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INDEX. 



Bittern, Argentina, colora- 

 tion of, 32. 

 Black-cap, song of, 89. 

 Black-cock, fighting of, 118. 

 Blood-pheasant, spurs of, 149. 

 Blue-throat, flight of, 64. 

 Bower-bird, playing ground 

 of, 112. 

 ,, distribution of, 



193 

 Breast-bone, 64, 72, 212, 229. 

 Broad-bill, distribution of, 



193. 

 Bullfinch, hempseed diet of, 

 37. 

 , , distribution of, 192. 

 Bustard-quail, females of, 159. 

 Bustard, three-toed, 29. 

 ,, display of, 98. 

 ,, pouch of, 99. 

 Buzzard, nesting of, 157. 

 Butcher-bird, food of, 55. 



C. 



Capercailzie, fighting of, 118. 

 ,, distribution of , 



192. 

 Caracara, mimicry of, 32. 

 Cassowary, wing of, 188. 

 Cayenne lapwing, dancing of, 



111. 

 Chaffinch, nest of, 138. 

 Chauna, song of, 93. 



,, wing-spurs of, 120. 

 Chickens, young of, 161. 

 Claws, 26. 

 Cockatoos, distribution of, 



193. 

 Condor, soaring of, 61. 

 Contour-feathers, 18. 

 Coots, ornaments of nestling, 



38. 

 Cormorant, fishing, 53. 



, , feeding young of, 



160. 



Cormorant, affinities of, 215. 

 Cotton-bird, nest of, 142. 

 Coursers, coloration of, 29. 

 ,, nestof, 122. 

 ,, nesting of, 157. 

 Courtship, 88. 

 Cow-birds, parasitic habits of, 



168. 

 Crane, windpipe of, 93. 

 ,, breast-bone of, 93. 

 ,, dancing of, 110, 161. 

 ,, affinities of, 215. 

 Crows, food of, 56. 

 Cuckoo, English, resemblance 

 of, 32, 33. 

 , , hawk, mimicry of, 32. 

 , , black , mimicry of, 33. 

 ,, gizzard of, 51. 

 , , call-note of, 92. 



eggs of, 163. 

 ., in pipit's nest, stoiy 



of, 165. 



,, mimicry in, 169. 



Curassow hawk, mimicry of, 



32. 

 Curassow, and mimicry, 32. 

 windpipe of, 93. 

 Curlew, call-note of, 92. 



D. 



Dances of jacana, 109. 



,, manakin, 109. 



,, cranes, 110. 



,, Cayenne lapwing, 

 111. 

 Diastataxic, wings, 67. 

 Dipper, nest of, 139. 

 Divers, nest of, 122. 



,, affinities of, 218. 

 Dodo, specialisation of, 14. 



,, flightless, 74. 

 Down-feathers, 18. 

 Doves, nest of, 138. 

 Drongo and cuckoo, 33. 

 Drumming of snipe, 96. 



