INDEX 
623 
Poule Rouge, 251 
Powder-down, feathers, 3; patches, 22; in 
Accipitres, 147; in Ardeae, 87; in 
Artamus, 5381; in Eurypygidae, 266 ; 
in Falconidae, 147; in Gymnoderus, 481; 
in Leptosoma, 378 ; in Mesites, 187 ; 
in Podargidae, 416; in Psittaci, 364 ; 
in Rhinochetus, 264 ; in Tinamidae, 183 
Praecoces, 22 
Praemaxilla, 11 
Prairie, Chicken, 234 ; 
Prairie-Hen, 235 
Pratincola, 510, 515; P. rubetra, 511 
Pratincole, 268, 293 f. 
Pre-Tertiary Birds, 2 
Presphenoid, 11 
Primaries, 20, 22 
Principal shaft, or rhachis of feather, 3 
Prinia, 514, 518 
Priocella, 61; P. glacialoides, 67 
Priofinus cinereus, 67 
Prion, 60, 61, 66, 112; sifting apparatus 
of bill, 12; P. ariel, 66; P. desolatus, 
66 
Prionirhynchus, 380 
Prioniturus, 363 
-Hen, 235; Lesser 
Prionochilus, 570, 571; P. squalidus, 
571; P. vincens, 570 
Prionodura, 551; P. newtoniana, 548, 
Doi 
Prionopinae, 531 f. 
Prionops, 532 
Prionotelus, 441, 442 ; P. temnurus, 448 f. 
Prismatic, hues in feathers, cause of, 3; 
structure of vanes, 4 
Pristorhamphus, 570 
Procellaria, 62, 67 f. ; 
8; P. tethys, 68 
Procellariidae, 59 f. ; habits, 61 f. 
Procellariiformes, 59 f., 70 
Procellariinae, 59, 60, 65 f. 
Procelsterna, 311 
Prone, O25-0205 Ps furcata, 5261; P. 
tapera, 523-525 
Procnemial, 22 ; 
formes, 49 
Procnias, 575, 576 
Procoelous, 6 
Prodotiscus, 451 f. ; 
regulus, 452 
Progura gallinacea, fossil, 350 
Proherodius owent, fossil, 95 
Promerops, 568, 569 ; P. cafer, 570 
Propelargus, fossil, 99 
Prosobonia leucoptera, 288 
Prosthemadera, 565, 567 ; P. novae zea- 
landiae, 567 
Protibis, fossil, 105 
Protonotaria, 573 
Proventriculus, 12 
Provinces, 17 
Proximal, 22 
P. pelagica, 67, 
process, 
of Colymbi- 
P. insignis, 452; P. 
! 
Prymnacantha, 427 ; = popelarti, 438 f. 
Psalidoprocne, 522-525; P. nitens, 522, 
524 
Psaltria, 538, 539 
Psaltriparus, 538-540 
Psamathia, 515 
Psarisomus, 468, 469; P. dalhousiae, 468 f. 
Psaroglossa, 559 
Psephotus, 365 
Pseudapteryx gracilis, fossil, 40 
Pseudochelidon, 530, 531 
Pseudocolaptes, 484, 487 
Pseudodacnis, 575 
Pseudogeranus, 254 
Pseudogerygone, 507 ; P. rubra, 507 
Pseudogryphus, 1373; P. californianus, 
139 
Pseudogyps, 143; P. africanus, 145; P 
bengalensis, 145 
Pseudonestor, 562 
Pseudorhectes, 532 
Pseudotantalus ibis, 97 
Pseudotriccus, 474 
Psilopogon pyrolophus, 450 
Psilorhamphus, 488 
Psilorhinus, 553 
Psittacl, Sol tf, S6l f, 3763 bill}, 12: 
cere, 11; clavicles sometimes absent, 
8; habits, 364 f.; metatarsals, 10; 
toes, 10; voice, 13 
Psittacidae, 351, 362 f., 366 f. 
Psittacinae, 362 f., 367 
Psittacirostra, 562, 563 
Psittacula, 363, 364, 368, 370 
Psittacus, 364 ; fossil, 875; P. erithacus, 
362, 369, 370; P. timneh, 369 
Psophia crepitans, 257, 258 | P. leuco- 
ptera, 258; P. napensis, 258; P. obscura, 
258; P. ochroptera, 258; Pp. viridis, 
258 
Psophiidae, 243, 256, 257 f. ; habits, 258 
Psophodes, 503 
Eieoae any 204, 240; claws shed, 203; 
moult, 5 
Ptererythrius, 582, 533 
Pteridophora, 545 ; P. alberti, 548 
Piternistes), 225° {5 P., afer, 2251. Ps 
boehmi, 226; P. cranchi, 225 f.; P. 
humboldti, 225; P. infuscatus, 226 ; 
P. leucoscepus, 226 ; P. nudicollis, 225 ; 
P. rubricollis, 225 ; P. rufipictus, 226 ; 
P. swainsoni, 226 
Pterocles, 268, 321 f. ; 
arenarius, 323; P. bicinchus: 323 : Eb. 
coronatus, 323; P. decoratus, 323; P. 
Jasciatus, 322, 323; P. gutturalis, 323 ; 
P. lichtensteini, 322, 323; P. quadri- 
cinctus, 323; P. personatus, 323; P. 
variegatus, 323 
Pteroclidae, 268, 321 f.; 
toes, 10 
Pteroclo-Columbine, 268, 321 
fossil, 325; P. 
habits, 322 f. ; 
