INDEX. 



241 



L. 



Lapwing, eggs of, 216. 

 Lark, soaring of, 61. 



,, song of, 89. 



,, affinities of, 222. 



M. 



Manakin, instrumental music 



of, 197. 

 Manucode, windpipe of, 93. 

 Martin, sand, food of, 55. 



,, ,, nest of, 125. 



Martin, house, nest of, 131. 

 „ fairy, nest of, 133. 

 Megapodes, nest of, 146. 

 ,, chicks of, 148. 



, , distribution of, 



193. 

 , , affinities of, 223. 



MerHn, nesting of, 157. 

 Mimicry, 31. 

 Migration, 170. 



,, of titmouse, 172-3. 

 ,, of stone-curlew, 172. 

 ,, of swallow, 173. 

 ,, explanation of, 



175. 

 ,, of passenger pigeon, 



176. 

 ,, at high altitudes, 



180. 

 ,, at Heligoland, 181. 

 ,, of gold-crests, 181. 

 5, of sand -grouse, 182. 

 Moa specialisation of, 14,187. 

 ,, fiightlessness of, 81, 187. 

 Moulting, 23. 

 Music, instrumental, 96. 

 ,, of guan, 97. 

 ,, of snipe, 96. 

 ,, of manakin, 97. 

 Mynah and cuckoos, 170. 



N. 



Nestling down, types of, 161. 

 Nestlings, ornaments of, 38. 

 „ condition of at 



birth. 161. 

 Nest, object of, 121. 

 primitive, 122. 

 in burrows, 124. 

 in hollow trees, 126. 

 of mud, 131, 135, 136. 

 edible, 133. 

 of seed, 134. 

 complex, 137. 

 pensile, 140. 

 sociable, 141. 

 in mounds, 147. 

 Nightingale, song of, 89. 

 „_ nest of, 122. 



Night-jar, coloration of, 31. 

 ,, food of, 54. 

 , , affinities of, 223. 

 Noddy, nest of, 143. 

 Notornis, flightless, 74. 

 Nut-hatch, food of, 55. 

 ,, nest of, 127. 



0. 



Oil-bird, nest of, 135. 

 Opisthocomus, distribution of, 

 193. 

 ,, affinities of, 



219. 

 Oriole, nest of, 139. 

 Osprey, egg of, 156. 



,, affinities of, 215. 

 Ostrich, feathers of, 22. 



,, digestive organs, 49. 



,, fiightlessness, 81. 



,, wings of, 81, 188. 



,, nest of, 122, 145. 



,, egg of, 154. 

 Oven-bird, wing of, 135. 



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