the original of the domestic ass, i. 62.
ASPARAGUS, increased fertility of cultivated, ii. 113.
ASS, early domestication of the, i. 62;
breeds of, _ibid._;
small size of, in India, _ibid._;
stripes of, i. 62-63; ii. 351;
dislike of to cross water, i. 181;
reversion in, ii. 41-43, 47;
hybrid of the, with mare and zebra, ii. 42;
prepotency of the, over the horse, ii. 67-68;
crossed with wild ass, ii. 206;
variation and selection of the, ii. 236.
ASSYRIAN sculpture of a mastiff, i. 17.
ASTERS, ii. 20, 316.
ASTHMA, hereditary, ii. 8, 79.
ATAVISM. _See_ Reversion.
ATHELSTAN, his care of horses, ii. 203.
ATKINSON, Mr., on the sterility of the Tarroo silk-moth in confinement,
ii. 157.
AUBERGINE, ii. 91.
AUDUBON, on feral hybrid ducks, i. 190; ii. 46;
on the domestication of wild ducks on the Mississippi, i. 278;
on the wild cock turkey visiting domestic hens, i. 292;
fertility of _Fringilla ciris_ in captivity, ii. 154;
fertility of _Columba migratoria_ and _leucocephala_ in captivity, ii.
155;
breeding of _Anser canadensis_ in captivity, ii. 157.
AUDUBON and Bachman, on the change of coat in _Ovis montana_, i. 99;
sterility of _Sciurus cinerea_ in confinement, ii. 152.
AURICULA, effect of seasonal conditions on the, ii. 273;
blooming of, ii. 346.
AUSTRALIA, no generally useful plants derived from, i. 310;
useful plants of, enumerated by Hooker, i. 311.
AUSTRIA, heredity of character in emperors of, ii. 65.
AUTENRIETH, on persistency of colour in horses, ii. 21.
AVA, horses of, i. 53.
_Avena fatua_, cultivability of, i. 313.
AYEEN Akbery, pigeons mentioned in the, i. 150, 155, 185, 205, 207, 208.
AYRES, W. P., on bud-variation in pelargoniums, i. 378.
_Azalea indica_, bud-variation in, i. 377.
AZARA, on the feral dogs of La Plata, i. 27;
on the crossing of domestic with wild cats in Paraguay, i. 45;
on hornlike processes in horses, i. 50;
on curled hair in horses, i. 54; ii. 205, 325;
on the colours of feral horses, i. 60, 61; ii. 259;
on the cattle of Paraguay and La Plata, i. 82, 86, 89; ii. 250;
on a hornless bull, ii. 205;
on the increase of cattle in South America, ii. 119;
on the growth of horns in the hornless cattle of Corrientes, ii. 39;
on the "Niata" cattle, i. 90;
on naked quadrupeds, ii. 279;
on a race of black-skinned fowls in S