Papuan morals, 197, 198.
Parthenogenesis, 217.
Pa.s.siflora gracilis, 107.
Pastrana, Julia, 174.
Pathological polarities, 184.
Pavo nigripennis, 100.
Peac.o.c.k, black shouldered, 100.
Peac.o.c.k, inflexibility of, 119.
Pedicellariae, 44.
Pelvis, diseased, 182.
Pendulous appendages of turkey, 100.
Perameles, 68.
Periophthalmus, 146.
Perissodactyle ungulates, 109.
Permian, jugular fish, 141.
Perodicticus, 105, 179.
Phalangers, 67.
Phasmidae, 89.
Phyllopods, 79.
Physical actions, 253.
"Physiological units," 168, 218.
Pigeons" "boots," 181.
Placental mammals, 67.
Placental reproduction, 81.
Plants, tendrils of, 107.
Plates of baleen, 40.
Platypus, 175.
Pleiades, 193.
Plesiosaurus, 106, 133, 178.
Pleurodont dent.i.tion, 148.
Pleuronectidae, 37, 166.
Plotosus, 147.
Poisoning apparatus, 66.
Poisonous serpents, 50.
Polarities, organic, 184, 185.
Political economy, Fuegian, 192.
Polyzoa, 80, 81.
Pompadour, Madame de, 206.
Poppy, variety of, 101.
Porcupine, 175.
Porto Santo rabbit, 100, 122.
Potto, 105, 179.
Pouched beasts, 67.
Powell, the Rev. Baden, 259, 261, 285.
Premolars, 111.
Prepotency, 124.
Primary intuitions, 251.
Primitive man, 204.
Problem of origin of kinds, 1.
Proboscis monkey, 139.
Proboscis of ungulates, 123.
Processes, bird"s-head, 80.
Psettus, 146.
Psoriasis, 183.
Pterodactyles, compared with birds, 70.
Pterodactyles, wing of, 64.
Puccinia, 115.
Purpose, 259.
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Q.
Quasi-vertebral theory of skull, 172.
R.
Rabbit of Porto Santo, 100, 122.
Radial ossicle, 176.
Rarefied air, effect on dogs, 99.
Rattlesnake, 49, 50.
Red bird of Paradise, 92.
Relations, a.n.a.logical, 157.
Relations, h.o.m.ological, 156.
Reptiles compared with birds, 70.
Retina, 76.
Retrieving, virtue a kind of, 189, 205.
Reversion, cases of, 122.
Rhea, 70.
Ribs of Cetacea and Sirenia, 41.
Ribs of flying-dragon, 64, 158.
Richardson"s figures of pigs, 99.
Roger Bacon, 266.
Rudimentary structures, 7, 102.
S.
Sabre-toothed tiger, 110.
St. Augustin, 17, 263-265.
St. Basil, 17.
St. Hilaire, M., 179.
St. Thomas Aquinas, 17, 263, 265.
Salamander, great, 172.
Salter, Mr., 124.
Salvia officinalis, 213.
Salvia verticillata, 213.
Scapula of birds and reptiles, 70.
Schreber, 13.
Sclerotic, 76.
Scorpion, sting of, 66.
Seals, 83.
Sea squirts, 81.
Seeds, dissemination of, 65.
Seeley, Mr., on pterodactyles, 71.