INDEX. 



1123 



Mergus 951 



albellus 951 

 Merlin 



american 673 



black 673 



european 674 

 Merlins 670 

 ISIeroblastic eggs •2'27 

 Merriam's owl 629 

 Jlerrill's 



horned lark 508 



parau(|ue 563 



song sparrow 421 

 Merry-thought 153 

 MerrV-wing 928 

 Merula 249 



continis 250 



migratoria 249 



propiiiqua 250 

 Mesencephalon 181 

 Mesethmoid 166 

 Mesoblast 233 

 Mesometry 227 

 Mesomyodi 509 

 !Mesomyodian 211, 245 

 Mesorhinium 110 

 Mesozoic 62 

 Messina quail 7"il 

 Metacarpus 1 12 

 Metagnathous bills 105 

 Metatarsal 



accessory 127 



bones 427 



spurs 139 

 Metatarsus 125 

 Metencephalou 181 

 Methriopterus 285 

 Metosteon 150 

 Metovuni 227 

 Mexican 



black hawk 694 



bluebird 258 



blue bunting 452 



brown towhee 460 



chickadee 271 



cormorant 965 



creeper 280 



crested flvcatcher 519 



cross-bill" 386 



flicker 600 



goldlincli 394 



goshawk 693 



griiunfl dove 716 



horni-d lark 508 



jaf,-an:i 766 



screech owl 635 



summer finch 424 



turkey 727 

 Miasm 1!) 

 Micrasi^r 64!i 

 Micropalaiiia Hd'.t 



hiniantoims 809 

 Micropallas (i45 



wiiitneyi 645 

 Micmpodiihe 555 

 M iiTopodinic 556 

 Micropus apns 90 

 Micruria 11)77 

 Midilen<l<>r<T's stint 814 

 Middl.- idvcrls 116 

 Migratory iiuail 751 

 MilliT's vesper sparrow 402 

 Milvagii 677 

 Milviiia' 653 

 Milvuhis 512 



forlicatus 512 



Milvulus 



tyrannus 512 

 Milvus 653 

 Mimina* 281 

 Mimus 282 



polyglottus 283 

 Minute auklet 1072 

 .Miocene birds 64 

 Mire-drum 684 

 Mississippi kite 655 

 Mitrephanes 532 

 Mniotilta 307 



varia 307 

 Mniotihida; 304 

 Moas 65, 1092 

 Mockers 282 

 Mocking-bird 283 



ferruginous 285 



french 285 



mountain 282 

 Mddidlus 139 

 Moilenioke 1028 

 Mdllv mawk 1028 

 Molothrus 466 



ater 466 



obscurus 467 

 Momotida' 571 

 .Moniotus ca-ruleiceps 571 

 Jlonerula 230 

 Mongolian plover 782 

 Monkey-faced owl 623 

 Monogamy 232 

 .Miintezuma ([uail 761 

 Moon-bill 924 

 Moor-hen 862 

 Moor-hens 860 

 Moose-bird 500 

 Morcom's hummingbird 551 

 Morillon, american 928 

 Morocco-head 948 

 Morocco-jaw 944 



Morphological classification 66, 68 

 Mor])hology 67 

 Mosquito-hawk 568 

 Moss-head 949 

 Motacilla 300 



alba 301 



ocularis 301 

 Motacillida- 300 

 Mother carev's chickens 1041 

 Moths 55 

 Motor nerves 180 

 Mottled 



duck 915 



owl 633 

 Moult 91 



of bill 108 

 Mound-birds 720 

 Mountain 



chickadee 271 



dove 718 



duck 933 



eagle 695 



jav 495 



mocking-bird 282 



oriole 478 



pheasant 741 



Iilover 782 



quail 74ii, 757 



solitary greenlet 366 



song s|>arrow 420 



sparrow 379 

 Mountebank 333 

 Mounting birds 40 

 Mourning 



dove 714 



Mourning 



warbler 336 

 Mouse hawk 652 

 Mouth 92, 216 

 Mowyer 841 



Mucronate tail-feathers 123 

 Mud-coot 862 

 Mud-dipper 946 

 Mud goose 905 

 Mud-hen 853 



small 85i'5 



white-billed 862 

 Mud-hens 860 

 Mud swallow 354 

 Muddy-belly 771 

 Mullerian ducts 221 

 Mumniilicatiou 47 

 Murre 1032 



briinnich's 1083 



californian 1083 



common 1082 



pallas' 1084 

 Murrelet 



ancient 1074 



black-throated 1074 



craveri's 1078 



gray-headed 1074 



Japanese 1075 



kittlitz's 1077 



marbled 1076 



short-billed 1077 



temminck's 1075 



townsend's 1076 



vigors' 1077 



white-bellied 1077 



wrangel's 1076 



xantus' 1077 

 Murrelets 1068 



nipper-nosed 1074 



peaked-nosed 1075 

 Murres 1059, 1081 

 Muscicapa 



acadica 528 



fulvifrons 530 



querula 528 



subviridis 528 

 Muscles of birds 198, 200 

 Muscovy 909 

 Muscular 



sense 197 



system 198 



tissue 198 

 Musician tanagers 347 

 Musk duck 909 

 Musk ducks 909 

 Mussel duck 923 

 Mute swan 893 

 Mutilation 3S 

 Muzzle-load<'r 2 

 My aunt huldy 1132 

 Mvama'ba 



Levis 198 



striata 198 

 Mycteria 870 



americana 870 

 My(lence]>haloii 181 

 Myiadestes 259 



townsendi 329 

 Myiadestina' 259 

 Myiarchus 518 



cinerascens 520 

 nuttingi 521 



crinitus 518 



lawreiicei 521 



nliva^cens 521 



iiiexicauua 519 



