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The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Charles Darwin [262]

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fossil; larvae of

Clift, Mr., on the succession of types

Climate, effects of, in checking increase of beings

Cobites, intestine of

Cockroach

Collections, palaeontological, poor

Colour, influenced by climate; in relation to attacks by flies

Columba livia, parent of domestic pigeons

Colymbetes

Compositae, outer and inner florets of ; male flowers of

Conclusion, general

Conditions, slight changes in, favourable to fertility

Coot

Coral-islands, seeds drifted to; reefs, indicating movements of earth

Corn-crake

Correlation of growth in domestic productions; of growth

Cowslip

Creation, single centres of

Crinum

Crosses, reciprocal

Crossing of domestic animals, importance in altering breeds; advantages of ; unfavourable to selection

Crustacea of New Zealand

Crustacean, blind

Cryptocerus

Ctenomys, blind

Cuckoo, instinct of

Currants, grafts of

Currents of sea, rate of

Cuvier on conditions of existence ; on fossil monkeys; Fred., on instinct 174

Dana, Prof., on blind cave-animals; on relations of crustaceans of Japan ; on crustaceans of New Zealand

De Candolle on struggle for existence; on umbelliferae; on general affinities; Alph., on low plants, widely dispersed; on widely-ranging plants being variable; on naturalisation; on winged seeds ; on Alpine species suddenly becoming rare; on distribution of plants with large seeds; on vegetation of Australia; on fresh water plants; on insular plants

Degradation of coast-rocks

Denudation, rate of; of oldest rocks

Development of ancient forms

Devonian system

Dianthus, fertility of crosses

Dirt on feet of birds

Division, physiological, of labour

Dogs, hairless, with imperfect teeth; descended from several wild stocks ; domestic instincts of; inherited civilisation of; fertility of breeds together; of crosses ; proportions of, when young

Downing, Mr., on fruit-trees in America

Downs, North and South

Dragon-flies, intestines of

Drift timber

Driver ant

Drones killed by other bees

Duck, domestic, wings of, reduced; logger-headed

Duck-weed

Dugong, affinities of

Dung-beetles with deficient tarsi

Dyticus

Earl, Mr. W., on the Malay Archipelago

Ears, drooping, in domestic animals; rudimentary

Earth, seeds in roots of trees

Eciton

Edentata, teeth and hair; fossil species of

Edwards, Milne, on physiological divisions of labour; on graduations of structure; on embryological characters

Eggs, young birds escaping from

Electric organs

Elephant, rate of increase; of glacial period

Existence, struggle for; conditions of

Eye, structure of; correction for aberration

Eyes reduced in moles

Fabre, M., on parasitic sphex

Falconer, Dr., on naturalisation of plants in India; on fossil crocodile; on elephants and mastodons; and Cautley on mammals of sub-Himalayan beds

Falkland Island, wolf of

Faults

Fear, instinctive, in birds

Feet of birds, young molluscs adhering to

Fertility of hybrids; from slight changes in conditions; of crossed varieties

Fir-trees destroyed by cattle; pollen of

Fish, flying; teleostean, sudden appearance of; eating seeds ; fresh-water, distribution of

Fishes, ganoid, now confined to fresh water; electric organs of; of southern hemisphere

Flight, powers of, how acquired

Flowers, structure of, in relation to crossing; of compositae and umbelliferae

Forbes, E., on colours of shells; on abrupt range of shells in depth; on poorness of palaeontological collections; on continuous succession of genera; on continental extensions; on distribution during glacial period ; on parallelism in time and space

Forests, changes in, in America

Formation, Devonian

Formations, thickness of, in Britain; intermittent

Formica rufescens; sanguinea; flava, neuter of

Frena, ovigerous, of cirripedes

Fresh-water productions, dispersal of

Fries on species in large genera being closely allied to other species

Frigate-bird

Frogs on islands

Fruit-trees, gradual improvement of; in United States; varieties of, acclimatised in United States

Fuci, crossed

Fur, thicker in cold climates

Furze

Galapagos Archipelago, birds of; productions of

Galeopithecus

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