INDEX 



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iV. mi nidus, 289 ; N, phaeopus, 288 f. ; 



N, tahitiensis, 270, 289 ; N. tenwi- 



rostris, 288 ; N. variegattis, 289 

 Niimida, 201, 204 f. ; .V. cortiuta, 205 ; 



JV. coronata, 205 ; JV. marungensis, 205 ; 



X. meleagris, 205 ; N. mitrata, 205 ; N. 



ptilorhyacha, 205, 206 ; N, reichenotui, 



205 

 Xuiiiidinae, 198-201, 204 ; liabits, 205 f. 

 Ninilet, 447 



Nutcracker, 553, 555, 556 

 Nuthatch, 5:-i6 f., 537 ; habits, 538 

 Nutmeg-bird, 577 

 jyt/dala, 399, 401 ; i\". acadica, 405 ; N 



tengmcdmi, 405 

 Nyctea, 398, 403 ; fossil, 415 ; X. scan- 



diaca, 400, 412 

 NycterodAus riolaceiis, 90 

 Nyctibiiuae, 415, 416, 418 

 Xyctihius, 415, 417, 418 

 Xi/cticorax, 87, 88, 90, 265 ; young, 94 ; 



X. caledonicus, 90 ; X. goisagi, 90 ; i\\ 



griseus, 90 ; ^Y. leuconotus, 90 ; X. 



megacephalus, fossil, 95 ; X. naevius, 



90 ; X. pauper, 90 ; X. pileatus, 90 ; 



X. sihilatrix, 90 ; X. violaceus, 90 

 Xyctidrmnus, 415, 416 

 Xyctiornis, 387-389 ; X. amictus, 389 

 Xymj)hicus, 364, 365 ; X. uvaeensis, 363 

 Xy7'oca, habits, 123 ; fossil, 136 ; X. 



afrkana, 122, 123 ; X. americana, 



122 ; X. australis, 122, 123 ; X. baeri, 



122 ; X. hrunnea, 123 ; X.ferina, 122 ; 



i\'. innotata, 122 ; A^. nationi, 123 ; iN' 



vallisneria, 122 



Oar-feathers, 21 



Gates, on Sturuidae, 559 



Occiput, 20 



Oceanites, 60, 62, 65 ; 0. oceanicus, 65 



Oceauitiuae, 59, 60, 65 



Ooeanodroma, 61, 62, 67 f. ; 0. crypto- 



leucura, 68 ; 0. furcata, 68 ; O. Jiornbyi, 



68 ; 0. leucorrhoa, 68 

 Ochromela, 509 

 Ocreate metatarsus, 60 

 Ocreated, 10 

 Ocydromus, 244-247 ; 0. atistralis, 247 ; 



0. earZi, 247 ; 0. fuscus, 247 ; 0. j/reyt, 



247 ; 0. hectori, 247 ; 0. insignis, 



fossil, 251 ; 0. sylveslris, 247 

 Ocyphajis, 326 ; O. lophotes, 337 

 Odontoglossae, 105 

 Odontolcae, 45 f. ; a subdivision of Neor- 



nithes, 23 f. 

 Odoutophorinae, 198, 199,202, 204, 230 f. 

 Odontophorus, 199, 203, 232 ; O guia- 



nensis, 232 

 Odontrqjteryx toUapica, fossil, S6 

 Odontornithes, 2, 45 f. 

 Odoiitotormae, 45 

 Oedeniia,\\\ ; habits, 120 ; O.americana, 



119 ; 0. carho, 120 ; 0. deghindi, 120 ; 



O.fusca, 113, 119 f. ; 0. nigra, 119 ; 0. 



2)crspicillata, 113, 120 

 Oedicnemidae, 268, 269, 297 

 Oedicuemus, 269, 270 ; 0. affiniSj 297 ; 0. 



bistriatus, 297 ; 0. capensis, 297 ; 0. 



dominicensis, 297 n. ; 0. graUarins, 



297 ; 0. scolopax, 297 ; 0. Senegal ensis, 



297 ; 0. superciliaris, 297 ; 0. vermi- 



euldtus, 297 

 "OeHff, 326, 327 ; 0. caj}ensis, 339 

 Oesophagus, 12 

 Oestrelaia, 66 ; 0. brevipes, 66 ; 0. haesi- 



tatu, 66 

 Oil-bird, 419 

 Oil-glauds, 21 

 Oiseau-nioxiche, 426 

 Old Squaw, 121 

 Oligomyodae, 466 

 Oligura, 502 

 Oncostoma, 473 

 One-wattled Cassowary, 35 

 Onychognathus, 559 

 Onychotes qruberi, 165 

 0-0, 564, 567, 568 

 Open-bill, 97 

 Operculum of nostrils, 11 ; in Caprimul- 



gidae, 415 ; in Columbae, 325 ; in 



Plovers, 270 ; in Procellariidae, 60 ; in 



Bhinochetus, 264 

 Opisthocoelous, 6 

 Opisthoconii, 186, 241 

 Opisthocomidae, 186, 241 

 Opisthocoinus, 186, 241 ; affinity to Cuciilu 



241 ; 0. cristatas, 241, 242 

 Opisthodactylus, 45 

 Opisthoprora euryptera, 437 

 Opihrysia superciiiosa, 218 

 Orauge colour in Birds, its nature, 3 u. 

 Orbit, 20 

 Orchesticus, 575 

 opx'^os, 426 

 Orchilus ecaudatus, 473 

 Oreicola, 511 

 Oreocorys, 498 



Oreoeca, 532, 534 ; 0. cristata, 567 u. 

 Oreomyza, 562, 563 

 Orennympha nobilis, 436 

 Oreophasiuae, 194, 195, 198 

 Oreiqihasis, 195; 0. derbianus, 198 

 Orenphilus ruficoUis, 273 

 Omipsitfariis, 363 



Omniil.r jiirfus, 230 f. 



0/vv..sr,^</r.s 514, 515, 519 



Oreotrochilus, 431 f., 436 ; 0. chimborazo, 



428 ; 0. pichincha, 428, 430, 436 

 Organ-bird, 522, 532 

 Oriental Region, 17 

 Origma, 517, 518 

 Oriole, 542 f ; habits, 543 ; American, 



542, 579 ; Baltimore, 580, 581 ; Golden, 



542, 542 



