INDEX 
619 
Panyptila, 420, 421, 424; toes, 10; P. 
cayennensis, 424; P. sancti hieronymi, 
424 
Papilla of feather, 2 
Parabuteo unicinctus, 166 
Paradigalla, 544, 550; P. 
546 
Paradisea, 545, 550; P. apoda, 543, 546, 
Doles 2. augustae erctoriae, 5d15) P: 
minor, 546; P. raggiana, 546, Hoe stee. 
rubra, 546; P. rudolphi, 546 
Paradise-bird—see Bird of Paradise 
Paradise-Pie, 546 
carunculata, 
Paradiseidae, 543 f., 557 un.; habits, 
550 f. 
Paradisornis, 545, 546, 550 
Paradoxornis, 502-504 
Parakeet, 351, 364 ; Grass-, 364, 367 ; 
Ground-, 364; Rock-, 3867; Rose- 
banded, 368; Roselle, 368; Rose-ringed, 
368 ; Uvaean, 363 
Paramythia montium, 559 n. 
Paraptenodytes antarcticus, fossil, 59 
Pardalotus, 570, 571 
Pareudiastes, 244-246 
Paridae, 494, 536, 538 ; 
Parietal, 11 
Parisoma, 508 
habits, 540 
Parker, T. J., on Aepyornis, 43 n.; on 
Apteryges, 38; on Megistanes, 38 ; on 
Dinornithidae, "42 
Parker, W. K., on classification, 14; on 
Oscines, 495; on Picidae, 457; on 
Rhinochetus, 263 n. 
Paroaria, 583, 585 
Parotia, 550; P. lawesi, 551; P. sex- 
pennis, 547 f., 548 
Parra, 270; P. gymnostoma, 298; P. 
jacana, 298-300 ; dance of, 
melanopygia, 298; P. nigra, 
variabilis, 298 
Parridae, 268-71, 
300; P. 
298; P. 
habits, 
PAE Ge B 299 f. 
Parrot mools Sol ft, 566 ; bill, a2; cere, 
11; clavicles sometimes absent, 8; 
habits, 364 f.; toes, 10; voice, 13; 
Alexandrine, 368; Amazon-, 370; Black, 
359; Grey, 362, 369, 370; Ground., 
362; Kaka, 374; Monk-, 370; Norfolk 
Island, 374 ; Owl-, 366 ; Phillip Island, 
374; Vasa, 369 
Parson-bird, 567 
Partial migrants, 18 
Partridge. 198-200, 202, 208; habits, 
224 f.; American, 198, 203, 230; 
Bamboo-, 218 f.; Barbary, 228; Black, 
226; Common, 224, 229; French, 228; 
Greek, 228; Mountain-, 336; Red-legged, 
203, 228; hybrids, 224; (Ruffed Grouse), 
233 ; Snow-, 230 ; Spruce-, 236 
Parus, 588, 539; P. britannicus, 539; 
P. caeruleus, 539; P. cristatus, 539 ; 
P. cyanus, 539; P. flavipectus, 539; 2. 
[ 
major, 5389, 539; P. niger, 5389; P. 
palustris, 539; P. sultaneus, 539 
Paryphephorus, 544, 545 
Passaros de sol, 543 
Passer, 583 ; P. domesticus, 584, 584; P. 
insularis, 583; P. jagoénsis, 583; P. 
simplex, 585 
Passeres, voice-muscles, 13 ; anisomyodae, 
467 ; diacromyodae, 467, 491 f. 
Passeriformes, 466 f. 
Pastor, 559, 561; P. roseus, 560 
Patagona, 430; P. gigas, 480, 432, 437 
Patella, 22; of Grebes, 49 
Paul, on Humming-bird’s nest, 436 
Pauxis, 195; P. galeata, 197 
Pavo, 200, 202, 203; P. cristatus, 200, 206 ; 
P. mnuticus, 207; P. nigripennis, 207 
Pavo del Monte, 197 
Peacock, 199, 200, 203, 204, 
Japanned, 207 ; Pheasant, 208 
Pea-fowl, 207; superstition about, 
Pea-hen, 207 
Peale, discovery of Didunculus, 331 f. 
Pealea, 60, 65 
Pectineal process of pubis, 9 
Pectoral arch, 8 
Pectus, 20 
Pedioecetes, 199, 201; 
phasianellus, 234 
Pedionomidae, 186, 187, 189 
Pedionomus, 187 ; P. torquatus, 189 f., 190 
Peewit, 275 
Pelagodroma, 60, 63, 65 ; 
Pelagornis, fossil, 86 
Pelargodes, fossil, 99 
Pelargomorphae, 70- 
Pelargopsis, 383 ; P. gurial, 387 
Pelecanidae, 70, 83 
Pelecanoides, 60 ; P. exsul, 68; P. garnoti, 
68; P. urinatriz, 68 
Pelecanoidinae, 59, 68 
Pelecanus, 70-72 ; fossil, 86 ; habits, 84 f.; 
P. conspicillatus, 84 ; P. crispus, 83, 84; 
P. erythrorhynchus, 83; P. fuscus, 83 f.; 
P. minor, 83; P. mitratus, 83; P. 
molinae, 84; P. onocrotalus, 83; P. 
philippensis, 83, 85; P. rufescens, 83 ; 
P. sharpii, 83 
Pelican, 70, 83; habits, 84 f. ; fabled to feed 
its young with blood, 85 f. ; outgrowth 
of culmen shed, 5 n., 83; Crested, 84 
Pellorneum, 504 
Pelvis of Apteryx, 9 
Penelope, 195, 197; P. albipennis, 197 ; 
P. cristata, 197 ; P. jacucaca, 195 ; P. 
montagnit, 197; BP. obscura, 197; P. 
pileata, 197 
Penelopides manillae, 395 
Penelopina, 195; P. nigra, 197 
Penelopinae, 194, 197 
Penguin, Att. lows (Aik) > he eons 
55 f.; meaning of name, 55 ia ae 
206 f.; 
207 
fossil, 241; WP. 
P. marina, 65 
