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The Origin of Species

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by Charles Darwin

Cobites, intestine of

  Cockroach

  Collections, palaeontological, poor

  Colour, influenced by climate; in relation to attacks by flies

  Columba livia, parent of domestic pigeons

  Colymbetes

  Compositae, outer and inner florets of; male flowers of

  Conclusion, general

  Conditions, slight changes in, favourable to fertility

  Coot

  Coral-islands, seeds drifted to; reefs, indicating movements of earth

  Corn-crake

  Correlation of growth in domestic productions; of growth

  Cowslip

  Creation, single centres of

  Crinum

  Crosses, reciprocal

  Crossing of domestic animals, importance in altering breeds; advantages of;

  unfavourable to selection

  Crustacea of New Zealand

  Crustacean, blind

  Cryptocerus

  Ctenomys, blind

  Cuckoo, instinct of

  Currants, grafts of

  Currents of sea, rate of

  Cuvier on conditions of existence; on fossil monkeys; Fred., on instinct

  Dana, Prof., on blind cave-animals; on relations of crustaceans of Japan,

  on crustaceans of New Zealand

  De Candolle on struggle for existence; on umbelliferae; on general

  affinities; Alph., on low plants, widely dispersed; on widely-ranging

  plants being variable; on naturalisation; on winged seeds; on Alpine

  species suddenly becoming rare; on distribution of plants with large seeds;

  on vegetation of Australia; on fresh-water plants; on insular plants

  Degradation of coast-rocks

  Denudation, rate of; of oldest rocks

  Development of ancient forms

  Devonian system

  Dianthus, fertility of crosses

  Dirt on feet of birds

  Division, physiological, of labour

  Dogs, hairless, with imperfect teeth; descended from several wild stocks;

  domestic instincts of; inherited civilisation of; fertility of breeds

  together; of crosses; proportions of, when young

  Downing, Mr., on fruit-trees in America

  Downs, North and South

  Dragon-flies, intestines of

  Drift-timber

  Driver-ant

  Drones killed by other bees

  Duck, domestic, wings of, reduced; logger-headed

  Duckweed

  Dugong, affinities of

  Dung-beetles with deficient tarsi

  Dyticus

  Earl, Mr., W., on the Malay Archipelago

  Ears, drooping, in domestic animals; rudimentary

  Earth, seeds in roots of trees

  Eciton

  Edentata, teeth and hair; fossil species of

  Edwards, Milne, on physiological divisions of labour; on gradations of

  structure; on embryological characters

  Eggs, young birds escaping from

  Electric organs

  Elephant, rate increase; of glacial period

  Existence, struggle for; conditions of

  Eye, structure of; correction for aberration

  Eyes reduced in moles

  Fabre, M., on parasitic sphex

  Falconer, Dr., on naturalisation of plants in India; on fossil crocodile;

  on elephants and mastodons; and Cautley on mammals of sub-Himalayan beds

  Falkland Island, wolf of

  Faults

  Fear, instinctive, in birds

  Feet of birds, young molluscs adhering to

  Fertility of hybrids, from slight changes in conditions; of crossed

  varieties

  Fir-trees destroyed by cattle; pollen of

  Fish, flying; teleostean, sudden appearance of; eating seeds; fresh-water,

  distribution of

  Fishes, ganoid, now confined to fresh water; electric organs of; of

  southern hemisphere

  Flight, powers of, how acquired

  Flowers, structure of; in relation to crossing; of composite and

  umbelliferae

  Forbes, E., on colours of shells; on abrupt range of shells in depth; on

  poorness of palaeontological collections; on continuous succession of

  genera; on continental extensions; on distribution during glacial period;

