of birds in captivity, ii. 157.
SCHMERLING, Dr., varieties of the dog, found in a cave, i. 19.
SCOTCH fir, local variation of, i. 363.
SCOTCH kail and cabbage, cross between, ii. 98.
SCOTT, John, irregularities in the sex of the flowers of Maize, i. 321;
bud-variation in _Imatophyllum miniatum_, i. 385;
crossing of species of _Verbascum_, ii. 106-107;
experiments on crossing _Primulae_, ii. 109;
reproduction of orchids, ii. 133;
fertility of _Oncidium divaricatum_, ii. 164;
acclimatisation of the sweet pea in India, ii. 311;
number of seeds in _Acropera_ and _Gongora_, ii. 379.
SCOTT, Sir W., former range of wild cattle in Britain, i. 85.
SCROPE, on the Scotch deerhound, ii. 73, 121.
SEBRIGHT, Sir John, effects of close interbreeding in dogs, ii. 121;
care taken by, in selection of fowls, ii. 197.
_Secale cereale_, ii. 254.
SEDGWICK, W., effects of crossing on the female, i. 404;
on the "Porcupine-man," ii. 4;
on hereditary diseases, ii. 7;
hereditary affections of the eye, ii. 9, 78-79;
inheritance of polydactylism and anomalies of the extremities, ii.
13-14;
morbid uniformity in the same family, ii. 17;
on deaf-mutes, ii. 22;
inheritance of injury to the eye, ii. 24;
atavism in diseases and anomalies of structure, ii. 34;
non-reversion to night-blindness, ii. 36;
sexual limitation of the transmission of peculiarities in man, ii.
72-73;
on the effects of hard-drinking, ii. 289;
inherited baldness with deficiency of teeth, ii. 326-327;
occurrence of a molar tooth in place of an incisor, ii. 391;
diseases occurring in alternate generations, ii. 401.
SEDILLOT, on the removal of portions of bone, ii. 296.
SEEDS, early selection of, ii. 204;
rudimentary, in grapes, ii. 316;
relative position of, in the capsule, ii. 345.
SEEDS and buds, close analogies of, i. 411.
SEEMANN, B., crossing of the wolf and Esquimaux dog, i. 22.
SELBY, P. J., on the bud-destroying habits of the bullfinch, ii. 232.
SELECTION, ii. 192-249;
methodical, i. 214, ii. 194-210;
by the ancients and semi-civilised people, ii. 201-210;
of trifling characters, ii. 208-210;
unconscious, i. 214, 217, ii. 174, 210-217;
effects of, shown by differences in most valued parts, ii. 217-220;
produced by accumulation of variability, ii. 220-223;
natural, as affecting domestic productions, ii