INDEX 



341 



Monerula, 332 



Mouogamy, double, 335 



Morphology, 101 



Morsus diaboli, 328 



Morula, 333 



Moult [ecdysis), uuniber of, 131 



Mouth, 310 



Miillerian duct, 319 



Mummification, 72 



Muscular tissue, 285 



Mutilation, 58 



Muzzle-loader v. breech-loader, 4 



Myamceba;, 285, 335 



Myelencephalon (or Metencephalon), 260 



Mylohyoid muscle, 311 



Nasal fossa (groove), 153 ; bones, 243 ; 



holorhinal, schizorhinal, 244 

 Neck (collum), 136 ; («) nucha, (6) 



gula, (c) cervical, 141 

 Nests, advantages of collecting, 81 note 

 Nestor productus, 99 

 Netting birds, 7 

 Neuraniceba, 335 ; {a) cinerea, (b) 



Candida, 257 

 Neurapophysis, 202 

 Nictitating membrane, 266, 267 

 Nidification (nest-building), 336 

 Nomenclature, («) binomial, 119, 120 ; 



(6) trinomial or trionymic, 121 note 

 Non-vascular capillary, 290 

 Notaium, (a) back {dorsum), 138, 139 ; 



(&) rump {xiropygium), (c) scapulare, 



{j.1) interscapulare, 139 

 Note-book, best kind of, 34 

 Notochord, 224 



Observations, record of, 33 



Occipital bone, 230 



Occijiut, 142 



Odontolcffi, 97 



Odontotormaj, 97 



(Esophagus (gullet), 136, 313 



Oil, gland for, 129 



Olecranon, 158 



Olfaction, 263 



Ontogeny, 108 



Oology, 75, 320 



Oophrou masculinum, 323 



Opisthencephalon, 258 



Oi:)isthocoelous, 204 



Optic nerve, 272 



Orbit of head, 143 



Orbitonasal septum, 236 



Order, 110 



Ornithichnites, 96 



Ornitholite, 96 



Ornithology, definition, 91 



Os innominatum (haunch-bone), 219 



Ossiculum auditiis, 276 



Osteamoebje, 221 note, 335 



Osteine, 198 



Osteology, 198 



Osteoses, 199 



Otocrane, 277 



Otolith, 282 



Ovaries, 69, 93 



Oviduct, 69, 319 



Oviparous, 92 



Oviposition, 330 



Ovisac (Graafian follicle), 326 



Ovoviviparous, 92 



Ovulation, 326 



Ovum, 326 



Palatal, or jjalatine, bones, 24 1 ; struc- 

 ture, types of, 249 



Palpebral layer, 268 



Pancreas, 317 



Parachordal cartilage, 224 



Parasfihenoid bone, 229 



Parietals, 231 



Parker (Mr. W. K.), on the skull, 223 



Pectorales, 286 



Pectoral arch, (1) scapula, (2) coracoid 

 (together are scapular arch), (3) cla- 

 vicles, 215 



Pectus, 140 



Pedicel, 327 



Pelvis, 137 ; (a) ilium, (i) ischium, (c) 

 pubis, 218 



Perilymph, 282 



Periotic bones, 232 



Pessulus, 303 



Petit, canal of, 272 



Pezophaps solitarius, 99 



Phalanges, number of, 159, 180, 188 



Phylogeny, 108 



Phylum, 101 



Physiological adaptations, (a) piuuati- 

 pedes, 102 



Pia mater, 260 



Pileum (crown), 142, 143 



Pineal body (or conarium), 259 



Piunatipedes, 102 



Pistol, breech-loading, 6 



Pituitary space, 224 



Plasma, 290 



Pleurapophysis, 203 



Pleurosteon, 212 



Plumage {ptilosis), 123-134; changes, 

 133 



Plumula;, 128 



Pneumaticity, 199 



Pneumatocysts, 296 



Pocket lens, necessity of, 41 



Postfrontal process, 231 



Postzygapophysis, 202 



Powder, 7 



Prrecocial, 131 



