The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Charles Darwin [264]
Lubbock, Mr., on the nerves of coccus
Lucas, Dr. P, on inheritance; on resemblance of child to parent
Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil
Lyell, Sir C., on the struggle for existence ; on modern changes of the earth ; on measure of denudation; on a carboniferous land-shell; on fossil whales; on strata beneath Silurian system; on the imperfection of the geological record; on the appearance of species; on Barrande’s colonies ; on tertiary formations of Europe and North America; on parallelism of tertiary formations ; on transport of seeds by icebergs; on great alternations of climate; on the distribution of fresh-water shells; on land-shells of Madeira
Lyell and Dawson on fossilized trees in Nova Scotia
Macleay on analogical characters
Madeira, plants of; beetles of, wingless ; fossil landshells of; birds of
Magpie, tame in Norway
Maize, crossed
Malay Archipelago compared with Europe ; mammals of
Malpighiaceae
Mammae, rudimentary
Mammals, fossil, in secondary formation ; insular
Man, origin of races of
Manatee, rudimentary nails of
Marsupials of Australia; fossil species of
Martens, M., experiment on seeds
Martin, Mr. W.C., on striped mules
Matteuchi on the electric organs of rays
Matthiola, reciprocal crosses of
Means of dispersal
Melipona domestica
Metamorphism of oldest rocks
Mice destroying bees; acclimatisation of
Migration, bears on first appearance of fossils
Miller, Prof., on the cells of bees
Mirabilis, crosses of
Missel-thrush
Misseltoe, complex relations of
Mississippi, rate of deposition at mouth
Mocking-thrush of the Galapagos
Modification of species, how far applicable
Moles, blind
Mongrels, fertility and sterility of; and hybrids compared
Monkeys, fossil
Monocanthus
Mons, Van, on the origin of fruit-trees
Mozart, musical powers of
Mud, seeds in
Mules, striped
Müller, Dr. F., on Alpine Australian plants
Murchison, Sir R., on the formations of Russia; on azoic formations ; on extinction
Mustela vison
Myanthus
Myrmecocystus
Myrmica, eyes of
Nails, rudimentary
Natural history, future progress of
Naturalisation of forms distinct from the indigenous species; in New Zealand
Nautilus, Silurian
Nectar of plants
Nectaries, how formed
Nelumbium luteum
Nests, variation in
Neuter insects
New Zealand, productions of, not perfect ; naturalised products of; fossil birds of; glacial action in ; crustaceans of; algae of ; number of plants of; flora of
Nicotiana, crossed varieties of; certain species very sterile
Noble, Mr., on fertility of Rhododendron
Nodules, phosphatic, in azoic rocks
Oak, varieties of
Onites apelles
Orchis, pollen of
Ornithorhynchus
Ostrich not capable of flight; habit of laying eggs together; American, two species of
Otter, habits of, how acquired
Ouzel, water
Owen, Prof., on birds not flying; on vegetative repetition; on variable length of arms in ourang-outang ; on the swim-bladder of fishes ; on electric organs; on fossil horse of La Plata; on relations of ruminants and pachyderms; on fossil birds of New Zealand; on succession of types; on affinities of the dugong; on homologous organs; on the metamorphosis of cephalopods and spiders
Pacific Ocean, faunas of
Paley, on no organ formed to give pain
Pallas, on the fertility of the wild stocks of domestic animals
Paraguay, cattle destroyed by flies
Parasites
Partridge, dirt on feet
Parts greatly developed, variable; degrees of utility of
Parus major
Passiflora
Peaches in United States
Pear, grafts of
Pelargonium, flowers of; sterility of
Peloria
Pelvis of women
Period, glacial
Petrels, habits of
Phasianus, fertility of hybrids
Pheasant, young, wild
Pictet, Prof., on groups of species suddenly appearing; on rate of organic change; on continuous succession of genera ; on close alliance of fossils in consecutive formations; on embryological succession
Pierce, Mr., on varieties of wolves
Pigeons with feathered feet and skin between toes; breeds described, and origin of; breeds of, how produced; tumbler, not being able to get out of egg; reverting to blue