ogs of the Neolithic period, i. 19;
horses of Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 49;
diversity of early domesticated horses i. 51;
pigs of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 65, 67-68;
on humped cattle, i. 80;
parentage of European breeds of cattle, i. 80, 81, ii. 427;
on "Niata" cattle, i. 89;
sheep of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 94, ii. 427;
goats of the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 101;
absence of fowls in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 246;
on crossing cattle, ii. 98;
differences in the bones of wild and domesticated animals, ii. 279;
decrease in size of wild European animals, ii. 427.
RYE, wild, De Candolle's observations on, i. 313;
found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, i. 319;
common, preferred by hares and rabbits, ii. 232;
less variable than other cultivated plants, ii. 254.
SABINE, Mr., on the cultivation of _Rosa spinosissima_, i. 367;
on the cultivation of the dahlia, i. 369-370, ii. 261;
effect of foreign pollen on the seed-vessel in _Amaryllis vittata_, i.
400.
ST. ANGE, influence of the pelvis on the shape of the kidneys in birds,
ii. 344.
ST. DOMINGO, wild dogs of, i. 28;
bud-variation of dahlias in, i. 385.
ST. HILAIRE, Aug., milk furnished by cows in South America, ii. 300;
husked form of maize, i. 320.
ST. JOHN, C., feral cats in Scotland, i. 47;
taming of wild ducks, i. 278.
ST. VALERY apple, singular structure of the, i. 350;
artificial fecundation of the, i. 401.
ST. VITUS' Dance, period of appearance of, ii. 77.
SAGERET, origin and varieties of the cherry, i. 347-348;
origin of varieties of the apple, i. 350;
incapacity of the cucumber for crossing with other species, i. 359;
varieties of the melon, i. 360;
supposed twin-mongrel melon, i. 391;
crossing melons, ii. 108, 129;
on gourds, ii. 108;
effects of selection in enlarging fruit, ii. 217;
on the tendency to depart from type, ii. 241;
variation of plants in particular soils, ii. 278.
SALAMANDER, experiments on the, ii. 293, 341;
regeneration of lost parts in the, ii. 15, 376, 385.
_Salamandra cristata_, polydactylism in, ii. 14.
SALISBURY, Mr., on the production of nectarines by peach-trees, i. 341;
on the dahlia, i. 369-370.
_Salix_, intercrossing of species of, i. 336.
_Salix humilis_, galls of, ii. 282, 283.
SALLE, feral guinea-fowl in St. Domingo, i. 294.
SALMON, early breeding
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