These islands are very hilly, and Gulick found
that each of the varieties is confined not merely
to one island, but to one valley. “Moreover,”
writes Romanes, on p. 16 of Darwin
and after Darwin, “on tracing this fauna from
valley to valley, it is apparent that a slight
variation in the occupants of valley 2, as compared
with those of the adjacent valley 1,
becomes more pronounced in the next, valley 3,
still more so in 4, etc., etc. Thus it was possible,
as Mr Gulick says, roughly to estimate the
amount of divergence between the occupants of
any two given valleys by measuring the number
of miles between them. . . . The variations
which affect scores of species, and themselves
eventually run into fully specific distinctions, are
all more or less finely graduated as they pass
from one isolated region to the next; and they
have reference to changes of form or colour,
which in no one case presents any appearance
of utility.”
Hitherto three different attempts have been
made to explain this and allied phenomena:—
1. That it is the result of isolation.
2. That it is the result of natural selection.
3. That it is the result of the action of the
environment on the organism.
Let us consider these in inverse order.
Local Species
In the case of some organisms, more especially
plants, invertebrates, and fish, the environment
does exert a direct influence on their colouration.
But, as we have seen, the changes in colour, etc.,
thus induced appear never to be transmitted to
the offspring of the organisms so affected. They
disappear when the offspring are removed to
other surroundings.
On the other hand, local races or species—as,
for example, the white-cheeked variety of
sparrow found in India—usually retain their
external appearance when the environment is
changed. In the one case the peculiarity is not
inherited; in the other it is inherited.
The Wallaceian explanation is, of course, that
the phenomenon is the result of natural selection.
There must, say Wallace and his followers, be
some differences in the environment, differences
which we poor human beings cannot perceive,
that have caused the divergence between the
various isolated sections of the species. In the
case of some local species this explanation is
probably the correct one, but we have no hesitation
in saying that natural selection is unable
to offer a satisfactory explanation in a considerable
number of instances. Take, for
example, the case of the land mollusca of the
Sandwich Islands. Mr Gulick worked for fifteen
years at them, and states that so far as he is able
to ascertain the environment in the fifteen valleys
is essentially the same. “To argue,” writes
Romanes, on p. 17 of vol. iii. of Darwin and
after Darwin, “that every one of some twenty
contiguous valleys in the area of the same small
island must necessarily present such differences
of environment that all the shells in each are
differently modified thereby, while in no one
out of the hundreds of cases of modification in
minute respects of form and colour can any
human being suggest an adaptive reason therefore—to
argue thus is merely to affirm an intrinsically
improbable dogma in the presence of a great
and consistent array of opposing facts.”
Men of science not infrequently charge the
clergy with adhering to dogma in face of opposing
facts; it seems to us that many of the
apostles of science are in this respect worse
offenders than the most orthodox of Churchmen.
The example of the mollusca of the Sandwich
Islands is by no means a solitary one. D.
Dewar cited some interesting cases in a paper
recently read before the Royal Society of Arts
(p. 103 of vol. lvii. of the Society’s Journal):
“The Indian robins present even greater
difficulties to those who profess to pin their faith
to the all-sufficiency of natural selection. Robins
are found in nearly all parts of India, and fall
into two species, the brown-backed (Thamnobia
cambaiensis) and the black-backed Indian Robin
(Thamnobia fulicata). The former occurs only
in Northern India, and the latter is confined to
the southern portion of the peninsula. The hen
of each species is a sandy brown bird with a
patch of brick-red feathers under the tail, so that
we cannot tell by merely looking at a hen to
which of the two species she belongs. The
cock of the South Indian form is, in winter, a
glossy black bird, with a white bar in the wing,
and the characteristic red patch under the tail.
The cock of the northern species, as his name
implies, has a sandy-brown back, which contrasts
strongly with the glossy black of his head, neck,
and under parts. In summer the cocks of the
two species grow more like one another owing to
the wearing away of the outer edges of their
feathers; but it is always possible to distinguish
between them at a glance. The two species
meet at about the latitude of Bombay. Oates
states that in a certain zone, from Ahmednagar
to the mouth of the Godaveri valley, both
species occur, and they do not appear to
interbreed.
“It seems impossible to maintain that natural
selection, acting on minute variations, has
brought about the divergence between these
two species. Even if it be asserted that the
difference in the colour of the feathers of the
back of the two cocks is in some way correlated
with adaptability to their particular environment,
how are we to explain the fact that in a certain
zone both species flourish?
“A similar phenomenon is furnished by the
red-vented bulbul. This genus falls into several
species, each corresponding to a definite locality
and differing only in details from the allied
species, as, for example, the distance down the
neck to which the black of the head extends.
There is a Punjab Red-vented Bulbul (Molpastes
intermedius), a Bengal (Molpastes bengalensis), a
Burmese (Molpastes burmanicus) and a Madras
(Molpastes hæmorrhous) species.
“It does not seem possible to maintain the
contention that these various species are the
products of natural selection, for that would
mean if the black of the head of the Punjab
species extended further into the neck the bird
could not live in that country.”
Thus, natural selection clearly is unable to
explain some cases of divergence of character
due to geographical isolation.
There remains the third explanation, that the
divergence is the result of the simple fact of
isolation.
We have already shown how insuperable are
the objections to the view held by Romanes and
Gulick.
It seems to us that explanation must lie in the
fact that mutations occur every now and again in
some species. If two portions of a species are
separated and a mutation occurs in one portion
and not in the other, and if the mutating form
succeeds in supplanting the parent form in that
isolated portion of the species in which it has
appeared, we should have the phenomenon of
two races or species differing in appearance
although subjected to what appear to be identical
environment.
This, of course, is pure conjecture. All that
can be said of it at present is that it is not
opposed to observed facts. That mutations do
occur must be admitted. At present we are
totally in the dark as to what causes them.
They arise at the most unexpected times.
In favour of the explanation based on “mutation”
there is the interesting fact that geographical
isolation does not by any means always cause
divergence of character. This Romanes, with
great fairness, freely admits. “There are,” he
writes, on p. 133 of vol. iii. of Darwin and
after Darwin, “four species of butterflies, belonging
to three genera (Lycæna donzelii, L. pheretes,
Argynnis pales, Erebia manto), which are identical
in the polar regions and the Alps, notwithstanding
that the sparse Alpine populations have
been presumably separated from their parent
stocks since the glacial period.” Again, there
are “certain species of fresh-water crustaceans
(Apus), the representatives of which are compelled
habitually to form small isolated colonies
in widely separated ponds, and nevertheless
exhibit no divergence of character, although
apogamy has probably lasted for centuries.”
Cormorants
To these examples we may add that of the
cormorants. These birds have an almost worldwide
range. One species—our Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo)—occurs in every imaginable
kind of environment. Isolation has not
effected any changes in the appearance of this
species. Yet in New Zealand there exist no
fewer than fourteen other species of cormorant.
