igin of, 116
Weale, Mr. Mansel, on protective colours of butterflies, 206
Weeds of United States, 15
Weir, Mr. Jenner, on deceptive resemblance of a caterpillar to
a twig, 204
on inedibility of conspicuous caterpillars, 236
on birds disregarding inedible larvae, 254
Weismann on progressive adaptation of colours of larva, 206
on non-heredity of acquired characters, 440
and Galton's theories of heredity almost identical, 443 (note)
on origin of the mathematical faculty, 472 (note)
Weismann's theory of heredity, 437
Westwood, Professor, on variation of insects, 44
deceived by a mimicking cricket, 259
White coloration of insular birds and butterflies, 230
Whymper, Mr., his sensations when falling on the Matterhorn, 38
Willows, species and varieties of British, 77
Wilson, Alexander, his account of the passenger-pigeon in North
America, 31
Wind-carriage of seeds explains many facts of plant distribution,
371
Wind-dispersal of seeds, objections to, 365
Wind-fertilised degraded from insect-fertilised flowers, 324
Wings of stone-curlews (figure), 223 why small but useless are
retained, 416
Wit and humour, origin of faculties of, 472
Wollaston, Mr. T.W., on variation of beetles, 44 on small
butterfly in Porto Santo, 106
Wolves, varieties of in Catskill Mountains, 105
Wood, Mr. J., on muscular variations, 447
Mr. T.W., on variable colouring of pupae of cabbage butterflies,
197
Woodward, Dr. S.P., on variation of mollusca, 43
=Y=
Youatt, on breeds of sheep, 97
Young animals often spotted, 289
=Z=
Zebra, markings for recognition and protection, 220 (note)
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