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Index 



Preservation of specimens, 350 

 Preuss, Dr., 363 

 Prince Rudolph, 71 

 Prinia, 365 

 Prioniturus, 72 

 Prionodura newtoniana, 136 

 Procellariiformes, 148 

 progne, Chera, 362 



Protective resemblance to surround- 

 ings, 251 

 Province, Aleutian, 375 



Arid, 376 



Canadian, 375 



Cape, 362 



East-Siberian, 354 



European, 353 



Hudsonian, 375 



Humid, 375 



Isthmian, 377 



Mediterranean, 354 



Mediterraneo-Persic, 355 



Mexican, 377 

 - Mongolian, 355 



Natalese, 362 



Sitkan, 375 

 Pryer, H., 200 

 Pseudotharrhaleus, 367 

 Pseudototanus guttifer, 336 

 Psittaciformes, 151 

 Psophiae, 149 



Ptarmigan, 285, 288-291, 293 

 Pteridophora alberti, 72, 73 

 Pterocletes, 147 

 Pteroglossus beauharnasii, 73 

 Pteroptochidae, 159 

 Ptilonorhynchidae, 117, 125-145, 154 

 Ptilonorhynchus, 129, 370 



violaceus, 117, 129, 136 

 ptilonorhynchus, Pernis, 265 

 Ptilorhis paradisa, 85 



Puff- Birds, 153, 376 

 Puffin, 166 



Moulting of ornaments of bill, 



80, 81 



pugnax, Pavoncella, 249-251 

 Purple Martin, 339 



Sun-bird, 224 



Pycnonotidffi, 157 

 Pycraft, W. P., 4, 7 

 pygmaeus, Eurynorliynchus, 336 

 Pygmy Owl, 376 ' 

 Pyromelana taba, 362 

 pyrrhonota, Petrochelidon, 199 



Pyrrhula, 367 



QUEENSLAND Cat-bird, 126 

 Quelch, J.J.,23, 283, 284 

 Quiscalus crassirostris, 221 



RACKET-TAILED Humming-bird, 92- 

 100 



Parrots, 72 



aggiana, Paradisea, 118 

 Rail, Land, 346 

 Rails, 147, 165 

 - Weka, 379 

 Rake, Dr. Bevan, 189 

 Ralliformes, 147 

 Ramsay, Dr. E. P., 136, 370 

 Ratitae, 13, 146 

 Ratite Birds, 230 

 Razorbill, 80, 165, 166 

 Red-backed Shrike, 335 

 Red -Bird of Paradise, 72, 118 

 Red-footed Kestrels, 346 

 Red Grouse, 291 



Changes of plumage, 86, 87 

 Red-necked Phalarope, 236-238 

 Redstart and Cuckoo, 305 



Black, 84, 345 

 Red-tailed Weaver-Finch, 1 16 

 Red-Winged Crested Cuckoo, 270 

 Reed Bunting, 83, 304, 328 

 Reedling, Bearded, 353 

 Reedlings, 353 



Reeve, 249 



regal is, Hesperornis, 5 

 Regent-Bird, 129, 133, 136 

 Region, Australian, 351, 369 



Ethiopian, 351, 356 



Holarctic, 374 



Indian, 351, 365 



Nearctic, 351 



Neotropical, 351, 376 



Oriental, 351 



Palsearctic, 351, 352 

 Regulidse, 156 

 Regulus regulus, I 

 reichenbachi, Cinnyris, 67 

 Reichenow, Dr. A., 357 

 Reinhardius, 119 

 Remiza, 160, 215 

 Reptilian Bird, 20 



rex, Balseniceps, 38-43, 207 

 Rey, Dr. E., 316 

 Rhamphastidse, 376 