New Zealand is a country where climatic conditions
are comparatively uniform, nevertheless
it boasts of no fewer than fifteen out of the thirty-seven
known species of cormorant. A possible
explanation of this phenomenon may be found
in the comparatively easy conditions under which
cormorants live in New Zealand.[10]
Under such circumstances mutants may be permitted by
natural selection to survive, whereas in other
parts of the world such mutants have not been
able to hold their own.
Prof. Bateson has likened natural selection
to a competitive examination to which every
organism must submit. The penalty for failure
is immediate death. The standard of the examination
may vary with the locality.
Isolation, then, is a very important factor in
the making of species, for without it, in some
form, the multiplication of species is impossible.
Let us, in conclusion, briefly summarise what
we now know of the method in which new species
are made. We have studied the various factors
of evolution—variation and correlation, heredity,
natural selection, sexual selection, and the other
kinds of isolation. How do these combine to bring
new species into being, and to establish the same?
Natural Selection
Let us first consider the factor known as
natural selection, since this is the one on which
Darwin laid such great stress. Natural selection,
although a most important factor in evolution, is
not an indispensable one. Evolution is possible
without natural selection.
Let us suppose that there is no such thing as
natural selection; that the numbers of existing
species are kept constant by the elimination of
all individuals born in excess of the number
required to maintain the species at the existing
figure, and that the elimination of the surplus is
effected, not by natural selection, but by chance,
by the drawing of lots. Under such circumstances
there may be evolution, existing species
may undergo change, but the evolution will be
determined solely by the lines along which
variations occur.
If mutations take place along certain fixed
lines, and tend to accumulate in the given
directions, evolution will proceed along these
lines quite independently of the utility to the
organism of the mutations that occur. An unfavourable
mutation will have precisely the same
chance of survival as a favourable one.
If, on the other hand, mutations occur indiscriminately
on all sides of the mean, then
those mutations which happen to occur most
frequently will have the best chance of survival,
and they will mark the lines of evolution. But
suppose that no mutation occurs more frequently
than the others. Under such circumstances there
will be no evolution, unless, by some cause or
other, portions of the species are isolated, because
in the long run the mutations will neutralise one
another.
Let us now suppose that natural selection
comes into play. The old method of determining
by lot which forms shall persist is replaced by
selection on the fixed principle that the fittest
shall survive. The mutations appear as before,
and as before, of the large number that occur,
only a few are permitted to survive. But now
the survivors, instead of being a motley crowd,
are a selected band, composed of individuals
having many characteristics in common—a
homogeneous company. Thus one result of
natural selection is to accelerate evolution, by
weeding out certain classes of individuals and
preventing them breeding with those it has
selected. On the other hand, natural selection
will tend to diminish the number of species which
have arisen through mutation, inasmuch as it
weeds out many mutants which would have
perished had their survival been determined by
lot.
Origin of the Fittest
From this the kind of work performed by
natural selection should be obvious. Natural
selection does not make new species. These
make themselves, or, rather, originate in accordance
with the laws of variation.
“You can,” runs an old proverb, “bring a
horse to the drinking fountain, but you cannot
make him drink.” You may be able to bring a
child into the world, but you cannot secure its
survival. Variation brings into being mutants,
which are incipient species, but variation cannot
determine their survival. It is at this stage that
natural selection steps in.
But because natural selection allows certain
mutations to persist, it is not correct to say that
natural selection has caused these mutations or
made or originated the species to which they give
rise.
The Civil Service Commissioners do not make
Indian civil servants: they merely determine
which of a number of ready-made men shall
become civil servants. Similarly, natural selection
does not make new species, it simply decides
which of a number of ready-made organisms shall
survive and establish themselves as new species.
Nor does natural selection always do as much as
this; for it is not the only determinant of survival.
Its position is sometimes comparable to that of
the Medical Board which inspects and rejects
the physically unfit of the candidates which have
already been selected by some other authority.
The examination conducted by natural selection
may be compared to a competitive one. A
separate, independent examination is held for
each particular locality; consequently the severity
of the competition will vary with the locality.
In each competition some candidates pass with
ease: they gain an unnecessarily high total of
marks. So in nature do certain organisms, as,
for example, the Leaf-butterflies (Kallimas),
appear to be over-adapted to their environment.
Other candidates manage to pass only by a very
narrow margin: these are paralleled in nature by
those species which are barely able to maintain
themselves, which become extinct the moment
the competition increases in severity.
The great bulk of the candidates fail to obtain
sufficient marks to gain a place among the chosen
few; these unsuccessful candidates correspond to
the mutating forms which perish in the struggle
for existence, to those individuals which happen
to have mutated in unfavourable directions.
Even as many candidates have acquired knowledge
of subjects in which they are not examined,
so do many organisms possess characteristics
which are of no utility to them in the struggle
for existence.
Wallaceians expend much time and energy in
misguided attempts to explain the existence of
such characters in terms of natural selection.
Nature’s examination, like that held for entrance
to the Indian Civil Service, is a liberal
one, so that the qualifications of the successful
candidates vary considerably. Provided a candidate
is able to gain more marks than the other
candidates for a vacancy, it matters not in what
subjects the marks are gained. So is it in nature.
Natural selection takes an organism as a whole.
One species may have established itself because
of its fleetness, a second because of its courage,
a third because it has a strong constitution, a
fourth because it is protectively coloured, a fifth
because it has good digestive powers, and so on.
We thus perceive the part played by natural
selection and other forms of isolation in the
making of species. It is obvious that these
do not make species any more than the Civil
Service Commissioners manufacture Indian civil
servants.
The real makers of species are the inherent
properties of protoplasm and the laws of variation
and heredity. These determine the nature of the
organism; natural selection and the like factors
merely decide for each particular organism whether
it shall survive and give rise to a species.
The way in which natural selection does its
work is comparatively easy to understand. But
this is only the fringe of the territory which we
call evolution.
We seem to be tolerably near a solution of
the problem of the causes of the survival of
any particular mutation. This, however, is
merely a side issue. The real problem is the
cause of variations and mutations, or, in other
words, how species originate. At present our
knowledge of the causes of variation and mutation
is practically nil. We do not even know
along what particular lines mutations occur.
We have yet to discover whether one mutation
invariably leads to another along the same lines—in
other words, whether mutating organisms
behave as though they had behind them a force
acting in a definite direction. The solution of
these problems seems afar off. The hope of
solving them lies, not in the speculations in
which biologists of to-day are so fond of indulging,
but in observation and experiment,
especially the last.
The future of biology is largely in the hands
of the practical breeder.
FOOTNOTES
[1]The white, pied,
and “Japan” individuals are not more different
from the type than some variations occurring in wild birds.
[2]This short-legged type of dog is sometimes seen among the
ownerless and unselected pariah dogs of Indian towns; and a short-legged
variety of the fowl may occur sporadically in Zanzibar,
where the long-legged Malay is the prevalent breed.
[3]“Effected”
appears in the earlier editions, but in the later
editions has given place to “affected,” probably a printer’s error.
[4]Some egrets, such as the rock-egrets
(
Demiegretta) of eastern
tropical coasts, are normally grey, but may be white, and this
whiteness may be confined in individuals to the young or adult states.
