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INDEX 



Pteroclurus, 322 ; P. alchata. 323 ; P. 

 exustus, 324 ; P. namacua, 324 ; P. 

 senegallus, 324 

 Pteroglossus, 456 ; P. aracari, 456 ; P. 

 beauharnaisi, 454, 456 ; P. torquatus, 

 455 

 Pteronetta hartlaubi, 134 

 Pterophanes, 427 ; -P. temmincki, 430, 434 

 Pteropoclocys, 525, 526 

 Pteroptocliidae, 469, 489, 490 

 Pteroptochus, 490, 491 ; P. albicoUis, 



491 ; P. rubecula, 490 

 Pterygoid, 11 



Pterylae, feathered spaces, 2 

 Pterylograi^hie, of iS'itzscb, 2 

 Pterylosis, 2 

 Ptilochloriuae, 477 f. 

 Ptilochloris, 478 ; P. sqimmata, 479 

 Ptilogenys caudatus, 529 ; P, cinereus, 



530 

 Ptilouorbyncliidae, 496 

 Ptilopachys fuscus, 219 

 Ptilopus, 326, 327, 347 ; P. aurantiifrons, 

 348 ; P. dupetit-thouarsi, 347 ; P. wi- 

 solitus, 325, 348 ; P. javibu, 347 ; P. 

 nanus, 348 ; P. superbus, 348 ; P. 

 siuainsoni, 347 

 Ptilorhis, 544, 550, 551 ; P. magnifica, 

 545 ; P. paradisea, 545 ; P. victoriae, 

 551 

 Ptilorhyiichidae, 543 

 Ptilorhynchus, 550, 551 ; P, violaceus, 



549, 549, 551, 552 

 Ptilosclera versicolor, 373 

 Ptilotis, 565-567 ; P. limbata, 564 

 Ptychorhamp)hus, 316 ; P. aleuticus, 318 

 Pubis, 9, 9 



Pucrasia, 201, 212 ; P. casfanea, 212 

 P. dariovni, 213 ; P. inacrolopha, 212 

 P. meyeri, 212 f. ; P. nipalensis, 212 

 P. xanthospila, 213 

 Puff-bird, 445, 447 

 Puffin, 316, 317 ; Tufted, 317 

 Puffinus, 60, 66 ; fossil, 69 ; P. anglorum, 

 63, 66 ; P. assi'inilis, 66 ; P. brevicauda, 

 63 ; P. conradii, fossil, 69 ; P. eyer- 

 mani, fossil, 69 ; P. gravis, 66 ; P. 

 griseus, 66 ; P. major, 66 ; P. obscurus, 

 66 ; P. yelkouanus, 66 

 Puttock, 165 

 Pycnaspidean, 479 



Pycnonotidae, 504 f., 531 ; habits, 505 f. 

 Pycnonotus, 355, 505 ; P. haemorrhoas, 



506 ; P. xanthop)ygus, 506 

 Pycnopygius, 565 

 Pycnorhamphus, 584 

 Pycraft, on ArclMeoptteryx, 23 n. 

 Pygarrhicus, 484 

 Pygmornis, 430 

 Pygopodes, 49 



Pygoptila, 488, 489 ; P. margaritata, 

 488 



Pygosceles, 55 ; P. addiae, 57 ; P. taeni- 



ata, 57 

 Pygostyle, 6, 8 ; absent in Archaeopteryx, 



25 ; absent in Hesperornithes, 25, 26 ; 



absent in Ratitae, 25, 26 ; absent in 



Tinamidae, 25, 26, 182 ; occasionally 



found in Apt&ryo:, 26 u. ; occasionally 



found in StriUhio, 26 n. 

 Pyranga, 575 

 Pyrenestes, 577 

 Pyriglena, 489 

 Pyrocephalus, 473, 474 ; P. rubineus 474- 



477 

 Pyroderus, 479, 481 ; P. orenocensis, 483 

 Pyromelaena, 577. 579 ; P. flammiceps, 



577 

 Pyrrliocorax, 552, 553 

 Pyrrholaemus, 518 

 Pyrrhida, 583 ; P,' enucleator, 584 ; P. 



europaea, 584 

 Pyrrhidauda, 497, 498 

 Pyrrhuloxia, 583 

 Pyrrhuphonia, 576 



Quadrate bone, 11, 26 ; in Hesperornis, 



26, 47 ; in Ichthyornis, 26, 94 ; in 



Ratitae, 26 ; in Tinamidae, 26, 182 

 Quadratojugal, 11 

 Quail, 199, 200, 203, 220 f. ; Bush-, 223; 



Bustard-, 188 ; Button-, 186. 188 ; 



Chinese, 219 ; Common, 220 ; Least 



Swamp-, 219 ; Painted, 219 ; Swamp-, 



219 f. 

 Quebranta-huesos, 145 

 Queest, 344 

 Querguedida, 112 ; Q. circia, 125 ; Q. 



cyanoptera, 125 ; Q. discors, 125 ; Q. 



puna, 125 ; Q. versicolor, 125 

 Querida, 479, 481 

 Quezal, 441, 442. 444 

 Quill, or barrel of feather, 3 

 Quills shed simultaneously by Auatidae, 4, 



113 ; by Phoenicopteridae. 4, 107 ; by 



Rallidae, 4 n. 

 Quiscalinae, 579 f. 

 Qiiisccdus, 581 ; Q. versicolor^ 580 

 Quit-quit, 572 f. 



Races of birds, 15 



Rackelhahu, 237 



Racquet-shaped, 22 



Radii, 2 



Radius, 8, 8 



Rail, 243-247 ; breast-bone, 7 ; flightless, 



244 ; lose wiug-quills simultaneously. 



4 n. ; Clapper-, 245, 246 ; King-, 246 ; 



Land-, 243, 248, 248 ; Sora-, 248 : 



Water-, 245, 246; Weka-, 243, 245, 247 

 Rain-bird, 357, 460, 468 

 Rain-goose, 52_ 

 Rainbow, 434 

 Rallicula, 244, 246, 248 



