ENT, embryonic, ii. 366-368.
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D'HERVEY-Saint-Denys, L., on the ya-mi, or imperial rice of the Chinese,
ii. 205.
DHOLE, fertility of the, in captivity, ii. 151.
DIABETES, occurrence of, in three brothers, ii. 17.
_Dianthus_, contabescent plants of, ii. 165-166;
hybrid varieties of, ii. 267.
_Dianthus armeria_ and _deltoides_, hybrids of, ii. 98.
_Dianthus barbatus_, i. 381.
_Dianthus caryophyllus_, i. 381.
_Dianthus japonicus_, contabescence of female organs in, ii. 166.
DICHOGAMOUS plants, ii. 90.
DICKSON, Mr., on "running" in carnations, i. 381;
on the colours of tulips, i. 386.
_Dicotyles torquatus_ and _labiatus_, ii. 150.
DIEFFENBACH, dog of New Zealand, i. 26;
feral cats in New Zealand, i. 47;
polydactylism in Polynesia, ii. 14.
_Dielytra_, ii. 59.
DIET, change of, ii. 303-304.
_Digitalis_, properties of, affected by culture, ii. 274;
poison of, ii. 380.
DIGITS, supernumerary, ii. 57;
analogy of, with embryonic conditions, ii. 16;
fusion of, ii. 341.
DIMORPHIC plants, ii. 166;
conditions of reproduction in, ii. 181-184.
DIMORPHISM, reciprocal, ii. 90.
DINGO, i. 25;
variation of, in colour, i. 28;
half-bred, attempting to burrow, i. 28;
attraction of foxes by a female, i. 31;
variations of, in confinement, ii. 263.
DIOECIOUSNESS of strawberries, i. 353.
DISEASES, inheritance of, ii. 7-8;
family uniformity of, ii. 57;
inherited at corresponding periods of life, ii. 77-80;
peculiar to localities and climates, ii. 276;
obscure correlations in, ii. 331-332;
affecting certain parts of the body, ii. 380;
occurring in alternate generations, ii. 401.
DISTEMPER, fatal to white terriers, ii. 227.
DISUSE and use of parts, effects of, ii. 295-303, 352-353, 418-419;
in the skeleton of rabbits, i. 124-128;
in pigeons, i. 171-177;
in fowls, i. 270-274;
in ducks, i. 284-286;
in the silk-moth, i. 300-304.
DIVERGENCE, influence of, in producing breeds of pigeons, i. 220.
DIXON, E. S., on the musk duck, i. 182;
on feral ducks, i. 190;
on feral pigeons in Norfolk Island, i. 190;
crossing of pigeons, i. 192;
origin of domestic fowls, i. 230;
crossing of _Gallus Sonneratii_ and common fowl, i. 234;
occurrence of white in the young chicks of black fowls, i. 244;
Paduan fowl of Aldrovandi, i. 247;
peculiarities of the eggs of fowls, i.