[5]After years of observation of these Indian geese, Finn is
convinced they are now, at all events, pure Chinese; it is possible
that they really were hybrids in Blyth’s time, but that fresh importations
of geese from China, such as still occur, may have
ultimately swamped the blood of the common goose. The fertility
of the hybrid geese was, however, known to such early writers as
Pallas and Linnæus. Darwin himself, at a later date, bred
five young from a pair of such hybrids (
Nature, Jan. 1, 1880,
p. 207).
[6]In this chapter we use the word
Neo-Darwinism in its usually-accepted
sense,
i.e. as a name for that which should be called
Wallaceism, for the doctrine of the all-sufficiency of natural
selection.
[7]Animal Colouration, p. 125. A book full of valuable facts
and ideas on this most interesting subject.
[8]Even these eggs, closely though they resemble in colouring
the shingle, etc., on which they are laid, are discovered and
eaten by gulls, as Mr A. J. R. Roberts points out in
The Bird
Book.
[9]Journal
of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol xv. (1903-4), p. 454.
[10]Hutton and Drummond
record other examples of this in the
valuable work entitled
The Animals of New Zealand.
INDEX
- A
- Accentor, 1
- Accipitcr cooperi, 243
- Acorn, 49
- Acquired characters, 10, 14, 15, 18-24, 60, 107-10
- Acræeidæ, 175, 215, 228
- Ægilops speltæformis, 118
- Ægithina tiphia, 244
- Æsthetic sense in birds, 306
- “African Nature Notes and Reminiscences,” 192, 195, 199
- Aggressive resemblance, 173
- Aguara-guazu, 181
- Aitken, E. H., 64
- “Albany Review, The,” 43, 48, 195, 204
- Albinism, 64, 65, 99, 283, 284, 362
- Alcedo ispida, 289
- Alcock, Col., 216, 217
- Alcohol, 152, 153
- Alexander, 181
- Allen, Grant, 66
- Allotrophy, 159
- Alternating characters, 143
- Alternative inheritance, 127
- Amadavat, 311
- Amandina erythrocephala, 122
- A. fasciata, 122
- “Amazement,” 93
- Amazon parrot, 103
- Amazonian dolphin, 99
- Ammonites, 67
- Ammonium sulphate, 151
- Amœba, 35
- Amphidasys betularia, 101
- Anas boscas, 123, 334
- A. obscura, 334
- A. pœcilorhyncha, 315, 334
- A. superciliosa, 315, 334
- A. undulata, 334
- Anastomus oscitans, 282
- Ancon sheep, 95
- Anemone magellanica, 118
- A. sylvestris, 118
- Anemophilous flowers, 261
- “Animal Colouration,” 194, 205, 211, 213, 218, 222
- “Animal Life and Intelligence,” 368
- “Animals of New Zealand,” 382
- Anous, 278
- Anser cygnoides, 114
- Anseranas melanoleucus, 281
- Antarctic fauna, 191
- Antelope, 48, 199, 334
- Anthracoceros, 220
- Anthropoides paradisea, 279
- A. virgo, 279
- Antilope cervicapra, 363
- Ape, 101
- Apogamy, 370
- Appenzeller, 340
- Apus, 381
- “Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen,” 325, 330
- Arctic fauna, 173, 174, 190, 191
- Arctic regions, 173, 189
- Ardea asha, 317, 318
- A. gularis, 318
- Ardeola grayii, 250, 254
- Argali, 120, 130, 131
- “Argentine Ornithology,” 361
- Argynnis pales, 381
- A. paphia, 103
- Aristotle, 1
- Artemia milhausenii, 156
- A. salina, 156
- Aseel, 364
- Asexual reproduction, 135
- Asiatic, 140
- Ass, 117, 127, 128, 140
- Astur badius, 235
- Atavism, 136, 293
- Athene chiaradiæ, 97
- A. noctua, 97
- Atoms, biological, 158
- “Auk, The,” 190
- Aularches militaris, 216
- Avebury, Lord, 205, 260
- “Avicultural Magazine, The,” 98
- Avocet, 80
- B
- Babbler, 244
- Bactrian camel, 121
- Bailey, 88
- Baillon’s crake, 251
- Balanced characters, 143
- Balearica chrysopelargus, 105
- B. regulorum, 105
- Bassaris astuta, 242
- Batesian mimicry, 177
- Bateson, 26, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 102, 103, 302
- Bats, 42
- Bear, 101, 119, 190, 216, 282
- Beddard, 180, 188, 194, 205, 211
- Bee, 178, 179, 214, 221, 263, 264, 269
- Beech, purple, 87
- Bee-eater, 220, 278
- Beetroots, 71
- Belt, 216
- Beluga, 190
- Bentham, 260
- Bestiary, 125
- Bicheno’s finch, 105
- Bilateral symmetry, 252, 253, 257
- Bingham, Col. C. T., 239
- Biological atoms, 158-69, 280
- Biological molecules, 157-69, 280, 285, 291, 293, 294, 295, 344
- Biological radicles, 158-69
- Biophors, 153
- “Bird Book, the,” 207
- “Birds of the Plains,” 233, 303, 309, 359
- Bison, 119, 126
- Blackcock, 129, 131, 249, 278
- Blackberry, 118
- Blackbird, 201, 203, 207
- Black-buck, 363
- Blakiston, 181
- Bloodsucker, 220
- Blue-bellied waxbill, 104
- Blyth, 115, 251
- Boisier, 263
- Bombyx arrindia, 125
- B. cynthia, 124
- Bonhote, 126, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 337
- Bontebock, 196
- Boselaphus tragocamelus, 357, 363
- Bos frontalis, 126
- Boulenger, 88
- Bower-bird, 306
- Brain-fever bird, 235, 236, 248
- Bramble, 261
- Branchipus, 156
- Brannam, 92
- Brent, Mr, 307
- British Museum, 129, 130, 187
- Bubo virginianus, 221
- Bubulcus coromandus, 254
- Budgerigars, 101
- Buffalo, 120, 199
- Buffon, 2
- Buff Orpingtons, 65
- Buff-tip moth, 215
- Bufo melanostictus, 219
- Bulbul, 123, 220, 221, 244, 245, 255, 256, 279
- Bull, 119
- Bungarus cœruleus, 217, 247
