The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / by Charles Darwin.

Date:
1895
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Credit: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / by Charles Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Owen, Prof., on the swim-bladder of fishes, 138. , on fossil horse of La Plata, 276. •, on generalized form, 283. , on relation of ruminants and pachyderms, 283. , on fossil birds of New Zea- land, 291. , on succession of types, 292. , on affinities of the dugong, 343. , on homologous organs, 359. , on the metamorphosis of ce- phalopods, 366. P. Pacific Ocean, faunas of, 298. Pacini, on electric organs, 141. Paley, on no organ formed to give pain, 152. Pallas, on the fertility of the domes- ticated descendants of wild stocks, 225. Palm with hooks, 148. Papaver bracteatum, 162. Paraguay, cattle destroyed by flies, 52. Parasites, 200, 201. Partridge, with ball of earth attached to foot, 308. Parts greatly developed, variable, 111. Parus major, 132. Passiflora, 223. Peaches in United States, 62. Pear, grafts of, 230. Pedicellari®, 179. Pelargonium, flowers of, 108. , sterility of, 223. Pelvis of women, 107. Peloria, 108. Period, Glacial, 310. Petrels, habits of, 133. Phasianus, fertility of hybrids, 224. Pheasant, young, wild, 197. Pictet, Prof., on groups of species suddenly appearing, 264. , on rate of organic change, 272, 273. , on continuous succession of genera, 274. , on change in latest tertiary forms, 261. , on close alliance of fossils in consecutive formations, 288. Pictet, Prof., on early transitional links, 265. Pierce, Mr., on varieties of wolves, 66. Pigeons with feathered feet and skin between toes, 9. , breeds described, and origin of, 14. , breeds of, how produced, 26, 27, 28. , tumbler, not being able to get out of egg, 63. , reverting to blue colour, 118. ——, instinct of tumbling, 196. , young of, 368. Pigs, black, not affected by the paint-root, 9. , modified by want of exercise, 149. Pistil, rudimentary, 373. Plants, poisonous, not affecting cer- tain coloured animals, 9. , selection applied to, 25. , gradual improvement of, 25, 26. , not improved in barbarous countries, 26. , dimorphic, 33, 236. ——, destroyed by insects, 49. , in midst of range, have to struggle with other plants, 56. , nectar of, 67, 68. , fleshy, on sea-shores, 99. , climbing, 138, 183. , fresh-water, distribution of, 324. , low in scale, widely distri- buted, 337. l’leuronectidse, their structure, 174. Plumage, laws of change in sexes of birds, 65. Plums in the United States, til. Pointer dog, origin of, 24. , habits of, 196. Poison not affecting certain coloured animals, 9. , similar effect of, on animals and plants, 399. Pollen of fir-trees, 153. transported by various means, 144, 145, 151. Pollinia, their development, 182. Polyzoa, their avicularia, 181. Poole, Col., on striped hemionus, 121. Potamogeton, 325. Pouchet, on the colours of flat-fish, 175.