f, in various parts of India, ii. 165;
continuous variation in, ii. 200;
red, hardiness of, ii. 229, 336;
Fenton, ii. 232;
natural selection in, ii. 233;
varieties of, found wild, ii. 260;
effects of change of climate on, ii. 307;
ancient variety of, ii. 429.
WHITBY, Mrs., on the markings of silkworms, i. 302;
on the silkmoth, i. 303.
WHITE, Mr., reproduction of supernumerary digits after amputation, ii.
14;
time occupied in the blending of crossed races, ii. 87.
WHITE, Gilbert, vegetable diet of dogs, ii. 303.
WHITE and white-spotted animals, liability of, to disease, ii. 336-337.
WHITE flowers, most truly reproduced by seed, ii. 20.
WICHURA, Max, on hybrid willows, ii. 50, 131, 267;
analogy between the pollen of old-cultivated plants, and of hybrids,
ii. 268.
WICKING, Mr., inheritance of the primary characters of _Columba livia_ in
cross-bred pigeons, i. 201;
production of a white head in almond tumblers, ii. 199.
WICKSTED, Mr., on cases of individual sterility, ii. 162.
WIEGMANN, spontaneous crossing of blue and white peas, i. 397;
crossing of varieties of cabbage, ii. 130;
on contabescence, ii. 165.
WIGHT, Dr., sexual sterility of plants propagated by buds, &c., ii. 169.
WILDE, Sir W. R., occurrence of _Bos frontosus_ and _longifrons_ in Irish
crannoges, i. 81;
attention paid to breeds of animals by the ancient Irish, ii. 203.
WILDMAN, on the dahlia, ii. 216, 273.
WILDNESS of the progeny of crossed tame animals, ii. 44-46.
WILKES, Capt., on the taming of pigeons among the Polynesians, ii. 161.
WILKINSON, J., on crossed cattle, ii. 104.
WILLIAMS, Mr., change of plumage in a Hamburgh hen, i. 258.
WILLIAMS, Mr., intercrossing of strawberries, i. 352.
WILLIAMSON, Capt., degeneration of dogs in India, i. 37;
on small Indian asses, i. 62.
WILLIAMSON, Rev. W., doubling of _Anemone coronaria_ by selection, ii.
200.
WILLOWS, weeping, i. 361;
reversion of spiral-leaved weeping, i. 383;
hybrids of, ii. 267;
galls of, ii. 282-283.
WILLOUGHBY, F., notice of spot pigeons, i. 156;
on a fantail pigeon, i. 208;
on tumbler pigeons, i. 209;
on the turbit, i. 209;
on the barb and carrier pigeons, i. 211;
on the hook-billed duck, i. 277.
WILMOT, Mr., on a crested white Turkey cock, i. 293;
reversion of sheep in colour, ii. 30.
WILSON, B. O., fertility