- Bunting, reed, 98, 190, 289
- Buphus coromandus, 317, 318
- Burbank, 118
- Burnet moth, 102
- Bush-buck, 196
- Butcher-bird, 241, 253
- Buttercups, 70, 267, 274
- Butterfly, 45, 47, 102, 103, 196, 197, 203, 204, 209, 212, 216, 238, 239, 240, 250, 264, 280, 306, 381
- Buzzard, 262
- C
- Cacomistle, 242
- Cairina moschata, 127, 245
- Californian currant, 119
- Calœnas nicobarica, 65
- Calotes versicolor, 220
- Camel, 120, 357
- Campophaga, 248
- Canary, 100, 101, 102, 117, 120, 127, 280, 338, 362
- Canis jubatus, 181
- Capercailzie, 129, 131
- Capuchin monkey, 216
- Carbon, 153
- Carduelis caniceps, 255
- C. carduelis, 255
- Carnation, 85, 86
- Carnivores, 67
- Carp, 102
- Carrion crow, 123
- Carrot, 71, 269, 270
- Casarca cana, 129
- C. tadornoides, 129
- “Cassell’s Book of the Horse,” 69
- Castle, 149
- Castration, effects of, 335, 344
- Cat, 61, 98, 99, 100, 206, 282, 283, 339, 350, 356, 361
- Cat-rabbit, 125
- Cataloe, 119
- Cataract, 340
- Caterpillars, 155, 175, 205, 211, 215, 221, 350
- Cattle, 94, 95, 115
- Centropus sinensis, 220, 244
- Cephalophus doriæ, 243
- Cephalopyrus flammiceps, 244
- Cervulus muntjac, 101
- C. reevesii, 114
- C. vaginalis, 114
- Cervus paludosus, 180
- C. sika, 120
- Ceryle rudis, 202
- Chaffinch, 289
- Chamba monaul, 104
- “Champion Ladybird,” 91, 92, 93
- Change of function, theory of, 36, 37
- Chen nivalis, 282
- C. rossi, 282
- Chenatopex ægyptiaca, 316
- Chenonetta jubata, 316
- Chinese goose, 99, 114, 121, 130
- Chinese pheasant, 123
- Chloëphaga dispar, 105
- C. magellanica, 105, 334
- C. rubidiceps, 105, 334
- Chromosomes, 145-7
- Chrysæna victor, 333
- Chrysolophus amherstiæ, 121
- C. obscurus, 97
- C. pictus, 97, 121, 337
- Chrysomitris colombiana, 244
- Chrysotis æstiva, 103
- Ciconia alba, 282
- C. boyciana, 282
- Cinnabar moth, 227
- Cissopis leveriana, 281
- Civil Service Commissioners, 385, 387
- Cleistogamous flowers, 260
- Climate as check on multiplication, 349, 350
- Clouded-yellow butterfly, 103
- Clover, 69, 274
- Clytus arietis, 178, 229
- Cobra, 224, 225, 226, 358, 359
- Colias edusa, 103
- Colour-blindness, 340
- Colouration of Flowers, Law of Progressive, 66
- —— of Organisms, 170-296
- Columbidæ, 331, 333
- Concealing colouration, 184-7
- Congenital characters, 18, 19
- Conn, 47
- “Contemporary Review,” 26
- Cope, 15, 67
- Copsychus saularis, 281
- Coracias affinis, 123, 255
- C. indica, 123, 220, 255
- Cordon-bleu, 104
- Cormorant, 190, 191, 277, 381, 382
- Corn, Indian, 81
- Correlation, 39, 40, 117, 162, 167, 223, 339, 340, 344, 356-65
- Corvus corone, 123, 255
- C. cornix, 123, 255
- C. splendens, 353
- “Country-Side, The,” 261, 265, 266, 273, 304, 311, 313
- Courser, 362
- Court-bec, 72
- Cow, 119, 120, 126
- Crab, 155
- Crane, 105, 247, 248, 279, 282, 292
- Crateropus bicolor, 242
- C. canorus, 179
- Crax globicera, 104, 304
- C. grayi, 104
- C. hecki, 104, 304
- Crested newt, 124
- Cretaceous reptiles, 67
- Crinoids, 67
- Crocodile, 187
- Cross-fertilisation, 69, 258-60
- Crotalus, 223
- Crow, 47, 123, 206, 220, 247, 255, 281, 353, 355, 359, 361
- “Crow-pheasant,” 220
- Cryptic colouring, 173
- Cuckoo, 220, 233, 235, 236, 243, 244, 247, 248, 289
- —— shrike, 248
- Cuculus canorus, 289
- Cuénot, 149
- Cunningham, Col., 225, 226, 358
- —— J. T., 15, 19, 20, 324, 325, 329, 331, 332, 333, 336
- Cupples, Mr, 308
- Curassow, 104, 304
- Currant, 119
- Cut-throat finch, 122
- Cypselus affinis, 243
- Cytisus adami, 119
- D
- Dafila acuta, 122
- Dahlia, 86
- Daisy, 266, 274
- Daltonism, 340
- Damaliscus lunatus, 363
- Damp as a check to multiplication of species, 350, 351
- Danaidæ, 175, 179, 215, 216, 226, 228
- Danais chrysippus, 179, 250
- Danger signal, 183, 214, 253, 254
- Darter, 277
- Darwin, 1-12, 14, 25-27, 31, 35, 42, 52, 54-7, 59, 60-3, 68, 83, 96, 112, 114-7, 119, 123, 127, 130, 151, 171, 175, 182, 184, 233, 259, 299, 301-8, 316, 319-21, 325, 326, 347
- “Darwin and after Darwin,” 370-5, 377, 381
- Darwinian theory, 3, 5-8, 11, 13, 27, 28, 35, 42, 45, 52, 75, 111, 171
- Darwinism, 1, 7, 8, 11, 14, 26
- “Darwinism,” 40, 53, 112, 117, 178, 207, 213, 228, 322, 323
- “Darwinism To-day,” 16, 45, 67
- Dasyurus, 283
- De Candolle, 86
- Decorative plumage, 40
- Deer, 101, 120, 180, 298
- Deerhound, 304, 308
- Deer-ponies, 125
- Degeneration, 168
- Dejerine, 340
- Delage, 33, 147
- Delbœuf, Law of, 373
- Delias eucharis, 216, 220, 221
- Demiegretta, 100
- Demoiselle crane, 277
- “Descent of Man,” 234, 299, 301, 302, 304, 305, 319, 320, 326
- Determination of sex, 165
- “Development and Heredity,” 17
- De Vries, 26, 66, 69-72, 75-8, 82-9, 95, 105, 118, 151
- Dewar, D., 43, 44, 47, 48, 195, 204, 206, 208, 210, 225, 233, 236, 303, 308, 309, 354, 360, 378
- Dewar, G. A. B., 196, 197
- Dicrurus ater, 179, 233
- Didelphys nurina, 243
- Dimorphism, sexual, 51, 200, 201
- Dipsacus, 58
- Disease as a check to multiplication of species, 351
- Dissemurus paradiseus, 179, 220
- Divergence of character, 367
- Dog, 59, 68, 99, 100, 125, 225, 226, 282, 283, 304, 308, 352, 357, 364, 365
