INDEX 



623 



Ponle Rouge, 251 



Powder-down, feathers, 3; patches, 22 ; in 



Accipitres, 147 ; in Ardeae, 87 ; in 



Artamus, 531 ; in Eurypygidae, 266 



in Falcoiiidae, 147; in Gymnoderus, 481 



in Leptosoma, 378 ; in Mesites, 187 



in Podargidae, 416 ; in Psittaci, 364 



in Rhinochetus, 264 ; in Tinamidae, 183 

 Praecoces, 22 

 Praemaxilla, H 

 Prairie, Chicken, 234 ; -Hen, 235 ; Lesser 



Prairie-Hen, 235 

 Praiincola, 510, 515 ; P. mhetra, 511 

 Pratincole. 268, 293 f. 

 Pre-Tertiary Birds, 2 

 Presphenoid, 11 

 Primaries, 20, 22 



Principal shaft, or rhachis of feather, 3 

 Prinia, 514, 518 

 Priocella, 61 ; P. glacialo'ides, 67 

 Priofiinis cinereus, 67 

 Prion, 60, 61, 66, 112 ; sifting apfiaratus 



of bill, 12 ; P. arid, 66 ; P. desolatus, 



66 

 Prionirhi/nchus, 380 

 Prionitiirus, 363 

 Prionochilus, 570, 571 ; P. squalidus, 



571 ; P. rincens, 570 

 Prionodura, 551 ; P. newtoniana, 548, 



551 

 Prionopinae, 531 f. 

 Prionops, 532 



Prionotelus, 441, 442 ; P. temnurus, 443 f. 

 Prismatic, hues in feathers, cause of, 3 ; 



structure of vanes, 4 

 I'ristorhamphus, 570 

 Proc'eUaria, 62, 67 f. ; P. pelagica, 67, 



68 ; P. tethys, 68 

 Procellariidae, 59 f. ; habits, 61 f. 

 Procellariiformes, 59 f., 70 

 Procellariinae, 59, 60, 65 f. 

 Procelsterna, 311 

 Procne, 523-525 ; P. furcata, 525 ; P. 



tapera, 523-525 

 Procnemial, 22 ; process, of Colymbi- 



formes, 49 

 Procnias, 575, 576 

 Procoelous, 6 

 Prodotiscus, 451 f. ; P. insignis, 452 ; P. 



regulus, 452 

 Progura gallinacea, fossil, 350 

 Proherodius oiveni, fossil, 95 

 Promeroj}s, 568, 569 ; /-". cafer, 570 

 Propelargus, fossil, 99 

 Prosohonia Uucoptcra, 283 

 Prosthemadera, 565, 567 ; P. novae zea- 



landiue, 567 

 Protibis, fossil, 105 

 Proiowoterta," 573 

 Proventriculus, 12 

 Provinces, 17 

 Proximal, 22 



Prymrmcantha, 427 ; P. popelarii, 438 f. 

 Psulidoprocne, 522-525 ; 7^. nitens, 522, 



524 

 Psaltria, 538, 539 

 Psaltrijmrus, 538-540 

 Psmnathia, 515 



Psarisovius, 468, 469; P. dcdhousiae, 468 f. 

 Psaroglossa, 559 

 Psepihotus, 365 



Pseudapteryx gracilis, fossil, 40 

 Pseudochelidon, 530, 531 

 Pseudocolaptes, 484, 487 

 Pseudodacnis, 575 

 Pseudogeranus, 254 

 Pseudogerygone, 507 : P. rubra, 507 

 Pseudogryphics, 137 ; P. califarnianus, 



139 

 Pseudogyps, 143 ; P. ofricanus, 145 ; P. 



hengalensis, 145 

 Pseudoneslor, 562 

 Pseudorhectes, 532 

 Pseudotanialus ibis, 97 

 Pseudotriccus, 474 

 Psilopogon pyrolophus, 450 

 PsilorhampiMis, 488 

 Psilorhin us, 553 

 Psittaci, 351 f., 361 f., 376; bill, 12; 



cere, 11 ; clavicles sometimes absent, 



8 ; habits, 364 f. ; metatarsals, 10 ; 



toes, 10 ; voice, 13 

 Psittacidae, 351, 362 f., 366 f. 

 Psittacinae, 362 f., 367 

 Psittacirostra, 562, 563 

 Psittacula, 363, 364, 368, 370 

 Psittaaift, 364 ; fossil, 375 ; P. erithacus, 



362, 369, 370 ; P. timneh, 369 

 Psophia crepitans, 257, 258 ; 7^. leuco- 



ptera, 258; P. napensis, 258; P. obscura, 



258 ; P. ochroptera, 258 ; P. viridis, 



258 

 Psophiidae, 243, 256, 257 f. ; habits, 258 

 Psophodes, 503 

 Ptarmigan, 204, 240 ; claws shed, 203 ; 



moult, 5 

 Ptererythrius, 532, 533 

 Pteridophora, 545 ; P. alberti, 548 

 Piernistes, 225 f. ; P. /?-, 225 ; P. 



hoehvii, 226 ; P. cranchi, Tlh f. ; P, 



liumboldti, 225 ; P. infuscatus, 226 



P. leucoscepns, 226 ; 7-'. nudicollis, 225 



P. rubricoilis, 225 ; 7-*. rujipictus, 226 



P. swainsoni, 226 

 Pterocles, 268, 321 f. ; fossil, 325 ; 7^ 



arenarius, 323 ; P. bicinctus, 323 ; 7'. 



coronatus, 323 ; 7^. decorains, 323 ; 7-'. 



fascicctus, 322, 323 ; P. gutturalis, 323 ; 



P. Uchtensteini, 322, 323 ; P. </at^r('- 



cinctus, 323 ; P. personatus, 323 ; 7'. 



variegatus, 323 

 Pteroclidae, 268, 321 f. ; habits, 322 f. ; 



toes, 10 

 Pteroclo-Colunibine, 268, 321 