  on parallelism in time and space

  Forests, changes in, in America

  Formation, Devonian

  Formations, thickness of, in Britain; intermittent

  Formica rufescens; sanguinea; flava, neuter of

  Frena, ovigerous, of cirripedes

  Fresh-water productions, dispersal of

  Fries on species in large genera being closely allied to other species

  Frigate-bird

  Frogs on islands

  Fruit-trees, gradual improvement of; in United States; varieties of,

  acclimatised in United States

  Fuci, crossed

  Fur, thicker in cold climates

  Furze

  Galapagos Archipelago, birds of; productions of

  Galeopithecus

  Game, increase of, checked by vermin

  Gartner on sterility of hybrids; on reciprocal crosses; on crossed maize

  and verbascum; on comparison of hybrids and mongrels

  Geese, fertility when crossed; upland

  Genealogy important in classification

  Geoffroy St. Hilaire on balancement; on homologous organs; Isidore, on

  variability of repeated parts; on correlation in monstrosities; on

  correlation; on variable parts being often monstrous

  Geographical distribution

  Geology, future progress of

  Giraffe, tail of

  Glacial period

  Gmelin on Distribution

  Gnathodon, fossil

  Godwin-Austin, Mr., on the Malay Archipelago

  Goethe on compensation of growth

  Gooseberry, grafts of

  Gould, Dr. A., on land-shells; Mr., on colours of birds; on birds of the

  Galapagos; on distribution of genera of birds

  Gourds, crossed

  Grafts, capacity of

  Grasses, varieties of

  Gray, Dr. Asa, on trees of United States; on naturalised plants in the

  United States; on rarity of intermediate varieties; on Alpine plants; Dr.

  J.E., on striped mule

  Grebe

  Grouse, colours of; red, a doubtful species

  Growth, compensation of; correlation of, in domestic products; correlation

  of

  Habit, effect of, under domestication; effect of, under nature;

  diversified, of same species

  Hair and teeth, correlated

  Harcourt, Mr. E.V., on the birds of Madeira

  Hartung, M., on boulders in the Azores

  Hazel-nuts

  Hearne on habits of bears

  Heath, changes in vegetation

  Heer, O., on plants of Madeira

  Helix pomatia

  Helosciadium

  Hemionus, striped

  Herbert, W., on struggle for existence; on sterility of hybrids

  Hermaphrodites crossing

  Heron eating seed

  Heron, Sir R., on peacocks

  Heusinger, on white animals not poisoned by certain plants

  Hewitt, Mr., on sterility of first crosses

  Himalaya, glaciers of; plants of

  Hippeastrum

  Holly-trees, sexes of

  Hollyhock, varieties of, crossed

  Hooker, Dr., on trees of New Zealand

  Hooker, Dr., on acclimatisation of Himalayan trees; on flowers of

  umbelliferae; on glaciers of Himalaya; on algae of New Zealand; on

  vegetation at the base of the Himalaya; on plants of Tierra del Fuego; on

  Australian plants;
on relations of flora of South America; on flora of the

  Antarctic lands; on the plants of the Galapagos

  Hooks on bamboos; to seeds on islands

  Horner, Mr., on the antiquity of Egyptians

  Horns, rudimentary

  Horse, fossil, in La Plata

  Horses destroyed by flies in La Plata; striped; proportions of, when young

  Horticulturists, selection applied by

  Huber on cells of bees; P., on reason blended with instinct; on habitual

  nature of instincts; on slave-making ants; on Melipona domestica

  Humble-bees; cells of

  Hunter, J., on secondary sexual characters

  Hutton, Captain, on crossed geese

  Huxley, Prof., on structure of hermaphrodites; on embryological succession;

  on homologous organs; on the development of aphis

  Hybrids and mongrels compared

  Hybridism

  Hydra, structure of

  Ibla

  Icebergs transporting seeds

  Individuals, numbers favourable to selection; many, whether simultaneously

  created

  Insects, colour of, fitted for habitation; sea-side colours of; blind, in

  caves; luminous; neuter

  Instincts, domestic

  Intercrossing, advantages of

  Japan, productions of

  Java, plants of

  Jones, Mr. J.M., on the birds of Bermuda

  Jussieu on classification

  Kentucky, caves of

  Kerguelen-land, flora of

  Kidney-bean, acclimatisation of

  Kidneys of birds

  Kirby on tarsi deficient in beetles

  Knight, Andrew, on cause of variation

  Kolreuter on the barberry; on sterility of hybrids; on reciprocal crosses;

