INDEX 625 
Rallidae, 243 f.,-246 
Rallina, 248 
Rallus, fossil, 251 ; R. aquaticus, 246; R. 
crepitans, 246; R. elegans, 246; R. 
longirostris, 246; R. maculatus, 246 ; 
R. madagascariensis, 246; R. sandvi- 
censis, 2513 R. virginianus, 246 
Rami, 2 
Ramsay, an Cassowaries, 34 n. 
Raptorial, 154 
Ratitae, 109 ; coracoid and scapula fused, 
8; incisura ischiadica, 9; meaning of 
name, 7 ; no pygostyle, 6 n.; structure, 
26 ; a subdivision of Neornithes, 23 f. 
Rattlewing, 121 
Raven, 554, 555, 555, 556 
Razorbill, 316, 317, 320 f. 
Rectrices, 20, 21, 22; in Archaeopteryx, 
25 ; no true, in Grebes, 50 
Recurvirostra, 268, 269; R. americana, 
278 ; R.andina, 278 ; R. avocetta, 278 : 
R. novae hollandiae, 278; R. rubri- 
collis, 278 
Red Bird, 331 
Redbreast, 516 
Redpoll, 583, 584, 586; beak elongated 
in summer, 5 n. 
Redshank, 283; Dusky, 283; Spotted, 
283 
Redstart, 511, 512, 515-517; American, 
512n., 574; Black, 511 
Redwing, 226, 510 
Reed-Pheasant, 541 f., 541 
Reeve, 285 
Regent-bird, 549 
Regerhinus, 147; R. cayennensis, 173 ; 
R. megarhynchus, 173; R. uncinatus, 
173; R. wilsoni, 173 
Regions, of Heilprin, 15 f.; of Huxley, 
15 f.; of Newton, 16 f.; of Sclater, 15 
f. ; of Wallace, 15 f. ; of others, 16 f. 
Regulidae, 495 
Regulinae, 509 
Regulus, 518-515, 517, 518 
Reinhardt, on Dodo,. 330 
Reinwardtoenas, 326; R. browni, 343 ; 
LR. reinwardti, 348 
Remiges, 21, 22 ; primarii, 20 ; secundarii, | 
20 ; of Cassowaries, 33 
Remiornis, 45 
Red, 379 
Reptilia, difference from Birds, 1 f. 
Reticulated, 10 
Rhachis of feather, 3 
Rhamphastidae, 445, 448, 453 f. ; habits, 
454 f. 
Rhamphastus, 454, 455; R. ariel, 455, 
456; R. carinatus, 455; R. toco, 455, 
456; R. vitellinus, 455 
Rhamphocaenus, 488 
Rhamphococcyx, 352; MR. calorhynchus, 
357 
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Rhamphocoelus, 575; I. brasilius, 576, 
576 
Rhamphocorys, 497 
Rhamphodon, 426, 480, 481, 485; R. 
naevius, 432 
Rhamphomantis, 351 
Rhamphomicron heteropogon, 487; R. 
microrhynchum, 437 
Rhamphotheca, 11; of Ratitae, 26 
Rhea, 30 f.; breast-bone, 7; feathers, 
32; fossil, 51; R. americana, 30 f., 31; 
kh. darwint, 30 f.; R. macrorhyncha, 30 
Rheae, 26, 30 f., 38 
[Rhectes, 531, 53% 
Rheidae, structure, ete., 30 f. 
Rheinardtius, 199, 200; R. ocellatus, 208 
Rhinoceros-bird, 561 
Rhinochetidae, 243, 263 f. 
Rhinochetus, 186, 187, 243; habits, 265 ; 
operculum of nostrils, 11; R. jubatus, 
263 f., 264 
Rhinocrypta, 490, 491 ; R. lanceolata, 490, 
491 
Rhinogryphus, 140, 152; R. aura, 140; 
R. burrovianus, 140; R. perniger, 140 
Rhinoplax, 390, 391; R. vigil, 393 
Rhinopomastus, 397 
Rhinoptilus, 295 
rhinortha, 851 
Rhipidura, 506, 508; R. motacilloides, 
508 
Rhizothera dulitensis, 225 ; R. longirostris, 
225) 
Rhodacanthis, 562-564 
Rhodinocincla, 515 
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, 134 
Rhodostethia, 300, 301, 304 ; R. rosea, 310 
thopocichla, 504 
Rhopodytes, 352, 357 
Rhopophilus, 518 
Rhopoterpe, 488 
Rhyacornis, 516 
Rhynchaea, 268, 270; male incubates, 
271; R. australis, 292; R. capensis, 
292; R. semicollaris, 292 
Rhynchocyclus, 473 
Rhynchopidae, 300 
Rhynchopinae, 300 f., 310 
Rhynchops, 301, 310; habits, 304; R. albi- 
collis, 310; R. flavirostris, 310; R. 
intercedens, 310; R. melanura, 310; LR. 
nigra, 310 
Rhynchortyx cinctus, 232; R. spodio- 
stethus, 232 
Rhynchostruthus, 583 
Rhynchotus, 183; R. maculicollis, 184 ; 
R. rufescens, 184 f., 184 
Rhytidoceros plicatus, 394; R. subrufi- 
collis, 393; R. undulatus, 394 
Rib, 6, 7 
Rictal, 22 
Ridge of bill, 20 
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