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INDEX 



Aesams magnirostris, 297 ; A. recurvi- 



rostris, 297 

 Aesalon columharms, 178 ; ^4. regulus, 

 177 ; A. rnjicollis, 178 ; A. typus, 178 

 Aethiopsar, 561 

 Aethopyga, 569 

 Aethorhynchus, 504-506 

 Aex, 111, 112 ; A. galericulata, 114, 133 ; 



A. sponsa, 133 

 Aftersliaft, of feathers, origin of, 3 ; absent, 



in Alcedinidae, 383 ; in Apteryx, 39 ; in 



Hornbill, 390 ; in Mesites, 187 ; in 



Ostrich, 27 ; in Owls, 399 ; in Fandion, 



180 ; in Rheidae, 30 ; in Struthionidae, 



27 

 Agami, 258 

 Agamia agami, 91 f. 

 Agapornis, 364, 368 ; A. cana, 368 ; A. 



pidlaria, 368 ; A. roseicollis, 368 ; A. 



taranta, 368 

 Agelaeinae, 579 f. 

 Agelaeus, 581 ; A. phoeniceus, 580 

 Agelastes, 201 ; A. meleagrides, 205 

 Aglaeactis, 437 

 Agnoptenis, fossil, 108 

 Agriornis, 473, 475 

 Air-cells, in Sula, 72 

 Air-sac, 21 ; in Tetraoninae, 201 

 Aithums, 426, 430 ; ^4. polytmiis, 433, 



433 

 Ajaja, young, 105 ; A. rosea, 105 

 Ala, 21 



Alaemon, 497, 498 ; A. alaudipes, 497 

 Alar bar, 21 



Alaska, to which region belonging ? 16 

 Alauda, 497 ; A. arvensis, 496, 497 

 Alaudidae, 494, 496 f. ; habits, 498 

 Alaudula raytal, 498 

 Albatros, 59 f., 61-63, 81, 148 ; Wander- 

 ing, 63 f., 64 

 Albinism, its cause, 4 n. 

 Alca, 315, 320 ; A. impennis, 315, 320, 



321 ; A. torda, 320 f. 

 Alcae, 268, 315 f. 



Alcedinidae, 376, 382 f.; habits, 383 f. 

 Alcedininae, 382, 386 

 Alcedo, 383 ; A. beryllina, 387 ; A. ispida, 



387 

 Alcidae, 49, 268, 315 f . ; bill-sheath and 



outgrowth shed, 5 n., 317 f. ; habits, 



315 f. 

 Alcippe, 503 

 Alcurus, 504 

 Alcyone, 383, 384 ; toes, 10, 383 ; A. 



azurea, 386 

 Alectorides, 243 

 Alectoroenas, 326, 346 ; A. madagas- 



cariensis, 346 ; A. nitidissima, 346 ; 



A. pulcherruna, 346 ; A. roderica7ia, 



fossil, 350 ; A. sganzini, 346 

 Alectoromorphae, 182 

 Alectoropodes, 186 



Alectrurus, 473, 475, 477 ; A. risorius, 



473, 474 ; A. tricolor, 473, 475 

 Alethe, 513 

 Aletornis, fossil, 256 

 Alexandrine see Parrot 

 Alisphenoid, 11 

 Allantois, 21 



Altham, E. and H., on Dodo, 330 

 Al trices, 21 

 Alucinae, 398 n. 

 Alula spuria, 9, 20 

 Amadavat, 577 



Amaurornis, 249 ; A. phoenicura, 249 

 Amazilia, 435; A. cyanura, 435; A. 



pristina, 435 

 Amblyornis, 551 ; A . Jlavifrons, 549 ; A. 



inornata, 549, 551 f. ; A. subalaris, 



549, 552 

 AnMyospiza, 577 

 Ame damnee, 66 



Ameghino, on " Stereornithes," 44 

 Ammodramus, 583, 586 

 Ammomaties, 497, 498 

 Ammoperdix, 202 ; A. bonhami, 228 ; A. 



cliolmleyi, viii ; A. heyi, 228 

 Amnion, 21 

 Ampeliceps, 559 

 Ampelidae, 529 f. 

 Ampielion, 480 

 Ampelis, 529 ; A. cedrorum, 530 ; A. 



garrulus, 529, 530 ; A. phoenicoptera, 



530 

 Amphicoelous, 6 

 Amphimorphae, 105 

 Amphipelargus, fossil, 99 

 Amurolimnas, 244 

 Amy lis, 517 

 Anaeretes, 474 

 Analogous, meaning, 5 

 Anarhynchus, 268 ; A. frontalis, 274, 



274 

 Anas, 112; fossil, 136; A. aberti, 127; 



A. boscas, 114, 127 ; skull, 11 ; A. 



cristata, 128; A. diazi, 127; A.fulvi- 



gida, 127 ; A. laysanensis, 127 ; A. 



luzonica, 127 ; A. maculosa, 127 ; A. 



vielleri, 127 ; A. obscura, 127 ; A. 



poecilorhyncha, 127 ; A. sparsa, 127 ; 



A. specularis, 128 ; A. sup)erciliosa, 



127 ; ^4. undulata, 127 ; A. wyvilliana, 



127 ; -4. zonorhyncha, 127 

 Anastomus, 95, 97 ; sifting apparatus of 



bill, 12 ; A. lamelligerus, 97 ; A. 



oscitans, 97 

 Anatidae, 108, 111 f. ; habits, 113 f. ; shed 



wing-quills simultaneously, 4 ; young, 



114 

 Anatinae, 111, 112, 123 

 Ancistrops, 484 

 Andigena, 456 ; A. bailloni, 456 ; A. lami- 



nirostris, 453, 456 

 Andrews, on Aepyornis and Mullerornis, 



