., on Asinus taeniopus. -on Asinus indicus. -striped character of young wild pigs. -osteology of Gallinula nesiotis. -on the black-shouldered peacock. -animals breeding in Zoological Gardens. -birds breeding in Zoological Gardens. -on the breeding of birds in captivity.
SCOTCH fir, local variation of.
SCOTCH kail and cabbage, cross between.
SCOTT, JOHN, irregularities in the sex of the flowers of maize. -bud-variation in Imatophylium miniatum. -crossing of species of Verbascum. -self-sterility of Verbascum. -experiments on crossing Primulae. -reproduction of orchids. -fertility of Oncidium divaricatum. -acclimatisation of the sweet pea in India. -number of seeds in Acropera and Gongora.
SCROPE, on the Scotch deerhound.
SCUDDER, Dr., on regrowth.
SEBRIGHT, Sir John, effects of close interbreeding in dogs. -care taken by, in selection of fowls.
Secale cereale.
SEDGWICK, W., effects of crossing on the female. -on the "Porcupine man." -on hereditary diseases. -hereditary affections of the eye. -inheritance of polydactylism and anomalies of the extremities. -morbid uniformity in the same family. -on deaf-mutes. -inheritance of injury to the eye. -atavism in diseases and anomalies of structure. -non-reversion to night-blindness. -sexual limitation of the transmission of peculiarities in man. -on the effects of hard-drinking. -inherited baldness with deficiency of teeth. -occurrence of a molar tooth in place of an incisor. -diseases occurring in alternate generations.
SEDILLOT, on the removal of portions of bone.
SEEDS, early selection of. -rudimentary, in grapes. -relative position of, in the capsule.
SEEDS and buds, close analogies of.
SEEMANN, B., crossing of the wolf and Esquimaux dogs.
SEGREGATION of characters.
SELBY, P.J., on the bud-destroying habits of the bullfinch.
SELECTION. -methodical