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54^9 INDEX
Cirripedes, their ovigerous frena,
196.
, fossil, 357.
, larva of, 481.
Claparede, Prof., on the hair-clasp-
ers of the Acaridx, 202.
Clarke, Rev. W. B., on old glaciers
in Australia, 418.
Classification, 450.
Clift, Mr., on the succession of
types, 388.
Climate, effects of, in checking in-
crease of beings, 84.
, adaptation of, to organisms,
153-
Climbing plants, 195.
, developments of, 252.
Clover visited by bees, 110, iii.
Cobites, intestine of, 194.
Cockroach, 90.
Collections, palaeontological, poor,
340.
Colour, influenced by climate, 146.
, in relation to attack by flies,
209.
Columba livia, parent of domestic
pigeons, 39.
Colymbetes, 429.
Compensation of growth, 158.
Compositae, flowers and seeds of, 157.
, outer and inner florets of, 225.
, male flowers of, 491.
Conclusion, general, 519.
Conditions, slight changes in, favour-
able to fertility, 317.
Convergence of genera, 139.
Coot, 189.
Cope, Prof., on the acceleration or
retardation of the period of repro-
duction, 197.
Coral-islands, seeds drifted to, 406.
reefs, indicating movements of
earth, 406.
Corn-crake, 190.
Correlated variation in domestic
productions, 29.
Coryanthes, 203.
Creation, single centres of, 400.
Crinum, 302.
Croll, Mr., on subaerial denudation,
339-
, on the age of our oldest for-
mations, 359.
, on alternate Glacial periods in
the North and South, 418.
Crosses, reciprocal, 306.
Crossing of domestic animals, im-
portance in altering breeds, 36.
, advantages of, 110.
, unfavourable to selection, 1 13,
Criiger, Dr., on Corj'anthes, 204.
Crustacea of New Zealand, 421.
Crustacean, blind, 150.
air-breathers, 202.
Crustaceans, their chels, 249.
Cryptocerus, 292. Ctenomys, blind, 150.
Cuckoo, instinct of, 262, 270.
Cunningham, Mr., on the flight of
the logger-headed duck, 147.
Currants, grafts of, 311.
Currents of sea, rate of, 406.
Cuvier, on conditions of existence,
262, 263.
, on fossil monkeys, 356.
, Fred., on instinct, 262, 263.
Cyclostoma, resisting salt water, 439.
D
Dana, Prof., on blind cave-animals,
151-
, on relations of crustaceans of
Japan, 417.
-, on crustaceans of New Zea-
land, 421.
Dawson, Dr., on eozoon, 360.
De Candolle, Aug. Pyr., on struggle
for existence, 77.
, on umbelliferae, 157.
, on general affinities, 469.
, Alph., on the variability of
oaks, 67.
-, on low plants, widely dis-
persed, 446.
, on widely-ranging plants being
variable, 69.
, on naturalisation, 125.
, on winged seeds, 158.
-, on Alpine species suddenly be-
coming rare, 180.
, on distribution of plants with
large seeds, 407.
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, on vegetation of Australia,
423, 424.
, on fresh-water plants, 430.
-, on insular plants, 432.
Degradation of rocks, 336.
Denudation, rate of, 337.
of o!dest_ rocks, 360.
of granitic areas, 345.
Development of ancient forms, 384.
Devonian system, 382.
Dianthus, fertility of crosses, 306,
307.
Dimorphism in plants, 61, 319.
Dirt on feet of birds, 409.
Dispersal, means of, 403.
during Glacial period, 411.
Distribution, geographical, 395.
, means of, 403.
Disuse, effect of, under nature, 147.
Divergence of character, 122.
Diversification of means for same
general purpose, 203.
Division, physiological, of labour, 125.
Dog, resemblance of jaw to that of
the Thylacinus, 463.
Dogs, hairless, with imperfect teeth,
30.
descended from several wild
stocks, 35.
, domestic instincts of, 268.
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The Origin of Species
- Title
- The Origin of Species
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Location
- New York
- Date
- 1909
- Language
- English
- License
- PD
- Size
- 10.5 x 16.4 cm
- Pages
- 568
- Keywords
- Evolutionstheorie, Evolution, Theory of Evolution, Naturwissenschaft, Natural Sciences
- Categories
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Table of contents
- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 5
- AN HISTORICAL SKETCH of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species 9
- INTRODUCTION 21
- Variation under Domestication 25
- Variation under Nature 58
- Struggle for Existence 76
- Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest 93
- Laws of Variation 145
- Difficulties of the Theory 178
- Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection 219
- Instinct 262
- Hybridism 298
- On the Imperfection of the Geological Record 333
- On the Geological Succession of Organic Beinss 364
- Geographical Distribution 395
- Geographical Distribution - continued 427
- Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs 450
- Recapitulation and Conclusion 499
- GLOSSARY 531
- INDEX 541