outh America, i. 258; ii. 209;
on a variety of maize, i. 321.

BABINGTON, C. C., on the origin of the plum, i. 345;
British species of the genus _Rosa_, i. 366;
distinctness of _Viola lutea_ and _tricolor_, i. 368.
BACHMANN, Mr., on the turkey, ii. 262.
_See also_ Audubon.
BADGER, breeding in confinement, ii. 151.
"BAGADOTTEN-TAUBE," i. 141.
BAILY, Mr., on the effect of selection on fowls, ii. 198;
on Dorking fowls, ii. 238.
BAIRD, S., on the origin of the turkey, i. 292.
BAKER, Mr., on heredity in the horse, ii. 11;
on the degeneration of the horse by neglect, ii. 239;
orders of Henrys VII. and VIII. for the destruction of undersized
mares, ii. 203.
BAKEWELL, change in the sheep effected by, ii. 198.
BALANCEMENT, ii. 342-344;
of growth, law of, i. 274.
BALDHEAD, pigeon, i. 151.
BALDNESS, in man, inherited, ii. 73-74;
with deficiency in teeth, ii. 326-327.
BALLANCE, Mr., on the effects of interbreeding on fowls, ii. 125;
on variation in the eggs of fowls, i. 248.
_Ballota nigra_, transmission of variegated leaves in, i. 383.
BAMBOO, varieties of the, ii. 256.
BANANA, variation of the, i. 372; ii. 256, 258;
bud-variation in the, i. 377;
sterility of the, ii. 268.
BANTAM fowls, i. 230;
Sebright, origin of, ii. 96;
sterility of, ii. 101.
BARB (Pigeon), i. 144-146, 210; ii. 227;
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figure of, i. 145;
figure of lower jaw of, i. 164.
BARBS, of wheat, i. 314.
BARBERRY, dark or red-leaved variety, i. 362; ii. 19;
reversion in suckers of seedless variety, i. 384.
BARBUT, J., on the dogs of Guinea, i. 25;
on the domestic pigeons in Guinea, i. 186;
fowls not native in Guinea, i. 237.
BARKING, acquisition of the habit of, by various dogs, i. 27.
BARLEY, wild, i. 313;
of the lake-dwellings, i. 317-318;
ancient variety of, ii. 429.
BARNES, Mr., production of early peas by selection, ii. 201.
BARNET, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries, i. 351;
dioeciousness of the Hautbois strawberry, i. 353;
on the scarlet American strawberry, ii. 200.
BARTH, Dr., use of grass-seeds as food in Central Africa, i. 308.
BARTLETT, A. D., on the origin of "Himalayan" rabbits by intercrossing,
i. 109;
on the feral rabbits of Porto Santo, i. 114;
on geese with reversed feathers on the head and neck, i. 288;
on the young of the black-shouldered peacock, i. 290;