- Dog-rose, 261
- Dolphin, 99
- Dominant characters, 142
- Donald, Mr D., 256
- Dragon-fly, 216, 264
- Driesh, 136
- Drongo cuckoo, 233
- Drongo-shrikes, 179, 220
- Drummond, 382
- Duck, 51, 60, 68, 97, 99, 100, 122, 126-8, 190, 247, 249, 282, 292, 314, 315, 334, 337, 338, 365
- Duiker-buck, 243
- Dyer, Sir William Thistleton, 26
- E
- Eagle, 65, 190, 350
- Eagle-owl, 221
- East, M. E., 79
- Echis carinata, 224
- “Eclipse,” 69
- “Edinburgh Review, The,” 38
- Eel, 102
- Eggs, colours of birds’, 206-9
- Egret, 100, 206, 254, 365
- Eider-duck, 249
- Eimer, 15, 16, 33
- Eisig, 222
- Elanoides furcatus, 282
- Elaps, 197, 198
- Elder, 49
- Elementary species, 77, 78, 87, 88, 89
- Elk, Irish, 67
- Emberiza citrinella, 289
- E. pyrrhuloides, 98
- E. schœniclus, 98
- Entomophila picata, 281
- Entomophilous flowers, 261
- Epenthesis folleata, 103
- Epilobias, 260
- Equus, 41
- Erebia manto, 381
- Erythrura prasina, 102
- “Essays on Evolution,” 11, 173, 177, 181, 184, 213, 223, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 234, 237, 238, 239
- Estrelda cyanogastra, 104
- E. phœnicotis, 104
- Ether, 152, 153
- Euchelia jacobacæ, 227
- Eurasian, 140
- European, 140
- Euxenura maguari, 282
- Evening primrose, 84, 85, 88
- “Evolution of Sex, The,” 306
- Existence, struggle for, 31, 32
- Eye-colour in human beings, 310
- Eyesight of birds, 211, 237-41
- —— insects, 264
- Eyton, 15
- F
- “Faery Year, The,” 196
- Falcon, 204, 246, 250
- Falco peregrinator, 251
- F. severus, 251
- False mimicry, 243
- Faults in poultry, 64
- Ferrets, 100, 119
- Finch, 117, 120
- —— Bicheno’s, 105
- —— chestnut-breasted, 98
- —— cut-throat, 122
- —— Gouldian, 98
- —— Nonpareil, 102
- —— red-headed, 142
- —— ringed, 104
- —— saffron, 244
- —— yellow-rumped, 98
- Finn, 99, 102, 115, 131, 179, 216, 219, 220, 235, 241, 255, 304, 309, 310, 313, 315, 316, 358
- Fittest, survival of the, 32
- Flowers, 65, 66
- Flowers, colours of, 258-75
- Fly-catchers, 44, 45, 47, 285, 338
- Flying squirrel, 243
- “Fortnightly Review, The,” 37, 38
- Foul-brood, 353
- Fowl, 56, 58, 61, 64, 65, 99, 101, 125, 127, 128, 282, 301, 302, 307, 314, 330, 336, 338, 339, 361, 362, 364, 365
- Fowl-ducks, 125
- Foxes, 101, 131, 190, 191
- Fox-terrier, 19
- Franqueiro cattle, 95
- Francolinus pondicerianus, 337
- Friar-bird, 249
- Fringella coelebs, 209
- Fritillary butterfly, 103
- Frog, 325
- Fruits, colours of, 258, 275
- Fuligula marila, 290
- Fulmar petrel, 190
- Function, change of, 36, 37
- Fungi, 263
- G
- Gadow, Dr, 197, 245
- Gadwall, 126, 315
- Galton, 81, 82, 374
- “Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India,” 131
- Gametes, segregation of, 143-5
- Gannet, 282
- Gayal, 126
- Gauchos, 359
- Gecko, 210
- Geddes, 306, 326
- Gemmules, 151
- “Genesis of Species,” 7, 61
- Geographical isolation, 375
- Geological record, imperfection of, 40-2, 94
- Geranium, 260
- Germ-plasm, continuity of the, 25
- Germinal variations, 106-10
- Geum urbanum, 263
- Gibbon ape, 101
- Giraffe, 17, 18, 192, 196
- Globicera, 104
- Glutton, 190
- Goat, 283
- Goethe, 2
- Golden pheasant, 97, 129, 149, 337, 338
- Golden tench, 101
- Goldfinch, 127, 255
- Goldfish, 101, 102
- Goose, 99, 100, 105, 115, 121, 130, 190, 281, 316, 334, 339
- Gordon’s currant, 119
- Goshawk, 247
- Gouldian Finch, 99
- Graba, 58
- Gradation of colour, principle of, 185
- Graculipica melanoptera, 244
- “Grammar of Science, The,” 309
- Grass, 273
- Grasshopper, 185
- Greenfinch, 122
- Greyhound, 364
- Grosbeak, 281, 284
- Groundsel, 260
- Grouse, red, 125
- Growth-force, 15, 16, 68
- Grus leucogeranus, 282
- Guillemot, 58, 190, 245
- Guinea-fowl, 100, 127, 128, 279, 362
- Guinea-pig, 95, 101, 129, 283
- Gulick, 369, 372-7, 380
- Gull, 190, 191, 207, 247, 290, 355
- Gygis, 278
- Gyrfalcon, 190
- H
- Haeckel, 15, 24
- Hæmophilia, 340
- Halcyon smyrnensis, 202
- Haliœtus albicilla, 65
- Hare, 131, 185, 200
- Harrier, 101
- Hartebeeste, 363
- Hawk-cuckoo, 235, 236
- Hawk-eagle, 101
- Hawks, 222, 235, 236, 247, 277
- Hecki, 104
- Helice, 103
- Heliconidæ, 175, 215, 216, 228
- Heloderm, 217
- Henslow, 15, 22, 23, 47, 48, 259
- “Heredity,” 103, 145, 166, 340
- “Heredity of Acquired Characters in Plants,” 22, 48
- “Heredity of Sexual Characters in relation to Hormones,” 19, 330
- Heron, 250, 317
- Herring, 193
- Hertwig, 151
- Heusinger, 357
- Hewitt, Mr, 307
- Hierococcyx varius, 235, 248
- Hilversum, 84
- Himalayan argali, 120
- Hinny, 127, 136, 140, 162
- Hipparchia, semele, 205
- Hippotragus equinus, 334
- H. niger, 334
- Hirundo rustica, 251
- H. tytleri, 251
- “History of Creation,” 24
- Hobby, 250, 251
- Homogamy, 370
- Honeyeater, 281
- Hormones, 335, 338
- Hornbill, 65, 220
- Horner, 340
- Horse, 61, 68, 69, 95, 96, 100, 101, 117, 127, 128, 140, 266, 267, 268, 272, 283, 332, 352, 363, 364, 374
- Horse, genealogy of, 41
- Houghton, 91
- Howard, 315, 332
- Hubrecht, 26
- Hume, 131
- Humming-bird, 328
- Hutton, 3
- Hutton, Captain, 115, 382
