The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Charles Darwin [261]
Young, Robert. Darwin’s Metaphor: Nature’s Place in Victorian Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. A collection of scholarly and contentious essays setting Darwin’s thought in context.
Subject Index by Charles Darwin
Aberrant groups
Abyssinia, plants of
Acclimatisation
Affinities of extinct species; of organic beings
Agassiz on Amblyopsis; on groups of species suddenly appearing ; on embryological succession ; on the glacial period; on embryological characters; on the embryos of vertebrata; on parallelism of embryological development and geological succession
Algae of New Zealand
Alligators, males, fighting
Amblyopsis, blind fish
America, North, productions allied to those of Europe; boulders and glaciers of; South, no modern formations on west coast
Ammonites, sudden extinction of
Anagallis, sterility of
Analog of variations
Ancylus
Animals, not domesticated from being variable; descended from several stocks; acclimatisation of ; of Australia; with thicker fur in cold climates; blind, in caves; extinct, of Australia
Anomma
Antarctic islands, ancient flora of
Antirrhinum
Ants attending aphides; slave-making instinct
Ants, neuter, structure of
Aphides attended by ants
Aphis, development of
Apteryx
Arab horses
Aralo-Caspian Sea
Archiac, M. de, on the succession of species
Artichoke, Jerusalem
Ascension, plants of
Asclepias, pollen of
Asparagus
Aspicarpa
Asses, striped
Ateuchus
Audubon, on habits of frigate-bird; on variation in birds‘-nests; on heron eating seeds
Australia, animals of; dogs of ; extinct animals of 271; European plants in
Azara on flies destroying cattle
Azores, flora of
Babington, Mr., on British plants
Balancement of growth
Bamboo with hooks
Barberry, flowers of
Barrande, M., on Silurian colonies; on the succession of species; on parallelism of palaeozoic formations ; on affinities of ancient species
Barriers, importance of
Batrachians on islands
Bats, how structure acquired; distribution of
Bear, catching water-insects
Bee, sting of; queen, killing rivals
Bees fertilizing flowers; hive ; not sucking the red clover ; cell-making instinct; humble, cells of; parasitic
Beetles, wingless, in Madeira; with deficient tarsi
Bentham, Mr., on British plants; on classification
Berkeley, Mr., on seeds in saltwater
Bermuda, birds of
Birds acquiring fear; annually cross the Atlantic; colour of, on continents; fossil, in caves of Brazil; of Madeira, Bermuda, and Galapagos; song of males; transporting seeds ; waders; wingless ; with traces of embryonic teeth
Bizcacha; affinities of
Bladder for swimming in fish
Blindness of cave animals
Blyth, Mr., on distinctness of Indian cattle; on striped Hemionus; on crossed geese
Boar, shoulder-pad of
Borrow, Mr., on the Spanish pointer
Bory St. Vincent, on Batrachians
Bosquet, M., on fossil Chthamalus
Boulders, erratic, on the Azores
Branchiae
Brent, Mr., on house-tumblers; on hawks killing pigeons
Brewer, Dr., on American cuckoo
Britain, mammals of
Bronn, on duration of specific forms
Brown, Robert, on classification
Buckman, on variation in plants
Buzareingues on sterility of varieties
Cabbage, varieties of, crossed
Calceolaria
Cape de Verde islands
Cape of Good hope, plants of
Cassini on flowers of composita
Catasetum
Cats, with blue eyes, deaf; variation in habits of; curling tail when going to spring
Cattle destroying fir-trees; destroyed by flies in La Plata; breeds of, locally extinct; fertility of Indian and European breeds
Cave, inhabitants of, blind
Centres of creation
Cephalopodae, development of
Cervulus
Cetacea, teeth and hair
Ceylon, plants of
Chalk formation
Charlock
Checks to increase; mutual
Chickens, instinctive tameness of
Chthamalinae
Chthamalus, cretacean species of
Circumstances favourable to selection of domestic products; to natural selection
Cirripedes capable of crossing; carapace aborted; their ovigerous frena;