I “Ibis, The,” 255, 256 _Icterus vulgaris_, 244, 281, 284 Impeyan pheasant, 104 Indian Civil Service, 385, 386, 387 Indian corn, 81 Inheritance, 133-69 —— alternative, 127 —— blended, 140, 148 —— definition of, 138 —— of acquired characters, 10, 14, 15, 18-24, 60, 107-10 —— particulate, 140 —— unilateral, 139, 140, 162 Insectivores, 67 Intercrossing, swamping effects of, 42, 83 Intimidating attitudes, 224, 225 Iora, 244 Iridescence, 186 Irish elk, 67, 168 Isolation, 366-82, 387 Isomerism, biological, 154-8 —— chemical, 152-4, 157 _Ithomiinæ_, 228, 246 Ivy, 261 J Jacana, 250 Jackdaw, 51, 306 Jaeger, 86 Jaguar, 45, 358 Japanese greenfinch, 122 —— pheasant, 122, 124, 129 Jardin des plantes, 88 Java sparrow, 99, 100 Jelly-fish, 192 Jesse, W., 255 Johnston, 92 “Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,” 209 “Journal of the Royal Society of Arts,” 236, 324, 378 Jungle-babbler, 179 Jungle fowl, 332 K Kallima, 45, 47, 209, 212, 235, 386 Kellog, 16, 26, 45, 47, 67 Kingfisher, 202, 203, 206 Kite, 282 “Knowledge,” 171, 198, 277 Korchinsky, 15, 33 Krait, 216, 247 Kuppa, 224 L Labernum, 119 _Lachnanthes_, 357 Ladybird, 213, 214 Lamarck, 2, 14, 17, 52 Lamarckism, 16, 24, 25 Lambert, Edward, 341 Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 13, 25 Lapwing, 207 Lark, 185, 362 _Larus ridibundus_, 290 Latent characters, 149 Law of battle, 301, 302, 321 Leaf-butterfly, 45, 47, 209, 235, 386 Lemming, 190 Lemur, 242, 243 _Lemur catta_, 242 Leopard, black, 101, 354, 358 _Leucopternis_, 282 _Ligurinus sinicus_, 122 Lily, 146 _Linaria vulgaris peloria_, 86 Linden, Gräfin von, 155 Links, missing, 41, 42 Linnæus, 65, 115 Linnet, 212, 338 “Linus I.,” 95, 96 Lion, 192, 334, 349, 352 _Liothrix luteus_, 179 Lizard, 64, 207, 210, 212, 216, 217, 220, 223, 269, 350 _Loddigesia mirabilis_, 328 Loeb, 147 _Lophophorus chambanus_, 104 _L. impeyanus_, 104 Lucerne, 118 Lung, 36, 37 Lutinism, 102 _Lycæna donzelli_, 381 _L. pheretes_, 381 _Lycodon aulicus_, 247 Lyell, 3