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INDEX. 



Gold-crested wren, migration 



of, 181. 

 Goldfinch, nest of, 138. 

 Golden oriole, nest of, 139. 

 Great auk, extermination of, 



81. 

 Grebe, ornaments of nestling, 

 38. 

 ,, gizzard of, 50. 

 ,, nests of, 145. 

 ,, eggs of, 154. 

 Grouse, claws of, 24. 



, , love-display of, 100. 

 ,, eggs of, 152. 

 Guan, instrumental music of, 



97. 

 Guillemot, nest of, 122, 143. 

 ,, eggs of, 152, 155. 

 Guira, eggs of, 154. 

 Gull, flight of, 60. 

 ,, nest of, 122, 143. 

 ,, eggs of, 153. 

 ,, affinities of, 217. 



H. 



Hang-nests, eggs of, 169. 

 Harrier, nesting of, 157. 

 Hawk, beak of, 43. 

 ,, eggs of, 152. 

 ,, defence of young, 158. 

 ,, affinities of, 215. 

 Heron, flight of, 60. 

 eggs of, 152. 

 ,, nestling of, 161. 

 ,, affinities of, 215. 

 Hesperornis, wings of, 82,211. 

 ,, characters of, 185. 

 ,, adaptation of , 186. 

 hip-girdle of, 188. 

 ,, affinities of, 191. 

 Hoatzin, crop of, 50. 

 ,, wing of, 64, 66. 

 affinities of, 219. 

 Honey-eater, tongue of, 46. 



Honey-guide, affinities of, 



220. 

 Hoopoe, coloration of, 30. 

 ,, distribution of, 193. 

 ,, affinities of, 220. 

 Hornbill, nest of, 127. 

 ,, eyelashes of, 20. 

 ,, method of feeding 



mate, 160. 

 ,, young of, 161. 

 House-martin, nest of, 131. 

 Huia, beak of, 44. 

 Humming-bird, beak of, 13, 

 14, 43. 

 , , tongue of, 46. 



, , hovering of, 62. 



, , quarrelsome na- 



ture of, 113. 

 ,, size of egg, 154. 



,, young of, 161. 



affinities of, 221. 



I. 



Ibises, affinities of, 215. 

 Ichthyornis, characters of, 

 185. 



Jacamars, distribution of, 

 193. 



K. 



Kakapo, see Kea parrot. 

 Kalij pheasant, drumming of, 



98. 

 Kea parrot, food of, 42. 



,, loss of flight of, 



72. 

 Kestrel, sight of, 53. 



, , hovering of, 62. 

 Kingfisher, sight of, 53. 

 ,, nest of, 125. 



„ affinities of, 221. 



Koel, mimicry of, 169. 



