The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection · Charles Darwin
INDEX.
Aberrant groups, 379. Abyssinia, plants of, 340. Acclimatisation, 112. Adoxa, 173. Affinities of extinct species, 301. —, of organic beings, 378. Agassiz on Amblyopsis, 112. —, on groups of species suddenly appearing, 289. —, on prophetic forms, 301. —, on embryological succession, 310. —, on the Glacial period, 330. —, on embryological characters, 368. —, on the latest tertiary forms, 278. —, on parallelism of embryological development and geological succession, 396. —, Alex., on pedicellariæ, 191. Algæ of New Zealand, 338. Alligators, males, fighting, 69. Alternate generations, 387. Amblyopsis, blind fish, 112. America, North, productions allied to those of Europe, 333. —, boulders and glaciers of, 335. —, South, no modern formations on west coast, 272. Ammonites, sudden extinction of, 297. Anagallis, sterility of, 236. Analogy of variations, 127. Andaman Islands inhabited by a toad, 350. Ancylus, 345. Animals, not domesticated from being variable, 13. —, domestic; descended from several stocks, 14. —, acclimatisation of, 112. Animals of Australia, 90. —, with thicker fur in cold climates, 107. —, blind, in caves, 110. —, extinct, of Australia, 310. Anomma, 232. Antarctic islands, ancient flora of, 355. Antechinus, 373. Ants attending aphides, 207. —, slave-making instinct, 217. —, neuters, structure of, 230. Apes, not having acquired intellectual powers, 181. Aphides attended by ants, 207. Aphis, development of, 390. Apteryx, 140. Arab horses, 26.
Aralo-Caspian Sea, 311. Archeopteryx, 284. Archiac, M. de, on the succession of species, 299. Artichoke, Jerusalem, 114. Ascension, plants of, 347. Asclepias, pollen of, 151. Asparagus, 325. Aspicarpa, 367. Asses, striped, 127. —, improved by selection, 30. Ateuchus, 109. Aucapitaine, on land-shells, 353. Audubon, on habits of frigate-bird, 142. —, on variation in birds’ nests, 208. —, on heron eating seeds, 346. Australia, animals of, 90. —, dogs of, 211. —, extinct animals of, 310. —, European plants in, 337. —, glaciers of, 335. Azara, on flies destroying cattle, 56. Azores, flora of, 328. Babington, Mr., on British plants, 37. Baer, Von, standard of Highness, 97. —, comparison of bee and fish, 308. —, embryonic similarity of the Vertebrata, 387. Baker, Sir S., on the giraffe, 178. Balancement of growth, 117. Baleen, 182. Barberry, flowers of, 77. Barrande, M., on Silurian colonies, 291. —, on the succession of species, 299. —, on parallelism of palæozoic formations, 301. —, on affinities of ancient species, 302. Barriers, importance of, 317. Bates, Mr., on mimetic butterflies, 375, 376. Batrachians on islands, 350. Bats, how structure acquired, 140. —, distribution of, 351. Bear, catching water-insects, 141. Beauty, how acquired, 159, 414. Bee, sting of, 163. —, queen, killing rivals, 164. —, Australian, extermination of, 59. Bees, fertilizing flowers, 57. —, hive, not sucking the red clover, 75. —, Ligurian, 75. —, hive, cell-making instinct, 220. —, variation in habits, 208. —, parasitic, 216. —, humble, cells of, 220.
Beetles, wingless, in Madeira, 109. —, with deficient tarsi, 109. Bentham, Mr., on British plants, 37. —, on classification, 369. Berkeley, Mr., on seeds in salt-water, 324. Bermuda, birds of, 348. Birds acquiring fear, 208. —, beauty of, 161. —, annually cross the Atlantic, 329. —, colour of, on continents, 107. —, footsteps, and remains of, in secondary rocks, 284. —, fossil, in caves of Brazil, 310. —, of Madeira, Bermuda, and Galapagos, 349, 349. —, song of males, 70. —, transporting seeds, 328. —, waders, 345. —, wingless, 108, 140. Bizcacha, 318. —, , affinities of, 379. Bladder for swimming, in fish, 147. Blindness of cave animals, 110. Blyth, Mr., on distinctness of Indian cattle, 14. —, on striped Hemionus, 128. —, on crossed geese, 240. Borrow, Mr., on the Spanish pointer, 26. Bory St. Vincent, on Batrachians, 350. Bosquet, M., on fossil Chthamalus, 284. Boulders, erratic, on the Azores, 328. Branchiæ, 148, 149. —, of crustaceans, 152. Braun, Prof., on the seeds of Fumariaceæ, 174. Brent, Mr., on house-tumblers, 210. Britain, mammals of, 352. Broca, Prof., on Natural Selection, 170. Bronn, Prof., on duration of specific forms, 275. —, various objections by, 170. Brown, Robert, on classification, 366. Brown-Sequard, on inherited mutilations, 108. Busk, Mr., on the Polyzoa, 193. Butterflies, mimetic, 375, 376. Buzareingues, on sterility of varieties, 258.
Cabbage, varieties of, crossed, 78. Calceolaria, 239. Canary-birds, sterility of hybrids, 240. Cape de Verde Islands, productions of, 354. —, plants of, on mountains, 337. Cape of Good Hope, plants of, 101, 347. Carpenter, Dr., on foraminifera, 308. Carthemus, 173. Catasetum, 155, 372. Cats, with blue eyes, deaf, 9. —, variation in habits of, 209. —, curling tail when going to spring, 162. Cattle destroying fir-trees, 56. —, destroyed by flies in Paraguay, 56. —, breeds of, locally extinct, 86. —, fertility of Indian and European breeds, 241. —, Indian, 14, 241. Cave, inhabitants of, blind, 110. Cecidomyia, 387. Celts, proving antiquity of man, 13. Centres of creation, 320. Cephalopodæ, structures of eyes, 151. —, development of, 390. Cercopithecus, tail of, 189. Ceroxylus laceratus, 182. Cervulus, 240. Cetacea, teeth and hair, 115. —, development of the whalebone, 182. Cetaceans, 182. Ceylon, plants of, 338. Chalk formation, 297. Characters, divergence of, 86. —, sexual, variable, 119, 123. —, adaptive or analogical, 373. Charlock, 59. Checks to increase, 53. —, mutual, 55. Chelæ of Crustaceans, 193. Chickens, instinctive tameness of, 211. Chironomus, its asexual reproduction, 387. Chthamalinæ, 271. Chthamalus, cretacean species of, 384. Circumstances favourable to selection of domestic products, 29. —, to natural selection, 80. Cirripedes capable of crossing, 79. —, carapace aborted, 118. —, their ovigerous frena, 148. —, fossil, 284. —, larvæ of, 389.
Claparède, Prof., on the hair-claspers of the Acaridæ, 153. Clarke, Rev. W.B., on old glaciers in Australia, 335. Classification, 363. Clift, Mr., on the succession of types, 310. Climate, effects of, in checking increase of beings, 54. —, adaptation of, to organisms, 112. Climbing plants, 147. —, development of, 96. Clover visited by bees, 75. Cobites, intestine of, 147. Cockroach, 59. Collections, palæontological, poor, 270. Colour, influenced by climate, 107. —, in relation to attacks by flies, 159. Columba livia, parent of domestic pigeons, 17. Colymbetes, 345. Compensation of growth, 117. Compositæ, flowers and seeds of, 116. —, outer and inner florets of, 173. —, male flowers of, 398.
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