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INDEX 
Fibula, 8, 9 
Fieldfare, 510 
Filoplumes, 21 
Finch, 355, 578, 582 f.; habits, 586; see 
Chaffinch, Bulltinch, Hawfineh, Serin ; 
Gold-, 584, 586, 587; Grass-, 578; 
Green-, 584; Rose-, 585 ; Snow-, 586, 
587 
Finfoot, 248, 267 f. ; habits, 267 
Fingers, 8 
Fireback, 214 f. 
Fire-wood gatherer, 487 
Fjeld-riporre, 240 
Flamingo, 70, 105 f., 106 
Flanks, 21 
Flicker, 460 
Flight, speed of, 20 
Flightless, Birds, 25 ; state, of Anatidae, 4, 
113, 125 ; of Dodo, 328 ; of Great Auk, 
315, 321; of Moorhen, 4; of Phoenicop- 
teridae, 4, 107 ; of Rails, 4, 245 f. 
F'lorican, 262 ; Lesser, 262 
Florida caerulea, 91; young, 93 
Florisuga mellivora, 436 
Flower, on Hornbill, 392 n. 
Flower-pecker, 570 f. 
Fluvicola, 475-477 
Flycatcher, 467, 473, 506 f.; habits, 508 ; 
Paradise-, 507, 508; Pied, 507-509; 
Spotted, 507, 508 
Foetopterus ambiguus, fossil, 181 
Foot, 9 
Foramen, 9; for optic 
trigeminal, 11 
Forbes, H. O., on Frigate Bird, 82 n. ; on 
Phalacrocorax, 77 n. 
Forbes, W. A., on classification, 14; on 
Barbets and Toucans, 448 ; on classifi- 
cation of Petrels, 59 n. ; on Galbulidae, 
445 ; on Mesites, 186 f.; on AMetopidius 
and Hydralector, 269 n.; on trachea of 
Paradise-bird, 545 n. ; on Passeres, their 
song-muscles, 466; on Plotus, 72 n., 
81 n. 
Fore-arm, 8 
Forehead, 20 
Fore-neck, 20 
Foreteller, by day, 357 ; at night, 356 
Fork-tail, 501 
Formicariidae, 469, 479, 488 f.; habits, 
489 
Formicariinae, 488 f. 
Formicarius, 488, 489 
Formicivora, 488; F. caudata, 488; F. 
SFerruginea, 488 
Fossil Birds, viii, 1 f. 
Foudia, 578 ; fossil, 496 
Four-o’clock, 567 
Fowl, 186, (Gallus) 208 
Francolins, called Pheasants, 226 ; Naked- 
throated, 225 
Francolinus, 198, 
nerve, 11; for 
202, 2268; F. 
adspersus, 227 ; F. albigularis, 227 ; F. 
levaillanti, 226 ; F. pondicerianus, 227 ; 
Ff, sinensis, 22; ; F. vulgaris, 226 
Franklinia, 518 
Fratercula arctica, 317; F. corniculata, 
317; F. glacialis, 317 
Freeman and Salvin, on Faleonry, 148 n. ; 
on fishing with Cormorants, 79 n. 
Fregata, 70-72; coracoid and scapula 
fused, 8; habits, 81 f.; J. aquila, 81, 
82; F. minor, 81 
Fregatidae, 55, 70, 81 
Fregilinae, 552 f. 
Fregilupus, 559, 561 ; F. varius, 561 
Friar-bird, 568 
Frigate-bird, 70, 82 ; habits, 81 f. 
Fringe lost, in feathers, 5 
"ringilla, fossil, 496 ; F. coelebs, 584; F. 
montifringilla, 584 
Fringillidae, 439, 494, 575, 576, 579, 
582 f. ; fossil, 496 ; habits, 586 
Frog-mouth, 419 
Frons, 20 
Frontal, 11 
Fulica, 244, 246, 250 f.; F. alat, 250; 
F. americana, 251; F. atra, 250 f.; F. 
australis, 251; F. cornuta, 244, 251; 
F. cristata, 244, 251; fossil, 251; F. 
gigantea, 245, 251; FI. lugubris, 251 ; 
I. minor, fossil, 251; F. newtont, 
fossil, 251 ; F. prior, fossil, 251 
Fulicariae, 243 
Fuligula, 112, 121; fossil, 136 ; habits, 
1233) Ff. afinis, U22- iF. collaris, W222 
Hf, erastata, 122); F. maria, U2 toe he 
novae zealandiae, 122, 123 
Fuligulinae, 111-114, 118 
Fulmar, 61-63, 65 
Fulmarus, 60, 61; F. glacialis, 65; F. 
glupischa, 65 ; F. rodgersi, 65 
Fiirbringer, on classification, 14; on classi- 
fication of Passeres, 467 
Fureula, 7, 8; absent in Apterygidae, 39 ; 
absent in Dinornithidae, 42; absent in 
Rheidae, 30; absent in Struthionidae, 
27 ; ancylosed with sternum in Gruidae, 
252; in Otididae, 261; in Heliorni- 
thidae, 267; coalesces with coracoids 
in Fregata, 72; ossifies with keel of 
sternum, 8—see also Clavicle 
Furnariinae, 484 f. 
Furnarius, 477, 484, 485; nest, 485; &% 
cinnamomeus, 486; FF. cristatus, 485 ; 
F. figulus, 486; F. leucopus, 485; F. 
minor, 486; F. rufus, 486, 525; F. 
torridus, 486 
Gabianus pacificus, 306 
Gadow, on classification, 14, 23 ; on classi- 
fication of Passeres, 4675; on classi- 
fication of Petrels, 59 n.; definition 
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