  on crossed varieties of nicotiana; on crossing male and hermaphrodite

  flowers

  Land-shells, distribution of, of Madeira, naturalised

  Languages, classification of

  Lapse, great, of time

  Larvae

  Laurel, nectar secreted by the leaves

  Laws of variation

  Leech, varieties of

  Leguminosae, nectar secreted by glands

  Lepidosiren

  Life, struggle for

  Lingula, Silurian

  Linnaeus, aphorism of

  Lion, mane of; young of, striped

  Lobelia fulgens

  Lobelia, sterility of crosses

  Loess of the Rhine

  Lowness of structure connected with variability

  Lowness, related to wide distribution

  Lubbock, Mr., on the nerves of coccus

  Lucas, Dr. P., on inheritance; on resemblance of child to parent

  Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil

  Lyell, Sir C., on the struggle for existence; on modern changes of the

  earth; on measure of denudation; on a carboniferous land-shell; on fossil

  whales; on strata beneath Silurian system; on the imperfection of the

  geological record; on the appearance of species; on Barrande's colonies; on

  tertiary formations of Europe and North America; on parallelism of tertiary

  formations; on transport of seeds by icebergs; on great alternations of

  climate; on the distribution of fresh-water shells; on land-shells of

  Madeira

  Lyell and Dawson on fossilized trees in Nova Scotia

  Macleay on analogical characters

  Madeira, plants of; beetles of, wingless; fossil land-shells of; birds of

  Magpie tame in Norway

  Maize, crossed

  Malay Archipelago compared with Europe; mammals of

  Malpighiaceae

  Mammae, rudimentary

  Mammals, fossil, in secondary formation; insular

  Man, origin of races of

  Manatee, rudimentary nails of

  Marsupials of Australia, fossil species of

  Martens, M., experiment on seeds

  Martin, Mr. W.C., on striped mules

  Matteuchi on the electric organs of rays

  Matthiola, reciprocal crosses of

  Means of dispersal

  Melipona domestica

  Metamorphism of oldest rocks

  Mice destroying bees; acclimatisation of

  Migration, bears on first appearance of fossils

  Miller, Prof., on the cells of bees

  Mirabilis, crosses of

  Missel-thrush

  Misseltoe, complex relations of

  Mississippi, rate of deposition at mouth

  Mocking-thrush of the Galapagos

  Modification of species, how far applicable

  Moles, blind

  Mongrels, fertility and sterility of; and hybrids compared

  Monkeys, fossil

  Monocanthus

  Mons, Van, on the origin of fruit-trees

  Mozart, musical powers of

  Mud, seeds in

  Mules, striped

  Muller, Dr. F., on Alpine Australian plants

  Murchison, Sir, R., on the formations of Russia; on azoic formations; on

  extinction

  Mustela vison

  Myanthus

  Myrmecocystus

  Myrmica, eyes of

  Nails, rudimentary

  Natural history, future progress of

  Naturalisation of forms distinct from the indigenous species; in New

  Zealand

  Nautilus, Silurian

  Nectar of plants

  Nectaries, how formed

  Nelumbium luteum

  Nests, variation in

  Neuter insects

  New Zealand, productions of, not perfect; naturalised products of; fossil

  birds of; glacial action in; crustaceans of; algae of; number of plants of;

