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INDEX. 



Owls, nests of, 145. 

 „ eggs of, 155. 

 ,, nesting of, 158, 161. 

 ., affinities of, 221. 



P. 



Palamedea, affinities of, 214. 

 Painted snipe, plumage of 

 male, 28. 

 ,, ,, courting of, 



159. 

 Paradise birds, 25. 



„ ,, display of, 107. 

 Parrot, feathers of, 25. 37. 

 ,, beak of, 41. 

 ,, quills of, 67. 

 „ flightless, 72, 74. 

 ,, affinities of, 221. 

 Partridge, flight of, 59. 

 ,, eggs of, 155. 

 Passenger pigeon, migration, 



176. 

 Passeres, affinities of, 222. 

 Peacock, feathers of, 25, 35,36. 



,, display of, 104. 

 Pelican, flight of, 60. 

 ,, air-sacs of, 69. 

 ,, feeding young of, 160. 

 Penduline-tit, nest of, 135. 

 Penguin, wing of, 82, 87. 

 ,, nest of, 122. 

 ,, affinities of, 218. 

 Petrels, diving, eggs of, 155. 



affinities of, 218. 

 Phalarope, plumage of, 28, 



,, courting of , 159. 



Pheasant, Argus, display of, 

 105. 

 ,, Kali j, pugnacity of, 



119. 

 ,, distribution of, 



192. 

 „ eggs of, 152. 

 Pigeon, gullet of, 49. 



Pigeon gizzard of, 50. 



,, speed of, 63. 



, , breast muscles of, 64. 



,, quills of, 67. 



,, nest of, 138. 



,, parental duties of, 

 158. 



,, crop of, 159. 



„ milk, 160. 



,, passenger, migration 

 of, 176. 



„ affinities of, 217. 

 Pinnated grouse, display of, 



100. 

 Pipits and cuckoo, 165. 

 Plantain-eater, red feathers 



of, 25. 

 Plover, wry-bill, beak of, 42. 

 Plovers, wing-spurs of, 119. 



, , nest of, 122. 



,, feigning injury, 159, 



,, eggs of, 153, 155. 



,, young of, 161. 



,, affinities of, 216. 

 Plumage, coloration of, 35. 

 Powder-down, 19. 

 Pratincole, nest of, 122. 

 Primaries, 59. 

 Protective coloration, 29. 

 Ptarmigan, protective colora- 

 tion of, 29. 

 Pterylography, 17. 

 Puffin, nest of, 125. 



,, affinities of, 217. 

 Puff - birds, distribution of 

 193. 



R 



Rails, nests of, 145. 



,, flightless, 216. 



„ affinities of, 215, 223. 

 Raven, size of eggs, 154. 

 Razor-bills, eggs of, 152, 155. 

 Redshanks, eggs of, 152. 



