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INDEX 
Curassow, 186, 194, 241; habits, 195; | 
Crested, 196 
Curlew, 282, 287 f., 288; bill, 12; 
Eskimo, 288 ; Stone-, 268, 297 
Cursorius, 269, 270, 293, 294 f.; C. 
albifasciatus, 295; CO. bicinctus, 295 ; 
C. bisignatus, 295 ; C. bitorquatus, 295 ; 
C. chalcopterus, 270, 295; C. cinctus, 
295; C. coromandelicus, 295; C. 
gallicus, 294; C. hartingit, 295; C. 
rufus, 294 f.; C. seebohmi, 295; C. 
senegalensis, 295; C. somalensis, 294 ; 
OC. temmincki, 2 
Cushat, 344 
Cutis: 2m: 
Cutting edges of bill, 20 
Cyanecula, 516; C. leucocyana, 512; C. 
suecica, 512; C. wolfi, 512 
Cyanochen cyanoptera, 130 
Cyanocitta, 552, 554 
Cyanocorax, 552, 554 
Cyanolesbia gorgo, 434 
Cyanolyseus, 365 , C. patagonus, 365, 371 
Cyanomyias, 506 ; C. verticalis, 435 
Cyanophaea caeruleigularis, 435 
Cyanopica, 5523; C. cooki, 355, 553; C. 
cyand, 553 
Cyanops, 450; C. faber, 449 
Cyanopsittacus, 364, 371 
Cyanorhamphus erythrotis, 365 
Cyanospiza ciris, 563, 585; ©. 
585 
Cyanotis, 475-477 ; C. azarae, 474 
Cybernetes, 473, 475 : 
Cyclopsittacinae, 362 f., 375 
Cyclopsittacus, 373 
Cyclorhis, 536 
Cyclorhynchus, 316 ; C. psittaculus, 318 
Cycnopsis cycnoides, 111, 132 
Cygninae, 111, 112, 135 f. ; young, 114 
Cygnus, fossil, 136; C. bewicki, 112, 135, 
136; C. buccinator, 112, 135 ; C. colum- 
bianus, 112, 135; C. melanocoryphus, 
111, 1385; C. musicus, 112, 135 ; C. olor, 
111, 135, 136 
Cymbilanius, 488 
Cymborhynchus macrorhynchus, 468 
Cymodroma, 60, 65 
Oynecula leucocyana, 512 
Cyphorhinus, 521; C. cantans, 521 
Cypseli, 376, 419 f. 
Cypselidae, 315 n., 419 f.; toes, 10, 420 f. ; 
habits, 421 f. 
Cypselinae, 420, 424 
ype 
95 
cyanea, 
Cypseloides, 420, 422, 423; (C. brun- 
neitorques, 423; C. niger, 423; C. 
rutilus, 423 
Cypselomorphae, 419 n. 
Cypselus, 424; fossil, 426; toes, 10; C 
affinis, 421, 424; C. andicola, 421. 
425; C. apus, 424, 425°; C. caffer, 421, 
424 f.; OC. horus, 421, 425; C. melano- 
leucus, 421 n., 424, 425 ; C. melba, 424 ; 
C. montivagus, 425 ; C. murinus, 424 : 
C. pacificus, 425; C. pallidus, 424 ; 
C. squamatus, 424; C. unicolor, 424 
Cyrtonyz, 199, 231 f.; C. montezumae, 
231 f. 
Dabchick, 52 
Dacelo, 383, 384; D. gigas, 386 
Dactylortyx, 199 ; D. thoracicus, 232 
Dajila, VW2; Wi4s  D. acuta, 1255) Pp: 
eatont, 125; D. spinicauda, 125 
D’Albertis, on Macropteryx, 421 n. 
Dal-riporre, 239 
Dames, on Archaeopteryx, 23 n. ; on Scani- 
ornis, 108 n. 
Dampier, on Flamingo, 107; on Goura, 
384 
Dance of Cranes, 252 
Dancing of Kagu, 265; of Sun-bittern, 
266 ; of Vanellus cayennensis, 275 n. 
Daphoenositta, 537 
Daption, 60, 61; D. capensis, 66 
Darters, 70, 79 f. ; habits, $0 f. : Indian, 80 
Darwin, on breeds of Pigeons, 327 n.; on 
Patagona gigas, 430: on Pelecanoides, 
69; on Tachyeres, 121 
Dasornis, 45 
Dasylophus, 352 
Dasyptilus, 364; D. pesqueti, 369 
Daulias, 510; D. hafiz. 506, 512; D. 
luscinia, 612; D. philomela, 512 
De Bry, on Dodo, 329 
Decomposed feather, 5 
Decorative plumes, 5 
Defilippra crossirostris, 276 ; D. leucoptera, 
276 
Deglutition, organs of, 12 
Demiegretta sacra, 91 
Dendragapus, air-sacs, 201: D. fuligi- 
nosus, 235; D. obscurus, 235; WD. 
richardsoni, 235 
Dendrobates, 462 
Dendrocitta, 552, 5538, 556 
Dendrocolaptidae, 469, 483 f.; habits, 485 f. 
Dendrocolaptinae, 457, 484 f. 
Dendrocoptes, 462 
Dendrocopus brunneifrons, 461 f.; D. leu- 
conotus, 462; D. major, 458, 461; D. 
medius, 462; D. minor, 461, 462 
Dendrocycna, 111-113, 129; fossil, 136; 
D. arborea, 129; D. arcuata, 130; D. 
autumnalis, 129; D. discolor, 129; D. 
eytont, 180: D. fulva, 129, 130; D. 
guttata, 129; D. javanica, 130; D. 
viduata, 129 
Dendroeca, 573, 574; D. palmarum, 574 ; 
D. tiyrina, 573 
Dendrophila, 537 
Dendrortyx, 198, 230; D. macrurus, 230 
Dentary, 11 
Depressed, 21 