- Huxley, 3, 6, 11, 40, 100, 111
- Hyæna, 353
- Hybridism, 111-32, 292, 293
- Hydra, 21
- Hydrogen, 152, 153
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus, 250
- Hyla, 245
- Hypertely, 237, 240
- Hypolimnas misippus, 179, 180
- I
- “Ibis, The,” 255, 256
- Icterus vulgaris, 244, 281, 284
- Impeyan pheasant, 104
- Indian Civil Service, 385, 386, 387
- Indian corn, 81
- Inheritance, 133-69
- —— alternative, 127
- —— blended, 140, 148
- —— definition of, 138
- —— of acquired characters, 10, 14, 15, 18-24, 60, 107-10
- —— particulate, 140
- —— unilateral, 139, 140, 162
- Insectivores, 67
- Intercrossing, swamping effects of, 42, 83
- Intimidating attitudes, 224, 225
- Iora, 244
- Iridescence, 186
- Irish elk, 67, 168
- Isolation, 366-82, 387
- Isomerism, biological, 154-8
- —— chemical, 152-4, 157
- Ithomiinæ, 228, 246
- Ivy, 261
- J
- Jacana, 250
- Jackdaw, 51, 306
- Jaeger, 86
- Jaguar, 45, 358
- Japanese greenfinch, 122
- —— pheasant, 122, 124, 129
- Jardin des plantes, 88
- Java sparrow, 99, 100
- Jelly-fish, 192
- Jesse, W., 255
- Johnston, 92
- “Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,” 209
- “Journal of the Royal Society of Arts,” 236, 324, 378
- Jungle-babbler, 179
- Jungle fowl, 332
- K
- Kallima, 45, 47, 209, 212, 235, 386
- Kellog, 16, 26, 45, 47, 67
- Kingfisher, 202, 203, 206
- Kite, 282
- “Knowledge,” 171, 198, 277
- Korchinsky, 15, 33
- Krait, 216, 247
- Kuppa, 224
- L
- Labernum, 119
- Lachnanthes, 357
- Ladybird, 213, 214
- Lamarck, 2, 14, 17, 52
- Lamarckism, 16, 24, 25
- Lambert, Edward, 341
- Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 13, 25
- Lapwing, 207
- Lark, 185, 362
- Larus ridibundus, 290
- Latent characters, 149
- Law of battle, 301, 302, 321
- Leaf-butterfly, 45, 47, 209, 235, 386
- Lemming, 190
- Lemur, 242, 243
- Lemur catta, 242
- Leopard, black, 101, 354, 358
- Leucopternis, 282
- Ligurinus sinicus, 122
- Lily, 146
- Linaria vulgaris peloria, 86
- Linden, Gräfin von, 155
- Links, missing, 41, 42
- Linnæus, 65, 115
- Linnet, 212, 338
- “Linus I.,” 95, 96
- Lion, 192, 334, 349, 352
- Liothrix luteus, 179
- Lizard, 64, 207, 210, 212, 216, 217, 220, 223, 269, 350
- Loddigesia mirabilis, 328
- Loeb, 147
- Lophophorus chambanus, 104
- L. impeyanus, 104
- Lucerne, 118
- Lung, 36, 37
- Lutinism, 102
- Lycæna donzelli, 381
- L. pheretes, 381
- Lycodon aulicus, 247
- Lyell, 3
- M
- Mackerel, 193
- Madingly, 102
- Mænia typica, 221
- Magnus, 86
- Magpie, 281
- Magpie colouring, 66, 67, 280, 281
- Magrath, 256
- Male-fern, 49
- Mallard, 65, 97, 122, 126, 132, 293, 313, 315, 334, 337
- Malthus, 31
- Malva, 260
- Manchester School, 27
- Mannikin, 104
- Marbled newt, 124, 245
- Marshall, 28
- —— Mr G. A. K., 239
- —— Milnes, 37, 174
- Marsupials, 67
- Masters, 86
- “Materials for the Study of Variation,” 73, 103
- Mauchamp sheep, 95
- Mayer, 228
- “Mechanischphysiologische Theorie der Abstammungslehre,” 15
- Medicago media, 118
- Megascops asio, 44
- Melanism, 64, 101, 360
- Melopsittacus undulatus, 101
- Mendel, 42, 74, 136, 141, 142, 144, 145
- Mendel’s Law, 145, 149, 150, 161
- Mendelism, 145
- Mesohippus, 41
- Micellæ, 151
- Micropus melanoleucus, 245
- “Mikado, The,” 237
- Mildew, 49
- Mimicry, conditions of, 178
- Mimicry, protective, 45, 50, 51, 173, 177-82, 226-51, 275, 293, 294
- Mink, 243
- Miohippus, 41
- Missing links, 41, 42
- Missouri currant, 119
- Mivart, Dr St George, 7, 61
- Mole, 180
- Molge blasii, 124
- M. cristata, 124
- M. marmorata, 124
- M. vulgaris, 221
- Mollusca, 49
- —— of Sandwich Islands, 375, 378
- Molpastes, 123, 255
- Molpastes bengalensis, 256, 379
- M. burmanicus, 379
- M. hæmorrhous, 255, 379
- M. intermedius, 256, 379
- M. leucogenys, 256
- Monaul, 104
- Monkey, 64, 213
- Monotypic evolution, 366
- Monstrosities, 56, 57, 358
- Morgan, Prof. Ll., 368
- —— T. H., 26
- Morse, 190
- Moseley, Prof., 311
- Motacilla lugubris, 122
- M. melanope, 122
- Moth, 101, 102, 124, 209, 215, 227, 238, 240
- Mouse, 64, 105, 139, 141, 146, 149, 150, 180, 185, 282, 359
- Mule, 127, 136, 140, 160, 162
- Müller, Fritz, 81, 180
- Müllerian mimicry, 177, 181, 182
- Munia atricapilla, 104
- M. castaneithorax, 98
- M. flaviprymna, 98
- M. malacca, 104
- Muscovy duck, 99, 127, 128, 281
- Musk ox, 190, 192
- Mustela sarmatica, 243
- Mutations, 41, 43, 66, 69, 72, 75-105, 124, 127, 134, 159, 160, 169, 223, 280, 281, 284, 292, 295, 339, 341, 342-4, 380-8
- Mutations, theory of, 26, 38, 75, 76, 95
- Myna, 244
- Myristicivoræ, 282
- N
- Naegeli, 15, 16, 151
- Nahrwal, 190
- Natural selection, theory of, stated, 31, 32
- “Nature,” 184
- Nautili, 67
- Nectar of flowers, 262, 264, 265, 268, 270, 271
- Neo-Darwinians, 13, 14, 25, 173, 174, 176, 188, 214, 218, 222, 233, 238, 242, 263, 264
- Neo-Darwinism, 51, 172, 234, 235, 264, 275, 276, 297
- Neo-Lamarckians, 13, 14, 15
- Neophron, 282
- Nepheronia hippia, 179
- Nettium albigulare, 179
- New organs, beginnings of, 36, 73
- Newman, 126
- Newt, 124, 221, 222
- Niata cattle, 95
