., transmission of hare-lip.
SPURS, of fowls. -development of, in hens.
SQUASHES.
SQUINTING, hereditary.
SQUIRRELS, generally sterile in captivity.
SQUIRRELS, flying, breeding in confinement.
"STAARHALSIGE Taube."
STAG, one-horned, supposed heredity of character in. -degeneracy of, in the Highlands.
STAMENS, occurrence of rudimentary. -conversion of, into pistils. -into petals.
Staphylea.
STEENSTRUP, Prof., on the dog of the Danish Middens. -on the obliquity of flounders.
STEINAN, J., on hereditary diseases.
STEPHENS, J.F., on the habits of the Bombycidae.
STERILITY, in dogs, consequent on close confinement. -comparative, of crosses. -from changed conditions of life. -occurring in the descendants of wild animals bred in captivity. -individual. -resulting from propagation by buds, cuttings, bulbs, etc. -in hybrids. -in specific hybrids of pigeons. -as connected with natural selection.
STERNUM, characters of the, in rabbits. -in pigeons. -in fowls. -effects of disuse on the.
STEWART, H., on hereditary disease.
STIGMA, variation of the, in cultivated Cucurbitaceae. -satiation of the.
STOCKHOLM, fruit-trees of.
STOCKS, bud-variation in. -effect of crossing upon the colour of the seed of. -true by seed. -crosses of. -varieties of, produced by selection. -reversion by the upper seeds in the pods of.
STOCKTON, HOUGH, direct action of pollen.
STOKES, Prof., calculation of the chance of transmission of abnormal peculiarities in man.
STOLONS, variations in the production of, by strawberries.
STOMACH, structure of the, affected by food.
STONE in the bladder, hereditary.
STONEHENGE, on maturity of the dog. -inherited effects of injury. -cross between bulldog and greyhound. -close interbreeding of greyhound. -fleetness of racehorses.
STORER, J., pedigree of cattle.
STRAWBERRIES. -remarkable varieties of. -hautbois dioecious. -selection in. -probable further modification of. -variegated, effects of soil on.
STRICKLAND, A., on the domestication of Anser ferus. -on the colour of the bill and legs in geese.
Strictoenas.
STRIPES on young of wild swine. -of domestic pigs of Turkey, Westphalia, and the Zambesi. -of feral swine of Jamaica and New Granada. -of fruit and flowers. -in horses. -in the ass. -production of, by crossing species of Equidae.
Strix grallaria.
Strix passerina.
"STRUPP-TAUBE."
STRUTHERS, D., osteology of the feet in solid-hoofed pigs. -on polydactylism.
STURM, prepotency of transmission of characters in sheep and cattle. -absorption of the minority in crossed races. -correlation of twisted horns and curled wool in sheep.
SUB-SPECIES, wild, of Columba livia and other pigeons.
SUCCESSION, geological, of organisms.
SUCKERS, bud-variation by.
SUGAR-CANE, sterility of, in various countries. -sporting of. -white, liability of, to disease.
SUICIDE, hereditary tendency to.
SULIVAN, Admiral, on the horses of the Falkland Islands. -wild pigs of the Falkland Islands. -feral cattle of the Falkland Islands. -feral rabbits of the Falkland Islands.
SULTAN fowl.
Sus indicus.
Sus pliciceps (figured).
Sus scrofa.
Sus scrofa palustris.
Sus sennariensis.
Sus vittatus.
SWALLOWS, a breed of pigeons.
SWEET peas. -crosses of. -varieties of, coming true by seed. -acclimatisation of, in India.
SWEET William, bud-variation in.
SWINHOE, R., on Chinese pigeons. -on striped Chinese horses. -on the japanned peacock.
SWITZERLAND, ancient dogs of. -pigs of, in the Neolithic period. -goats of.
SYCAMORE, pale-leaved variety of the.
SYKES, Colonel, on a pariah dog with crooked legs. -on small Indian asses. -on Gallus sonneratii. -on the voice of the Indian Kulm cock. -fertility of the fowl in most climates.
SYMMETRY, hereditary departures from.
Symphytum, variegated.
SYPHILIS, hereditary.
SYRIA, asses of.
Syringa persica, chinensis, and vulgaris.
TACITUS, on the care taken by the Celts in breeding animals.
Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of.