] Nae Eo. 
— ientific names of birds consisting of two terms are entered but once, under the genus; as, 
— as eg (2) But vernacular names of a terms are entered twice; as, Wood thrush, and Thrush, 
wood, (3) Anatomical and other technical terms are fully indexed as occurring in Part IL., where they are 
defined and explained; but not as occurring in Parts III. and IV., where they are simply used in describing 
birds. (4) Names of birds, both scientific and vernacular, are fully indexed as occurring in Parts II. and IV., 
but wsually not as incidentally occurring in Parts I. and II. in illustration of the zoological and anatomical 
characters there noted. (5) Names merely appearing in the text, not as headings, are usually not indexed ;, many 
such, however, will be found, especially such as are not elsewhere formally treated. (6) Synonyms, both scientific 
and vernacular, are indexed. (7) Matters of field-work and taxidermy treated in Part I. are fully indexed by 
quoted are not indexed. 
ABDOMEN 95, 96 
Abducent nerves 177 
Abduction of wing 108 
Abert’s towhee 398 
Acadian owl 513 
Acanthisitta 269 
Accentor 
aquatic 309 
golden-crowned 308 
Accessory 
bone of shoulder 107 
metatarsal 119 
Accidents from the gun 19 
Accipiter 527 
cooperi 528 
fuscus 528 
nisus 194, 527 
cetabulum 119, 148 
cromial process 146 
Acromion 146 
Acromyodi 240 
Acromyodian 205, 239 
Acropodium 124 
crotarsium 124 
Acryllium vulturinum 575 
Actodromas 625 
acuminata 628 
bairdi 625 
bonapartii 627 
cooperi 627 
maculata 626 
minutilla 625 
Adduction of wing 108 
drenals 46, 216 
ichmophorus 793 
clarki 794 
occidentalis 793 
hmorhynchus parvirostris 618 
Agialites 600 
cantianus 603 
cireumcinctus 602 
one or more leading words; as, Jnsect pests, and Pests, insect. 
Egialites 
curonicus 603 
hiaticula 603 
melodus 602 
microrhynchus 603 
nivosus 603 
semipalmatus 602 
vociferus 600 
wilsonius 601 
Aigiothus 352 
exilipes 353 
holboelli 353 
hornemanni 353 
linaria 252 
Aigithognathism 172 
Agithognathous skull 172 
£gotheles 448 
Epyornis maximus 65, 221 
Aétomorphe 496 
Afferent function of nerves 174 
After-shaft 84 
Age, recognition of a bird’s 46 
Ageleine 400 
Agelzus 403 
gubernator 404 
pheeniceus 404 
tricolor 404 
Agelastes meleagrides 575 
Agyrtria linnei 459 
Air-bone 168 
Air-cells 200 
Air-gun 3 
Aix 697 
galericulata 698 
sponsa 698 
Ajaja 651 
rosea 651 
Alaskan 
jay 425 
winter wren 279 
Ala spuria 109 
Alauda 282 
arvensis 283 
Alaudidx 69, 239, 280 
(8) Names of persons mentioned or of authors 
(9) The whole work is so fully indexed that the Index will serve as a glossary of the 
terminology of ornithology. (10) All the figures refer to pages. 
Alaudinz 282 
Albatross 
black 776 
black-footed 775 
short-tailed 775 
sooty 776 
Albatrosses 774, 776 
Alea 819 
impennis 819 
Alcedinidz 468 
Alcedininz 469 
Alcedo ispida 469 
Alcidze 797 
Alcinz 810 
Aleohol, use of 21 
Aleyone 126, 127 
Alectorides 665, 823 
Alectoromorphx 171, 572 
Alectoropodes 573 
Aletornis 
bellus, 824 
gracilis 824 
nobilis 823 
pernix 824 
venustus 824 
Aleutian 
auk 810 
sandpiper 629 
tern 768 
Alexander humming-bird 462 
Aliethmoid 153 
A imentary canal 209 
Alinasal 153 
Aliseptal 153 
Alisphenoid 158 
Alle 810 
nigricans 810 
Allen’s rosy finch 350 
Allied robin 244 
Altrices 88 
Aluco 501 
flammeus 502 
pratincola 502 
Aluconide 500 
