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INDEX 
Pteroclurus, 322; P. alchata, 323; P. 
exustus, 324; P. namaqua, 324; P. 
senegallus, 324 
Pteroglossus, 456; P. aracari, 456; P. 
beauharnaist, 454, 456; P. torquatus, 
455 
Pteronetta hartlaubi, 134 
Pterophanes, 427 ; P. temnrincki, 430, 434 
Pteropodocys, 525, 526 
Pteroptochidae, 469, 489, 490 
Pteroptochus, 490, 491; P. 
491; P. rubecula, 490 
Pterygoid, 11 
Pterylae, feathered spaces, 2 
Pterylographie, of Nitzsch, 2 
Pterylosis, 2 
Ptilochlorinae, 477 f. 
Ptilochloris, 478 ; P. squamata, 479 
Ptilogenys caudatus, 529; P. cinereus, 
530 
Ptilonorhynchidae, 496 
Ptilopachys fuscus, 219 
Ptilopus, 326, 327, 347 ; P. aurantiifrons, 
348 ; P. dupetit-thouarsi, 347 ; P. in- 
solitus, 325, 348; P. jambu, 347; P. 
nanus, 3848; P. superbus, 348; P. 
swainsoni, 347 
Ptilorhis, 544, 550, 551; P. magnifica, 
545; P. paradisea, 545; P. victoriae, 
551 
Ptilorhynchidae, 543 
Ptilorhynchus, 550, 551; P. 
549, 549, 551, 552 
Ptilosclera versicolor, 373 
Ptilotis, 565-567 ; P. limbata, 564 
Ptychorhamphus, 316; P. aleuticus, 318 
Pubis, 9, 9 
Pucrasia, 201, 212; P. castanea, 212; 
P. darwini, 213; P. macrolopha, 212 ; 
P. meyert, 212 f.; P. nipalensis, 212 ; 
P. xanthospila, 213 
Puff-bird, 445, 447 
Puffin, 316, 317 ; Tufted, 317 
Puffinus, 60, 66 ; fossil, 69 ; P. anglorum, 
68, 66 ; P. assimilis, 66 ; P. brevicauda, 
63; P. conradii, fossil, 69; P. eyer- 
mani, fossil, 69; P. gravis, 66; P. 
griseus, 66; P. major, 66; P. obscurus, 
66; P. yelkouanus, 66 
Puttock, 165 
Pycnaspidean, 479 
Pyecnonotidae, 504 f., 531 ; habits, 505 f. 
Pycnonotus, 355, 505; P. haemorrhous, 
506; P. canthopygus, 506 
Pycnopygius, 565 
Pycnorhanmphus, 584 
Pycraft, on Archaeopteryx, 23 n. 
Pygarrhicus, 484 
Pygmornis, 430 
Pygopodes, 49 
Pygoptila, 488, 489; P. 
488 
albicollis, 
violaceus, 
margaritata, 
Pygosceles, 55; P. adeliae, 57 ; P. taent- 
ata, 57 
Pygostyle, 6, 8; absent in Archaeopteryx, 
25; absent in Hesperornithes, 25, 26 ; 
absent in Ratitae, 25, 26; absent in 
Tinamidae, 25, 26, 182; occasionally 
found in Apteryz, 26 n.5 occasionally 
found in Struthio, 26 n. 
Pyranga, 575 
Pyrenestes, 577 
Pyriglena, 489 
Pyrocephalus, 473, 474; P. rubineus 474- 
477 
Pyroderus, 479, 481 ; P. orenocensis, 483 
Pyromelaena, 577. 5793; P. flammiceps, 
577 
Pyrrhocorax, 552, 553 
Pyrrholaemus, 518 
Pyrrhula, 583; P. enucleator, 584; P. 
europaea, 584 
Pyrrhulauda, 497, 498 
Pyrrhuloxia, 583 
Pyrrhuphonia, 576 
Quadrate bone, 11, 26; in Hesperornis, 
26, 47; in Ichthyornis, 26, 94; in 
Ratitae, 26 ; in Tinamidae, 26, 182 
Quadratojugal, 11 
Quail, 199, 200, 203, 220 f. ; Bush-. 223; 
Bustard-, 188 ; Button-, 186, 188 ; 
Chinese, 219; Common, 220; Least 
Swamp-, 219; Painted, 219; Swamp-, 
219 f. 
Quebranta-huesos, 145 
Queest, 344 
Querquedula, 1123 @Q. circia, 125; Q. 
cyanoptera, 125; @. discors, 125; Q. 
puna, 125; @. versicolor, 125 
Querula, 479, 481 
Quezal, 441, 442, 444 
Quill, or barrel of feather, 3 
Quills shed simultaneously by Anatidae, 4, 
113 ; by Phoenicopteridae, 4, 107 ; by 
Rallidae, 4 n. 
Quiscalinae, 579 f. 
Quiscalus, 5813; @. versicolor, 580 
Quit-quit, 572 f. 
Races of birds, 15 
Rackelhahn, 237 
Racquet-shaped, 22 
Radii, 2 
Radius, 8, 8 
Rail, 243-247 ; breast-bone, 7 ; flightless, 
244; lose wing-quills simultaneously, 
4 n.; Clapper-, 245, 246; King-, 246 ; 
Land-, 243, 248, 248; Sora-, 248; 
Water-, 245, 246; Weka-, 243, 245, 247 
Rain-bird, 357, 460, 468 
Rain-goose, 52, 
Rainbow, 434 
Rallicula, 244, 246, 248 
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