- Nicobar pigeon, 65
- Nilgai, 337
- Nitrogen, 153
- Noddy, 62, 279
- Nonpareil finch, 102
- Nyroca africana, 337
- O
- Oates, 255, 379
- Obliterative colouration, 184-7
- Ocydromus, 365
- Œnis, 205
- Œnopopelia tranquebarica, 122, 123, 324, 333
- Œnothera lamarckiana, 84, 85, 87, 88
- Ononis repens, 23
- O. spinosa, 22
- Opossum, 243
- Orchid, 268, 269, 270, 272
- Orgyia antiqua, 215
- “Origin of Species, The,” 7, 9, 11, 31, 53, 57, 63, 114, 170, 194, 347, 348, 356, 367
- Oriole, 244, 249, 284, 304
- Oriolus galbula, 282
- O. kundoo, 282
- O. melanocephalus, 244, 284
- “Ornithological and Other Oddities,” 255
- Orohippus, 41
- Orr, 15-7
- Orthogenesis, 15, 16, 34
- Ossifraga gigantea, 99, 362
- Otidiphaps insularis, 244
- Ovis ammon, 120
- O. vignei, 120
- Owen, Sir Richard, 7
- Owl, 247, 277, 289
- —— little, 97, 98
- —— scops, 101
- —— snowy, 190
- Ox, 146, 352
- Oxygen, 152, 153, 263
- P
- Paddy bird, 254
- Paint-root, 357
- Palæornis torquatus, 102, 325
- Pallas, 115
- Pansy, 260
- Panther, 360
- Papilio, 228, 246
- P. aristolochiæ, 179, 216, 220, 221
- P. polites, 179
- Paradise, bird of, 62, 249
- Paradise flycatcher, 47, 202, 298, 303, 316, 324, 338
- Paradisea apoda, 249
- Paraguay cattle, 94
- Parnassius apollo, 155
- Paroquet, 102, 121, 325
- Parrot, 103
- Parthenogenesis, 135, 138
- Partridge, 185, 315, 337
- Parus leucopterus, 245
- Passer domesticus, 289, 342
- P. montanus, 342
- P. swainsoni, 342
- Pasteur, 5
- Pavo nigripennis, 96
- Pavoncella pugnax, 343
- Pea, sweet, 74, 75, 81, 141
- Pear, 72
- Pearson, Karl, 309, 310
- Peckham, 308
- Pekin robin, 179
- Pelagic animals, 173, 192-4
- Penguin, 191
- Pennant’s parakeet, 121
- Petaurus breviceps, 243
- Petrel, 44, 190, 191, 277, 337
- Pfeffer, 33
- Phalacrocorax carbo, 381
- Phalanger, 243
- Phalarope, 327
- Phasianidæ, 125, 330
- Phasianus colchicus, 114, 123
- P. torquatus, 114, 123
- P. versicolor, 114, 123, 124
- Pheasant, 97, 104, 114, 121, 123, 128-30, 141, 315, 336, 338
- Pictet, 155, 156
- Pieris napi, 155
- Piezorhynchus, 285
- Pig, 57, 283, 357, 365
- Pigeon, 61, 62, 65, 68, 71, 72, 91, 92, 93, 98, 101, 109, 126, 127, 244, 277, 282, 353, 357, 364, 365
- Pigment, massing of, 256
- Pike, 102, 222
- Pimpernel, 261
- Pintail duck, 130, 132, 293, 337
- Pintailed nonpareil finch, 102
- “Plant Breeding,” 87
- Plasomes, 151
- Plastidules, 151
- Platycercus elegans, 121
- P. erythropeplus, 121
- P. eximius, 121
- Pliohippus, 41
- Plover, 207
- Plumage, decorative, 40
- Pochard, 126, 337
- Pœcilomeres, 288-95
- Poëephila mirabilis, 99
- Polar bear, 119, 130
- Polar bodies, 135
- Polecat, 119
- Polytypic evolution, 367
- Poppy, 82, 261
- Porzana bailloni, 251
- P. pusilla, 251
- Post-nuptial display, 316
- Potentilla tormentilla, 263
- Poulton, 11, 25, 26, 171, 173, 177, 181, 184, 210, 213, 217, 221, 223-5, 229-35, 238-42
- Precis artexia, 203, 204, 212
- Preferential mating among human beings, 309, 310
- Prepotency, 136
- Prickly pear, 274
- Primrose, evening, 84, 85, 88
- Pritchard, Hesketh, 359
- “Proceedings of the Fourth International Ornithological Congress,” 288, 337
- “Proceedings of the Linnæan Society,” 288
- “Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Brunn,” 141
- Protohippus, 37
- Pseudoclytia pentata, 103
- Pseudo-sematic colours, 173
- Pseudotantalus cinereus, 282
- Ptarmigan, 190
- Pteroclurus exustus, 204
- Puffin, 191
- Pugnacity of animals, 206, 360
- Puma, 45
- Purple beech, 87
- Pycraft, W. P., 277
- Pycnorhampus affinis, 284
- P. icteroides, 284
- Pygæra bucephala, 215
- Q
- Quail, 185
- Quatrefages, de, 124
- Quelea quelea, 98
- Q. russi, 98
- Querquedula crecca, 290
- Quetelet’s Law, 77
- R
- Rabbit, 99, 100, 105, 183, 253, 283, 350, 352
- Racehorse, 69
- Radicles, biological, 159
- Rallus aquaticus, 251
- R. indicus, 251
- Ranunculus bulbosus, 70
- Rappia, 245
- Raspberry, 118
- Rat, 74, 282
- —— water, 101
- Raven, 190
- Razorbill, 190
- Recessive characters, 142
- Recognition colours, 251-7, 275
- —— marks, 124
- Red-mantled parakeet, 121
- Redpole, 207
- Redwing, 354
- Reed bunting, 98
- Reeves’ pheasant, 129
- Regression, Law of, 82, 374
- Reid, Archdale, 5
- Reindeer, 190
- Rest-harrow, 22
- Reversion, 64, 65, 129, 293
- Rhinosciurus tupaioides, 180
- Rhodocera rhamni, 155
- Rhododendron ferrugineum, 118
- R. hirsutum, 118
- Rhynchæa, 327
- Ricardo, 28
- Ringed finch, 104
- Robin, 281, 378
- Robin, Indian, 202
- Robinson, Dr H., 171, 198
- —— E. K., 261, 264, 265, 266, 268, 270, 272-4
- Rodents, 67
- Rogeron, 126
- Roller, 123, 220, 255
- Romanes, 366-81
- Rook, 51, 187
- Rose, 61, 267
- Rosella parakeet, 121
- Rous, Admiral, 69
- Roux, 136
- Ruff, 343
- S
- Sable, 190
- Saffron finch, 244
- Sainfoin, 267
- Salamander, 217, 219, 221
- Salix alba, 118
- S. pentandra, 118
- Sandgrouse, 204, 351
- Sandpipers, 185, 190
- Sassaby, 363
- Satyridæ, 205
- Scatliff, H. P., 91-3
- Scatliff strain, 91
- Scaup, 290
- Schmankewitsch, 156
- “Science,” 166
- Sciuropterus volucella, 243
- Scops giu, 101
