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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Excerpt: ... INDEX Abbas Pacha, a fancier of fantailed pigeons, i. 249 Abbey, Mr., on grafting, ii. 160, 161; on mignonette, ii. 276 Abbott, Mr. Keith, on the Persian tumbler pigeon, i. 178 Abbreviation of the facial bones, i. 89 Abortion of organs, ii. 380-385, 484 Absorption of minority in crossed races, ii. 78-82, 198 Abutilon, graft hybridization of, i. 497 Acclimatization, ii. 367-379; of maize, i. 397 Ackkbi, on the fertility of domestic animals in Lapland, ii. 110 Achatinella, ii. 34 Achillea millefolium, bud-variation in, i. 525 Aconitum napcllus, roots of, inno- cuous in cold climates, ii. 326 Acorus calamus, sterility of, ii. 193 Acosta, on fowls in South America at its discovery, i. 287 Acropera, number of seeds in, ii. 461 Adam, M., origin of Cylisus adami, i. 494 Adam, W., on consanguineous mar- riages, ii. 127 Adams, on hereditary diseases, i. 538 Advancement in scale of organiza- tion, i. 9 Aigilops triticoides, observations of Fabre and Godron on, i. 383; increasing fertility of hybrids of, with wheat, ii. 108 JSsculus pavia, tendency of, to be- come double, ii. 190 AVthusa cynapium, ii. 410 Affinity, sexual elective, ii. 205 Africa, white bull from, i. Ill; feral cattle in, i. 105; food-plants of savages of, i. 378; South, di- versity of breeds of cattle in, i. 98; West, change in fleece of sheep in, i. 120 Agave vivipara, seeding of, in poor soil, ii. 192 Age, changes in trees, dependent on, i. 490 , as bearing on pangenesis, ii. 473 Agouti, fertility of, in captivity, ii. 168 Agriculture, antiquity of, ii. 284 Ai/rostis, seeds of, used as food, i. 379 Aguara, i. 31 Ainsworth, Mr., on the change in the hair of animals at Angora, ii. 331 Akbar Khan, his fondness for pigeons, i. 248; ii. 233 Almida arvensis, ii. 171 Albin, on "Golden Hamburgh" fowls, i. 300; figure of the hook- b...