Sorbus, grafts of

  Spaniel, King Charles's breed

  Species, groups of, suddenly appearing; beneath Silurian formations;

  successively appearing; changing simultaneously throughout the world

  Spencer, Lord, on increase in size of cattle

  Sphex, parasitic

  Spiders, development of

  Spitz-dog crossed with fox

  Sports in plants

  Sprengel, C.C., on crossing; on ray-florets

  Squirrels, gradations in structure

  Staffordshire, heath, changes in

  Stag-beetles, fighting

  Sterility from changed conditions of life; of hybrids; laws of; causes of;

  from unfavourable conditions; of certain varieties

  St. Helena, productions of

  St. Hilaire, Aug., on classification

  St. John, Mr., on habits of cats

  Sting of bee

  Stocks, aboriginal, of domestic animal

  Strata, thickness of, in Britain

  Stripes of horses

  Swallow, one species supplanting another

  Swim-bladder

  Tail of giraffe; of aquatic animals; rudimentary

  Tarsi deficient

  Tausch on umbelliferous flowers

  Teeth and hair correlated; embryonic, traces of, in birds; rudimentary, in

  embryonic calf

  Tegetmeier, Mr., on cells of bees

  Temminck on distribution aiding classification

  Thouin on grafts

  Thrush, aquatic species of; mocking, of the Galapagos; young of, spotted;

  nest of

  Thuret, M., on crossed fuci

  Thwaites, Mr., on acclimatisation

  Tierra del Fuego, dogs of; plants of

  Timber-drift

  Time, lapse of

  Titmouse

  Toads on islands

  Tobacco, crossed varieties of

  Tomes, Mr., on the distribution of bats

  Transitions in varieties

  Trees on islands belong to peculiar orders; with separated sexes

  Trifolium pratense; incarnatum

  Trigonia

  Trilobites; sudden extinction of

  Troglodytes

  Tucutucu, blind

  Tumbler pigeons, habits of, hereditary; young of

  Turkey-cock, brush of hair on breast

  Turkey, naked skin on head; young, wild

  Turnip and cabbage, analogous variations of

  Type, unity of

  Types, succession of, in same areas

  Udders enlarged by use; rudimentary

  Ulex, young leaves of

  Umbelliferae, outer and inner florets of

  Unity of type

  Use, effects of, under domestication

  Utility, how far important in the construction of each part

  Valenciennes on fresh-water fish

  Variability of mongrels and hybrids

  Variations appear at corresponding ages; analogous in distinct species

  Varieties, natural; struggle between; domestic, extinction of;

  transitional; when crossed, fertile; when crossed, sterile; classification

  of

  Verbascum, sterility of; varieties of, crossed

  Verneuil, M. de, on the succession of species

  Viola tricolor

  Volcanic islands, denudation of

  Vulture, naked skin on head

  Wading-birds

  Wallace, Mr., on origin of species; on law of geographical distribution; on

  the Malay Archipelago

  Wasp, sting of

  Water, fresh, productions of

  Water-hen

  Waterhouse, Mr., on Australian marsupials; on greatly developed parts being

  variable; on the cells of bees; on general affinities

  Water-ouzel

  Watson, Mr. H.C., on range of varieties of British plants; on

  acclimatisation; on flora of Azores; on Alpine plants; on rarity of

  intermediate varieties

  Weald, denudation of

  Web of feet in water-birds

  West Indian islands, mammals of

  Westwood on species in large genera being closely allied to others; on the

  tarsi of Engidae; on the antennae of hymenopterous insects

  Whales, fossil

  Wheat, varieties of

  White Mountains, flora of

  Wings, reduction of size

  Wings of insects homologous with branchiae; rudimentary, in insects

  Wolf crossed with dog; of Falkland Isles

  Wollaston, Mr., on varieties of insects; on fossil varieties of land-shells

  in Madeira; on colours of insects on sea-shore; on wingless beetles; on

  rarity of intermediate varieties; on insular insects; on land-shells of

  Madeira, naturalised

  Wolves, varieties of

  Woodpecker, habits of; green colour of

  Woodward, Mr., on the duration of specific forms; on the continuous

  succession of genera; on the succession of types

  World, species changing simultaneously throughout

  Wrens, nest of

  Youatt, Mr., on selection, on sub-breeds of sheep; on rudimentary horns in

  young cattle

  Zebra, stripes on

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