INDEX 



593 



B. erythrothorax, 173 ; B. leucopats, 

 173 ; B. lophotes, 173 ; B. madagas- 

 cariensis, 173 ; B. viagnirostris, 173 ; 

 B. reinwardti, 173 ; B. rufa, 173 ; B. 

 subcristata, 173 ; B. siimatrensis, 173 ; 

 B. timorlaensis, 173 ; B. v€i~reauxi, 

 173 



Beak, 11 f. 



Bearcoot, 162 



Bedilard, on trachea of Paradise-bird, 545 

 11. ; on Zoslerops. 568 



Bee-eater, 376, 387 1'., 389 ; habits, 388 ; 

 Blue-tailed, 389 



Bekliug, on HarkHiniu Dmk. ll'O 



Bell-bird, 482, 482, 567, 567 u. 



Belly, 20 



Beudire, on habits of Canachites, 236 



Berciiicoritis, 391, 393 ; B. coinatus, 393 



Bergut, 162 



Berlepseh, on Humming-birds, 432 



Bernicla, 131 ; B. brenta, 131 ; B. cana- 

 densis, 131 f . : B. hutchinsi, 132 : B. 

 hucopsis, 131 ; B. minima, 132 ; B. 

 nioricaus, 131 ; B. occidentalis, 132 ; 

 B. nificuUis, 131, 132 



Bernieria. 503 



Bevies, 221 



Bhringa, 528 



Bhund-Moorg, 208 



Bias, 506 



Biconcave vertebrae, in Ichthyumis, and 

 probably in Archaeopteryx, 6, 49 ; per- 

 haps in Enaliornis, 49 



Bill, 11 f. ; arched, 12 ; of Balaeniceps 

 and Cancroma, 86 ; scissor-like, 12 ; 

 wedge-like, 12 



Bill-sheath, 11 : in Chioni.% 268 : nature 

 of, 2 n. ; shed, in Auks, 317, 318 



Bird, definition, 1 : difl'erences from other 

 VerteVirata, 1 f. ; derivation Jroni Rep- 

 tiles. 14 



Bird of Paradise, 543 f. ; D'Albertis', 

 544 ; fables concerning, 543 ; habits, 

 550 f. ; Great. 546 ; Long-tailed, 546 ; 

 King, 547 : Magnificent, 547 ; Twelve- 

 wired, 545 ; Red, 546 ; Six-wired, 547 

 f., 548 



Birds'-nest soup, 423 



Birds of passage, 1 7 



Birds of prey, 108 ; cere, 11 ; moult, 5 



Birds of the Gods, 543 



Bittern, 70, 90 ; habits, 87 f : Common, 

 89 ; Little, 88 



Bizlura, 111, 114 ; fossil, 136 : B. lohata, 

 117, 117 



Blacicus, 474 



Blackbird, 510, 515 



Blackburn, on Cuckoo, 354 



Black-Cock, 237 f. 



Black Witch, 359 



Blake, on Flamingo, 107 



Blight-bird, 568 



VOL. IX 



Blind-sacs, 12 

 Blue-bird, Fairy, 505 

 Blue colour in birds, its nature, 3 ii. 

 Blue Darr, 314 

 Blue-eye, 568 

 Blue-throat, 512, 516 

 Boatswain -bird, 72 

 Boat-tail, 5S0 

 Bobolink, 580 

 Bob- White, 204, 232 



Bonasa, 199, 201 ; B. fjriseiventris, 233 

 f. ; B. severtzovi, 234 ; B. sylvestris, 

 233 ; B. umbeUus, 233 

 Bontekoe, figure of I) id us borboniciis, 330 

 Bonxie, 304 

 Booby, 74, 82 

 Booted, 10 



Bostrychio, caruncidata, 102 

 Botaunos, 87, 88 ; B. lentiginosus, 89 ; B. 

 pinnatus, 89 ; B. poeciloptihts, 89 ; B. 

 stellar is, 89 

 Bourdons, 426 

 Bower-bird, 543, 548 f., 550 ; habits, 



551 f. ; Satin — see Satin-bird 

 Brachygulba, 446 ; B. albigularis, 445 ; B. 



melanoster7ia, 445 

 Brachypteracias, 378 ; B. hptosomus, 378 

 Brachypteryx, 502 



Brachyrhamphvs craveri, 319 ; B. hypv- 

 leucus, 319 ; B. kittlitzi, 318 ; B. mar- 

 ■morahCs, 318 

 Bradypteri, of Sharpe, 513 

 Bradyptrrus, 514 

 Bram'bling, 584 

 Branta, fossil, 136 

 Breast, 20 

 Breast-bone, 6 

 Fitewer — see Baird 

 Brigade, vi (Preface) 

 Brisson, on Bucco (including Barbet), 448 ; 



on Strigidae, 3-98 n. 

 Bristle -feathers, 3 

 Bristles, nature of, 2 n. 

 Broad-bill, 467 ; habits, 469 

 Broderip, on Toucan, 454 n. 

 Brodrick — see Salvin, F. H. 

 Bromvogel, 392 

 Bronchi, 13 

 Bronchial syrinx, 21 

 Bronn's Thier-reich, 14, 23 

 Brontornis, 45 ; B. burmeisterij 45 

 Bronze-wing — see Pigeon 

 Brown colour in birds, its nature, 3 n. 

 Biiarremon, 575, 576 



Bi'bn, 398-403 ; fossil, 415 ; B. abyssi- 

 niciis, 414 ; B. ascalaphus, 414 ; B. 

 bengalensis, 414 ; B. blakistoni, 414 ; B. 

 capensis, 414 ; B. cinerascens, 414 ; B. 

 cormnandus, 403, 414 ; iJ. dorriesi, 414 ; 

 B. if/narvs, 413 f. ; B. lacteus, 414 ; B. 

 lettii, 414 ; B. Icucust ictus, 414 ; B. 

 maadosus^ 414 ; B. mcujellnnicus, 414 ; 



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