590 



INDEX 



Aesaciis magnirostris, 297 ; A. recurvi- 



rostris, 297 

 Aesalon columbarius, 178 ; ^4. regulus, 



177 ; A. rnjicollis, 178 ; A. typus, 178 

 Aethiopsar, 561 

 Aethopyga, 569 

 Aethorhynchus, 504-506 

 Aex, 111, 112 ; ^4. galericulata, 114, 133 ; 



A. sponsa, 133 

 Aftershaft, of feathers, origin of, 3 ; absent, 



in Alcedinidae, 383 ; in Apteryx, 39 ; in 



Hornbill, 390 ; in Mesites, 187 ; in 



Ostrich, 27 ; in Owls, 399 ; in Pandion, 



180 ; in Rheidae, 30 ; in Struthionidae, 



27 

 Agami, 258 

 Agamia agami, 91 f. 

 Agapornis, 364, 368 ; .4. cana, 368 ; A. 



pullaria, 368 ; A. roseicollis, 368 ; A. 



taranta, 368 

 Agelaeinae, 579 f. 

 Agelaeus, 581 ; A. phoeniceus, 580 

 Agelastes, 201 ; A. meleagrides, 205 

 Aglaeactis, 437 

 Agnopterus, fossil, 108 

 Agriornis, 473, 475 

 Air-cells, in Sida, 72 

 Air-sac, 21 ; in Tetraoninae, 201 

 Aithurus, 426, 430 ; A. polytmiis, 433, 



433 

 Ajaja, young, 105 ; A. rosea, 105 

 Ala, 21 



Alaemon, 497, 498 ;' A. alaudipes, 497 

 Alar bar, 21 



Alaska, to which region belonging ? 16 

 Alauda, 497 ; ^4. arvensis, 496, 497 

 Alaudidae, 494, 496 f. ; habits, 498 

 Alaudula raytal, 498 

 Albatros. 59 f., 61-63, 81, 148 ; Wander- 

 ing, 63 f., 64 

 Albinism, its cause, 4 n. 

 Alca, 315, 320 ; .4. impennis, 315, 320, 



321 ; A. tarda, 320 f. 

 Alcae, 268, 315 f. 



Alcedinidae, 376, 382 f.; habits, 383 f. 

 Alcedininae, 382, 386 

 Alcedo, 383 ; A. beryllina, 387 ; A. ispida, 



387 

 Alcidae, 49, 268, 315 f. ; bill-sheath and 



outgrowth shed, 5 n., 317 f. ; habits, 



315 f. 

 Alcippe, 503 

 Alcurvs, 504 

 Alcyone, 383, 384 ; toes, 10, 383 ; A. 



azurea, 386 

 Alectorides, 243 

 Alectoroenas, 326, 346 ; A. madagas- 



cariensis, 346 ; A. nitidissima, 346 ; 



A. pulcherrima, 346 ; A. rodericana, 



fossil, 350 ; A. sganzini, 346 

 Alectoromorphae, 182 

 Alectoropodes, 186 



Alectrurus, 473, 475, 477 ; A. risorius, 



473, 474 ; A. tricolor, 473, 475 

 Alethe, 513 

 Aletomis, fossil, 256 

 Alexandrine — see Parrot 

 Alisphenoid, 11 

 Allantois, 21 



Altham, E. and H., on Dodo, 330 

 Altrices, 21 

 Alucinae, 398 n. 

 Alula spuria, 9, 20 

 Aniadavat, 577 



Amaurornis, 249 ; ^4. phoenicura, 249 

 Amazilia, 435 ; .4. cyamira, 435 ; A. 



pristina, 435 

 Amblyornis, 551 ; A . Jlavifrons, 549 ; A. 



inorncUa, 549, 551 f. ; A. subalaris, 



549, 552 

 Amblyospiza, 577 

 Ame damnee, 66 



Ameghino, on " Stereornithes, " 44 

 Ammodramus, 583, 586 

 Ammomanes, 497, 498 

 Ammoperdix, 202 ; A. bonhami, 228 ; A. 



chohnleyi, viii ; A. heyi, 228 

 Amnion, 21 

 Ainpeliceps, 559 

 Ampelidae, 529 f. 

 Ampelion, 480 

 Ampelis, 529 ; A. cedrorum, 530 ; A. 



qarrulus, 529, 530 ; A. phoenicoptera, 



530 

 Amphicoelous, 6 

 Amphiniorphae, 105 

 Amphipelargtis, fossil, 99 

 Amurolimnas, 244 

 A my t is, 517 

 Anaeretes, 474 

 Analogous, meaning, 5 

 Aiiarhy7ichus, 268 ; .4. frontalis, 274, 



274 

 Anas, 112; fossil, 136; A. aberti, 121 ; 



A. boscas, 114, 127 ; skull, 11 ; ^. 



cristata, 128 ; ^4. diazi, 127 ; A.fulvi- 



gula, 127 ; A. laysanensis, 127 ; A. 



luzonica, 127 ; A. maculosa, 127 ; ^4. 



melleri, 127 ; A. obscura, 127 ; ^4. 



poecilorhyncha, 127 ; A. sparsa, 127 ; 



A. specidaris, 128 ; A. superciliosa, 



127 ; A. undulata, 127 ; A. wyvilliana, 



127 ; A. zonorhyncha, 127 

 Anastomus, 95, 97 ; sifting apparatus of 



bill, 12 ; A. lamelligerus, 97 ; A. 



oscitans, 97 

 Anatidae, 108, 111 f. ; habits, 113 f. ; shed 



wing-quills simultaneously, 4 ; young, 



114 

 Anatinae, 111, 112, 123 

 Ancistrops, 484 

 Andigena, 456 ; A. bailloni, 456 ; A. lami- 



nirostris, 453, 456 

 Andrews, on Aepyornis and 3Iullerornis, 



