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INDEX 



Icterinae, 579 f. 



Icteroj^sis, 577 



Icterus, 580, 581 ; /. baltimore, 580, 581, 



581 ; /. vulgaris, 581 

 Ictinia, 146 ; /. mississippiensis, 171 ; /. 



plunibea, 171 

 Ignoble, of Falconidae, 146 

 liwi, 564 

 Ilium, 6, 9, 9 



Immature plumage of Birds generally, 4 

 Impervious uostrils, 11 

 Incisura ischiadica, 9 

 Index finger, 9 

 Indian Region, 15 f. 

 Indicator, 451 f. ; /. archipdcvgicus, 452 ; 



/. major, 452 ; 7. minor, 452 ; habit of 



guiding to bees' nests, 452 f. ; /. sparr- 



mani, 452 ; /. xaMthonotus, 452 

 Indicatorinae, 448, 451 ; habits, 452 f. 

 Ingluvies, 12 



Inocotis, 100 ; /. pajyillosus, 102 

 Insessores, 466 

 Integument, 2 u. 

 Intestines, 12 

 Intrathoracic convolutions of trachea see 



Trachea 

 lodophura, 479, 480 

 Me, 506 



Ipocrantor, 463 ; 7. magellanicus, 464 

 Irena, 504-506 ; 7. crinigera, 504 

 Iridescence in feathers, cause of, 3 

 Iridornis, 575 

 Iron-smith, 449 

 Irregular migration, 17 f. 

 Irrisor, 397 ; 7. bollii, 397 ; 7. eri/thro- 



rhynchus, 397 ; 7. jacksoni, 397 ; 7. 



viridis, 397 

 Irrisorinae, 390, 397 ; habits, 397 

 Irruptions of Sand-Grouse, 322, 324, 325 

 Ischium, 9, 9 

 Island Hen, 244 



Ispidina, 386 ; 7. mad.agascariensis, 386 

 Ithagenes, 198, 200, 217 ; buries itself in 



snow, 218 ; 7. criientus, 217 ; 7. geoffroyi, 



218 ; 7. sinensis, 218 

 Ixocincla, 504, 505 

 lynginae, 457, 464 f. 

 lyngipicus, 458, 462 ; 7. ohsoletus, 462 

 7y?ia; aeqitatorialis, 465 ; 7. pectoralis, 



465 ; 7. pulchricollis, 465 ; 7. torqiiiUa, 



465, 465 



Jabiru, 98 



Jacamar, 445 f ; habits, 446 



Jacamaralcyon, 445, 446 ; J^ tridactyla, 



446 

 Jaatmerops, 445 ; J. grandis, 445, 446 

 Jac^ana, 268, 297 f. ; habits, 299 f. ; 



Indian, 299 

 Jackass, 57, 384, 386 

 Jackdaw, 553-556 

 Jacobin, 436 



Jaws, 5 f., 11 f. 



Jay, 552-556 ; Blue, 554, 555 ; Green, 



554 ; Siberian, 554 

 Jean-le-blanc, 153 

 Jenner, on Cuckoo, 354 ; on bones of 



Solitaire, 331 

 Jerdon, on Indian Darter, 81 ; on Inocotis, 



100 n. ; on Pelican, 85 u. 

 Johnny Rook, 152 

 Jugal, 11 

 Jugulum, 20 

 Junco, 585 



Jungle-fowl, Red, 208 f. ; Grey, 209 

 Jurassic Sj'stem, Birds from, 2 



Kagu, 243, 263 f., 264 : habits, 265 ; 

 ojierculum of nostrils, 11 



Kakapo, 366, 366 ; breast-bone, 7 



Kallege, 213 



Kea, 365, 374, 375 



Keel of breast-bone, 6, 7 



Kelp- Hen, 247 ; -Pigeon, 293 



Kerr, J. G., on Erismatura, 118 n. 



Kestrel, 147, 148, 175-177 ; Lesser, 175 



Ketupa, 398-401 ; K. ceylonensis, 414 ; 

 K. fiavipes, 414; K. jctvanensis, 414 



Kill-deer, 274 



King-bird, 474 



Kingfisher, 376, 382 ; habits, 383 ; Belted, 

 387 ; Racquet-tailed, 385 ; Stork-billed, 

 387 ; Water-, 382, 383 ; Wood-, 382, 384 



Kirk, on Honey-guide, 452 



Kirombo, 376, 378, 379 



Kite, 146, 148, 155, 164, 165; habits, 168 f.; 

 Awl-billed, 171 ; Black, 170 ; Black- 

 winged, 171 ; Brahminy, 168 ; Ever- 

 glade, 171 ; Mississippi, 171 ; Pariah, 

 170 ; Red, 168 f., 169 ; Swallow-tailed, 

 170 ; Whistling, 168 



Kittivvake, 305 ; see Gull, Kittiwake 



Kiwi, 26, 38 f., 39 ; breast -bone, 7 ; 

 feathers, 41 ; structure, etc., 38 f. 



Knob on bill, 12 ; of Anatidae, 111 ; of 

 Pigeons, 325 



Knot, 281 



Koel( = Coel), 356 



Labyrinth, 13, 113 



Lacrymal, 11 



Lagopus, 199, 200, 202, 204 ; fossil, 241 

 L. a/bus, 238 f. ; L. hemileucurus, 240 

 L. hyperboreiis, 240 ; L. Icucurus, 240 

 L. mutus, 240 ; L. rupestris, 240 ; L. 

 scoticus, 238 f., 239 



Lalage, 525, 526 



Lamellae, of bill, 12 ; on bill of Anastomus, 

 95 ; on bill of Anatidae, 111 f. ; on bill 

 of Flamingoes, 105 ; on bill of Petrels, 60 



Lamenting Bird, 257 



Laminiplantar, 468, 496 



Liimmergeier, 146, 147, 150, 150, 151 ; 

 habits, 151 



