ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



WINGS AND STERNAL APPARATUS, AS INDICATING 

 POWER AND STYLE OF FLIGHT. 



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Wmo op T HE FALCON. Bones, their structure and articu- 

 lationStrength and lightness Sternum Shoulder- 

 Wings and forelegs Clavicle Coracoid bones, &c. . 315 



STERNA OK WINGLESS BIRDS. Struthionidse Their adapt- 

 ations . . . . 315319 



STERNA OF WINCED BIROS. For flight For swimming 319, 320 



STKRNAL MUSCLES. Their number and use Their ac- 

 tion i . . . . 320327 



ACCIPITRKS Sternal apparatus and flight Golden eagle- 

 Varieties in the divisions of the order . . 327331 



OMNIVORA. General characters Jackdaw . 331 333 



FISSIROSTRKS. The swallow tribe The swift Goat-sucker 

 Resemblance to the cuckoo . . . 333338 



SYXUACTVLI. Kingfisher Bee-eater Locality and habits 

 of this group . . . 33-i 33 



ANISODACTYLI. Habits of the order Humming birds 

 Muscular action Long and short muscles Hoopoe 34: :t;,o 



ZYOOUACTYLI (climbers). Woodpecker Position and action 

 on trees Wryneck Parrot Nature ig one . 350 361 



COLU.MBAD.S. Their habits Sternal apparatus of the rock- 

 dove Flexible sterna . . 361365 



(iAi.uvm.-K. Peculiarities of their sterna Partridge 365 368 



GALLINULBS. Form of the sternum Their habits 368 372 



DIVERS. 1. Grebes Characters of their sterna Sternum of 

 the eared-grebe . . . 37-.! 376 



2. True Divers. Form of their sterna Their action 

 Sternum of the northern diver . . 376379 



3. Penguins General characters Cape penguin 379383 

 LONG-LBOGED ANI> LONG-WINGED BIROS. General charac- 

 ters of the sterna .... 383, 384 



AOAMI. Anomalous character . . 384387 



CRAVES. General characters of the sternal apparatus 



White stork Analogous genera Ibis . 387 392 



TOTIPALM/B. General character Cormorant Action 392 396 

 LONOIPKNNES .Skuas Gulls Terns Laughing- gulls 



Puflin Petrel Albatross . . . 396-401 



GRALLID^. General characters Lapwing . 401 104 



FLAT-BILLS. General structure White-eyed pochard 



Conclusion . . . . 401408 



