INDEX. 



23^ 



Drumming of guan , 97. 



,, ,, kalij pheasant, 



98. 

 Ducks, feathers of, 18. 



moulting of, 23. 



flightless, 23. 



in eclipse, 38. 



tongue of, 45. 



windpipe of, 93. 



nest of, 122. 



eggs of, 152. 



young of, 156-161. 



affinities of, 214. 



E. 



Eagle, eggs of, 154. 



,, nesting habits, 157. 

 Eggs, coloration of, 123, 152. 



,, in burrows, 124. 



, , of duck, 152. 

 size of, 154. 



,, of emu, 154. 



,, form of, 155. 



,, clutches of, 155. 



, , of cuckoo, 163. 



, , of lapwing, 216. 

 Egg-tooth, 162. 

 Eider-down, 18. 

 Emu, flightless, 81. 



,, eggs of, 154. 



,, wing of, 188. 

 Eutaxic, wings, 67. 

 Eyelashes, 19. 



Feathers, tracts of, 17. 

 ,, contour, 18, 20. 



,, down, 18. 



,, structure of, 20, 



22. 

 quill] 20. 

 of ostrich, 22. 



Feathers, coloration, 24. 

 ,, parrot, 25. 

 ,, Paradise birds, 25. 

 ,, peacock, 25. 

 ,, touracou, 25. 

 ,, artificial coloration 

 of, 37. 

 Feeding of pigeon, 160. 

 ,, ,, cormorant, 160. 

 ,, ,, pelican, 160. 

 ,, ,, hornbill, 160. 

 ,, ,, woodpecker, 160. 

 Feet, 20. 



Fighting of humming-birds, 

 113. 

 ,, ,, water-hen, 114. 



,, ruff, 116. 

 ,, ,, blood-pheasant, 



119. 

 ,, ,, spur - winged 



plover, 119. 

 Filo-plumes, 19. 

 Finch, Gouldian, nestling of, 



38. 

 Flamingo, beak of, 43. 

 ,, nest of, 135. 



,, eggs of, 154. 



affinities of, 215. 

 Fly-catcher, bristles of, 20. 



,, food of, 55, 



Flight, kinds of, 59. 

 ,, speed of, 63. 



G. 



Gannet, sight of, 53. 

 ,, air sacs of, 69. 

 ,, nest of, 143. 

 ,, nestling of, 161. 

 Gape-wattles, 38. 

 Geese, moulting, 23. 



,, nestling of, 161. 

 Goatsucker, bristles of, 20. 



,, coloration of, 31. 



Gold-crested wren, nest of, 

 I 140. 