  flora of

  Nicotiana, crossed varieties of; certain species very sterile

  Noble, Mr., on fertility of Rhododendron

  Nodules, phosphatic, in azoic rocks

  Oak, varieties of

  Onites apelles

  Orchis, pollen of

  Ornithorhynchus

  Ostrich not capable of flight; habit of laying eggs together; American, two

  species of

  Otter, habits of, how acquired

  Ouzel, water

  Owen, Prof., on birds not flying; on vegetative repetition; on variable

  length of arms in ourang-outang; on the swim-bladder of fishes; on electric

  organs; on fossil horse of La Plata; on relations of ruminants and

  pachyderms; on fossil birds of New Zealand; on succession of types; on

  affinities of the dugong; on homologous organs; on the metamorphosis of

  cephalopods and spiders

  Pacific Ocean, faunas of

  Paley, on no organ formed to give pain

  Pallas, on the fertility of the wild stocks of domestic animals

  Paraguay, cattle destroyed by flies

  Parasites

  Partridge, dirt on feet

  Parts greatly developed, variable, degrees of utility of

  Parus major

  Passiflora

  Peaches in United States

  Pear, grafts of

  Pelargonium, flowers of, sterility of

  Peloria

  Pelvis of women

  Period, glacial

  Petrels, habits of

  Phasianus, fertility of hybrids

  Pheasant, young, wild

  Pictet, Prof., on groups of species suddenly appearing; on rate of organic

  change; on continuous succession of genera; on close alliance of fossils in

  consecutive formations; on embryological succession

  Pierce, Mr., on varieties of wolves

  Pigeons with feathered feet and skin between toes; breeds described, and

  origin of; breeds of, how produced; tumbler, not being able to
get out of

  egg; reverting to blue colour; instinct of tumbling; carriers, killed by

  hawks; young of

  Pistil, rudimentary

  Plants, poisonous, not affecting certain coloured animals; selection

  applied to; gradual improvement of; not improved in barbarous countries;

  destroyed by insects; in midst of range, have to struggle with other

  plants; nectar of; fleshy, on sea-shores; fresh-water, distribution of; low

  in scale; widely distributed

  Plumage, laws of change in sexes of birds

  Plums in the United States

  Pointer dog, origin of; habits of

  Poison not affecting certain coloured animals

  Poison, similar effect of, on animals and plants

  Pollen of fir-trees

  Poole, Col., on striped hemionus

  Prestwich, Mr., on English and French eocene formation

  Primrose; sterility of

  Primula, varieties of

  Proteolepas

  Proteus

  Psychology, future progress of

  Quagga, striped

  Quince, grafts of

  Rabbit, disposition of young

  Race-horses, Arab; English

  Races, domestic, characters of

  Ramond on plants of Pyrenees

  Ramsay, Prof., on thickness of the British formations; on faults

  Ratio of increase

  Rats, supplanting each other; acclimatisation of; blind in cave

  Rattle-snake

  Reason and instinct

  Recapitulation, general

  Reciprocity of crosses

  Record, geological, imperfect

  Rengger on flies destroying cattle

  Resemblance to parents in mongrels and hybrids

  Reversion, law of inheritance

  Rhododendron, sterility of

  Richard, Prof., on Aspicarpa

  Richardson, Sir J., on structure of squirrels; on fishes of the southern

  hemisphere

  Robinia, grafts of

  Rodents, blind

  Rudimentary organs

  Rudiments important for classification

  Sageret on grafts

  Salmons, males fighting, and hooked jaws of

  Salt-water, how far injurious to seeds

  Saurophagus sulphuratus

  Schiodte on blind insects

  Schlegel on snakes

  Sea-water, how far injurious to seeds

  Sebright, Sir J., on crossed animals; on selection of pigeons

  Sedgwick, Prof., on groups of species suddenly appearing

  Seedlings destroyed by insects

  Seeds, nutriment in; winged; power of resisting salt-water; in crops and

  intestines of birds; eaten by fish; in mud; hooked, on islands

  Selection of domestic products, principle not of recent origin;

  unconscious; natural; sexual; natural, circumstances favourable to

  Sexes, relations of

  Sexual characters variable; selection

  Sheep, Merino, their selection; two sub-breeds unintentionally produced;

  mountain, varieties of

  Shells, colours of, littoral, seldom embedded; fresh-water, dispersal of;

  of Madeira; land, distribution of

  Silene, fertility of crosses

  Silliman, Prof., on blind rat

  Skulls of young mammals

  Slave-making instinct

  Smith, Col. Hamilton, on striped horses; Mr. Fred., on slave-making ants;

  Mr., of Jordan Hill, on degradation of coast-rocks

  Snap-dragon

  Somerville, Lord, on selection of sheep

 

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