848 



INDEX. 



Meatus 



externus 185 



internus 187 

 Mechanism 



of leg-bones 121 



of wing-bones 106, 107, 108 

 Meckel's 



cartilage 166, 152 



ganglion 177 

 Median coverts 110 

 Medio-palatine ossification 173 

 Medio-tarsal joint 121 

 Mediterranean shearwater 784 

 Medulla 



oblongata 175 



spinalis 176 

 Megapodidii! 572 

 Megapodius 572 

 Melanerpes 489 



angustifrous 490 



bairdi 490 



erythrocephalus 489 



Ibrmicivorus 489 

 Meleagrididic 576 

 Meleagris 576 



alt us 823 



americana 576 



antiquus 823 



ccler 823 



gallipavo 576 



superbus 823 

 Melittarchus 432 

 Meloi)elia 569 



leucoptera 569 

 Melospiza 369 



cinerea 372 



fallax 372 



fasciata 371 



guttata 372 



liernianni 372 



lincolni 370 



palustris 370 



rufina 372 



saniuelis 372 

 Members of birds 92, 100 

 Membrana 



putaniiuis 222 



tympani 154 

 Membranous labyrinth 188, 189 

 Meninges of brain 175 

 Mentum 98 

 Menura superba 116 

 Merganser 



hooded 718 



red-breasted 49, 717 

 Mergansers 716 

 Merginaj 716 

 Mergus 716 



cucullatus 718 



merganser 716 



serrator 717 

 Merlin, american 537 

 Merlins 532 

 Meroblastic eggs 221 

 MeropidiX! 446 

 Merry-thought 147 

 Merula 243 

 Mesencephalon 175 

 Mesethmoid 160 

 Mesoblast 226 

 Mesometry 221 

 Mesomj-odi 427 

 Mesomyodian 205, 239 

 Mesozo'ic 02 

 Messina quail 595 

 :^Ietacarpus 106, 107 



Metagnathous bills 101 

 Metatarsal 



accessory 121 



bones 121 



spurs 133 

 Metatarsus 119 

 Metcncephalon 175 

 iMetop(Mlius (;(i9 

 IMct.ist.'.in 144 

 Metovum 221 

 Mexican 



bluebird 258 



brown towliee 397 



caiion wren 276 



chickadee 260 



cormorant 728 



creeper 273 



cross-bill 350 



flicker 493 



goldfinch 355 



jat/ana 669 



meadow lark 406 



snow-bird 379 

 Miasm 19 

 Micraster 519 

 Micrathene 515 



whitnej'i 516 

 Micropalama 623 



himantopus 623 

 Migratory quail 595 

 Miivago 539 

 Milvinaj 522 ' 

 Milvulus 431 



forlicatus 431 



tvraniuis 431 

 Milvus 523 

 Miminro 242, 248 

 Minuis 249 



carolinensis 250 



polyglottus 250 

 Miocene birds 64 

 Mississippi kite 524 

 Missouri titlark 286 

 Mitrephanes 443 



fulvifrons pallescens 443 

 Mitrephorus 443 



pallescens 443 

 Mniotilta 290 



borealis 290 



varia 290 

 Moas 65, 825 

 Mockers 249 

 Mocking-bird 250 



mountain 249 

 Mocking thrushes 242, 248 

 Modiolus 188 

 Molothrus 401 



a-neus 403 



ater 402 



obscurus 402 

 Momotidw 468 

 Momotus cwruleiceps 408 

 Monerula 224 

 Monogamy 226 

 Moose-bird 425 

 Morelet's pygmy finch 392 

 Morphological classification 6f 

 Morphologv 67 

 Motacilla 284 



alba 284 



ocularis 284 

 Motacillidse 283 

 Motacillinaj 284 

 Moths 55 

 Motor nerves 174 

 Mottled owl 505 



Moult 88 



of bill 103 

 Mound-birds 572 

 Mountain 



chickadee 206 



plover 604 



mocking-bird 249 



quail 591 



sparrow 345 

 Mounting birds 40 

 Mourning 



dove 568 



warbler 311 

 Mouth 92, 210 

 Mucronate tail-feathers 116 

 Mud-hen 672 



white-billed 676 

 Mud-hens 675 

 Mud swallow 323 

 Miillorian ducts 215 

 IMunimification 47 

 JNlurrc 810 

 ftlurrelet 



black-throated 811 



craveri's 814 



kittlitz's 813 



Japanese 812 



marbled 813 



short-winged 814 



white-bellied 818 

 Murrelets 



nipper-nosed 811 



peaked-nosed 812 

 Murres 810, 810 

 Muscicapa 



acadica 441 



fulvifrons 443 



querula 441 



subviridis 441 

 Muscles of birds 192, 194 

 Muscular 



sense 191 



svstem 192 



ti'ssue 192 

 Musopbagidiv 446 

 Mute swan 681 

 Mutilation 38 

 Muzzle-loader 2 

 Mycteria 653 



americana 653 

 Mvelencephalou 175 

 Mviadestes 329 



townscndi 329 

 Mvaniopba 

 ' Lxvis 192 



striata 192 

 Myiarchus 434 



ciuerescens 436 



cooperi 435 



crinitus 434 



erythrocercus 435 



lawrencii 436 



mexicauus 436 

 Myiodioctes 313 



canadensis 314 



mitratus 313 



pileolatus 314 



pusillus 313 

 Myiodynastes 431 



lufniventris 431 

 Mviozetetes texensis 430 

 MVlo-hvoid 211 

 Myology 192 

 Mvrtle bird 301 



