INDEX 
599 
Corvidae, 495, 525, 531, 543, 552 f.; 
habits, 554 f. 
Corvinae, 552 f. 
Corvultur, 552, 5538 
Corvus, fossil, 496; CL. caurinus, 555; C. 
Condy Do2,.555 3 C. connix. 355; °C: 
corone, 556; C. frugilegus, 552; C. 
ossifragus, 556 3 C. pastinator, 552; C. 
scapulatus, 553; C. torquatus, 553 ; C. 
tropicus, 5D6 
Corydon, 468; C. sumatranus, 468 
Coryphistera, 484, 485 
Coryphoenas, 326; C. crassivostris, 342 f. 
Coryphospiza, 583 
Corythaeola, 360 
Corythaix fischeri, 361 
Corythopis, 489, 490 
Corythornis cristata, 386 f. 
Coscoroba candida, 135 
Cosmonetta, 112; C. histrionica, 120 
Cossypha, 513, 516; C. caffra, 512 n.; C. 
natalensis, 510 
@otiles 5235525 5 Ce concolor, 525);. C. 
fuligula, 524 1.; C. riparia, 5622, 524 ; 
C. rupestris, 524 f. 
Cotinga, 480; CL amabilis, 480 
Cotingidae, 469, 477, 479 f., 567 n ; habits, 
482 f. 
Cotinginae, 479 f. 
Coturniz, 198-200, 202; fossil, 240; C 
capensis, 220; C. communis, 220; C. 
coromandelica, 220; C. delegorguit, 220 ; 
C. japonica, 220; C. novae zealandiae, 
220 ; C. pectoralis, 220 
Coua, 351, 852, 357; C. caerulea, 357 
Coueal, 356; habits, 356 f. 
Courlan, 257 
Courser, 268, 294 f.; 
294 
Covert, 20, 21; Greater, 21; Lesser, 21 ; 
Median, 21 ; Upper, 21 
Cow-bird, 582 
Cowry-bird, 577 
Crab-Plover—see Plover, Crab 
Cracidae, 186, 194 f.; habits, 195; re- 
place Pheasants, etc., 192 
Cracinae, 194-196 
Oracticus, 532, 533 ; C. destructor, 533 
Crake, 243, 246; Baillon’s, 248; Corn, 
245, 248; Little, 248; Spotted, 245, 
248 
Crane, viii, 148, 243, 251 f., 263; habits, 
252 f.; trachea enters keel of sternum, 
13; young, 256; Asiatic White, 253, 
254; Common, 254; Crowned, 253, 
255, 256; Demoiselle, 255; of Japan, 
254; Kaffir, 256; Sandhill, 254; Sarus, 
2538, 254; Wattled, 245; Whooping, 
253, 254 
Cranorhinus cassidix, 394 f. 
Crapaud-volant, 419 n. 
Crateropodes, of Sharpe, 502 
Cream - coloured, 
Crateropus, 355, 504; C. kirki, 503 
Crax, 194.f.; C. alector, 196, 196; C- 
Jasciolata, 196, 197 
Crazy Widow, 257 
Creadion carunculatus, 558 
Creciscus, 246; C. levraudi, 246 
Creeper, 571 f.; Tree-, 457, 572 
Cretaceous epoch, Birds of, 2 
Crex pratensis, 245, 248, 248 
Criniger, 504-506 
Crissum (vent-region), 20 
Crocodile-bird, 295 
Crocopus, 349 » C. chlorigaster, 349 
Crop, 12; in Galliformes, 186 ; in Hum- 
ming-birds, 427 ; in Opisthocomus, 241 ; 
in Phasianidae, 200; in Sand-grouse, 
322; in Thinocorythidae, 270; in 
Tinamidae, 183 
Crossbill, 584, 586 
Crossleyia, 505 
Crossoptilon, 199, 200, 203. 214; C. 
auritum, 214; C. harmani, 214; C. 
leucurum, 214; C. manchuricum, 214 ; 
C.. tihetanum, 214 
Crotophaga,, 301. 302-7) C.. ani, 309%; CC. 
major, 359 ; C. sulcirostris, 359 
Crotophaginae, 351, 359 ; habits, 359 
Crow, 149, 175, 356, 552-556 ; -Blackbird, 
580; Carrion-, 554, 556; Grey, 355; 
Hooded, 553, 556 
Crown, 20 
Crypsirhina, 552 
Cryptolopha, 506, 514, 518 
Cryptorhina, 552 
Cryptornis, fossil Hornbill in France, 
395 
Crypturi, incisura ischiadica, 9; no 
pygostyle, 6 n. 
Crypturidae, 182 f. 
Crypturus, 183, 184; C. tataupa, 
185 
Cubitals, 21, 22 : 
Cuckoo, 351, 352 f., 353 ; habits, 353 f. ; 
Hawk, 353 ; migration, 19 ; Opisthocomus 
related to, 186; parasitic habits, etc., 
354; toes, 10; Black-billed, 356; 
Great Spotted, 355 ; Radiated Ground-, 
358; Yellow-billed, 356 
Cuckoo-Shrike, 525 f.; habits, 526 f. 
Cuckoo’s-mate, 465 
Cuculi, 351 f., 376 
Cuculidae, 351 f.; toes, 10 
Cuculiformes, 351 f. 
Cuculinae, 351, 352 ; habits, 353 f. 
Cuculus canorus, 352 f., 353; C. clamosus, 
352 
Oulicicapa, 507 
Culicivora, 473 
Culmen, 20 
Cuneate, 21 
Cunningham, on Zachyeres 121 n. 
Curaeus, 579, 580 
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