- Scops owl, American, 44
- ——, Indian, 101
- Scoter, 249
- Seal, 190, 191
- Sea-urchin, 149
- Seaweed, 263
- Sebright, Sir John, 63
- Secondary sexual characters, 298
- Segregation, 369
- —— of gametes, 143-5
- Selous, Edmund, 308
- —— F. C., 192, 195, 197, 203
- Sematic colours, 173
- Sesia fuciformis, 178
- Sexual dimorphism, 51, 297-344
- Sexual selection, theory of, 299-321
- Shaheen, 251
- Shamrock, 274
- Sheathbill, 191
- Sheep, 95, 266, 267, 283, 357, 372
- Sheldrake, 109, 129
- Shikra, 235, 236
- Shoveler, 290
- Shrew, 180, 216
- Sidgwick, 28
- Sidney, 5, 49
- Sika deer, 120
- Silver-washed fritillary butterfly, 103
- Siskin, 127, 244
- Skua, Arctic, 44, 362
- Skua-gull, 191
- Skunk, 186, 217, 221
- Skylark, 315
- Slug, 49, 185
- Smith, Adam, 28
- Snake, 185, 197, 198, 217, 220, 223-6, 247, 356
- Snap-dragon, 268, 272
- Snipe, 69, 327
- Sodium sulphate, 151
- Somatic variations, 106-10
- “Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances,” 225, 358
- Sorrel, 274
- Sparrow, 213, 241, 341, 342
- —— Java, 99, 100
- Sparrow-hawk, 235, 243
- Spatula clypeata, 290
- Spavin, 332
- “Species and Varieties,” 69, 77, 84, 87, 118
- Species, definition of, 89
- Species, elementary, 77, 78, 87-9
- Spencer, 3, 15, 16, 28, 38, 151
- Spider, 269, 272
- Sporæginthus amandava, 311
- Sports, 41, 43, 66, 75, 85, 135
- Squirrel, 101, 186, 243
- Stag, 325
- —— Irish, 67
- Standfuss, 155
- Stanley crane, 248, 279
- St Hilaire, T. G., 2, 356
- Stick insect, 209
- Stictoptera annulosa, 104
- Stoat, 119, 190, 290
- Stolzmann, 327-9, 342, 343
- Stonechat, 353
- Stork, 247, 282
- “Strand Magazine,” 64
- Strix flammea, 289
- Struggle for existence, 31, 32, 48
- —— for nourishment, 167
- Suchetet, A., 126, 130
- Sula capensis, 282
- S. serrator, 282
- Sunbird, 324
- Surniculus lugubris, 235, 243
- Survival of the fittest, 32
- Survival value, 33, 34
- Swallow, 250, 251, 279, 361
- Swallow-shrike, 281
- Swallow-tail butterfly, 179
- Swan, 100
- Swift, 243, 250
- Swimming bladder of fishes, 36, 37
- Sycalis flaveola, 244
- Syrphidæ, 178
- T
- Tachycineta leucorrhoa, 361
- Tadorna cornuta, 129
- T. tadornoides, 129
- Tails, 62, 64
- Tait, Mr, 356
- Tanager, 281
- Tapir, 42
- Tasmanian devil, 282
- Teal, 290, 316
- Teasel, fuller’s, 58
- Teeth, molar, 105
- Tegetmeier, Mr, 307
- Tern, 62, 278
- Terpsiphone paradisi, 202, 298, 304, 316, 324
- Tetraogallus, 337
- Tetraonidæ, 125
- Tetrapteryx paradisea, 249
- Tetrao tetrix, 129
- T. urogallus, 129
- Thamnobia cambayensis, 202, 275
- T. fulicata, 202, 378
- Thayer, Mr Abbot, 184-7
- Thompson, Seton, 354
- Thomson, 103, 136, 145, 166, 306, 326, 340
- Throat disease, 353
- “Through Southern Mexico,” 197, 245
- “Through the Heart of Patagonia,” 359
- Thrush, 203, 207, 355
- Tiger, 334
- Tit, 245
- Toad, 210, 219, 241
- Toad-flax, 56
- Tortoise, 222
- Trefoil, 274
- Trochilium, 229
- Trogon, 62
- Tropidonotus piscator, 220
- Troupial, 244, 281, 284
- Tsetse-fly, 352
- Tupaia, 180, 216
- T. ellioti, 216
- Turbit, 72, 91-3
- “Turbit, The Modern,” 91
- Turkey, 95, 363
- Turnspit dog, 59
- Turtur cambayensis, 333
- T. suratensis, 333
- T. risorius, 33, 123, 126
- Tylor, Mr Alfred, 287
- U
- Ungulates, 67
- Unilateral transmission, 341
- Unit characters, 148-52
- Uria grylle, 245
- U. lacrymans, 58
- Urial, 120, 130, 131
- Urodynamis tritensis, 243
- V
- Valezina, 103
- Vanessa levana, 154
- V. prorsa, 154
- Vapourer moth, 215
- Variation, 52-110
- —— cause of, 59-60
- —— continuous, 56, 69, 76, 105
- —— definite, 55
- —— determinate, 55
- —— discontinuous, 43, 56, 72, 73, 76, 78, 79, 87, 105, 106, 133, 159, 295
- —— germinal, 106-10, 133
- —— indefinite, 55, 59
- —— somatic, 106-110
- Viola, 260
- V. tricolor, 260
- Volckamer, 86
- Vulture, 282
- W
- Waggett, 12
- Wagner, 369, 372
- Wagtail, 122, 203
- Wallace, 3, 10, 13, 14, 25, 26, 35-42, 53, 112, 114, 116, 117, 171, 175, 177, 183, 184, 207, 213, 228, 230, 251, 253, 256, 287, 296, 308, 321-7, 343, 372, 377
- Wallaceian school of biologists, 14, 24, 25, 47, 192, 210, 251, 346, 347, 366, 377
- Wallaceism, 172, 202
- Walrus, 190
- Warblers, British, 315, 332
- Warning colours, 173, 176, 198, 212-26
- Wasp, 174, 178, 179, 214, 227
- Wasp-beetle, 229
- Water-rail, 251
- Waxbill, blue-bellied, 104
- Weasel, 190
- Weaver, red-billed, 98
- Weber, 86
- Weir, Mr Jenner, 299
- Weismann, 25, 106, 107, 151, 154
- Weka rail, 365
- “Westminster Review,” 112
- Weston, G. E., 127
- Whale, 42, 185, 190, 193
- Wheatear, 253
- Whinchat, 253
- Wiesner, 151
- Wilson, Prof. E. B., 166
- Winter coat, 188
- Wolf, 48, 130, 185, 192
- Wonder horse, 95, 96
- Woodpecker, 102
- Wright, Mr, 304
- Wyman, Professor, 357
- X
- X-element, 165
- Y
- Yak, 120
- Yarrow, 268
- “Year-book of the Smithsonian Institution,” 184
- Yerbury, Col., 239
- Youatt, 63
- Z
- Zebra, 196
- Zebu, 120
- Zocher & Co., 56
- Zoological Gardens, Lahore, 309
- ——, London, 104, 119, 126, 130, 206, 304, 316
- Zoological Society of London, 330
- Zygæna filipendulæ, 102