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Index 



Preservation of specimens, 350 



Preuss, Dr., 363 



Prince Rudolph, 71 



Prinia, 365 



Prioniturus, 72 



Prionodura newtoniana, 136 



Procellariiformes, 148 



progne, Chera, 362 



Protective resemblance to surround- 

 ings, 251 



Province, Aleutian, 375 



Arid, 376 



Canadian, 375 



Cape, 362 



East-Siberian, 354 



European, 353 



Hudsonian, 375 



Humid, 375 



Isthmian, 377 



Mediterranean, 354 



Mediterraneo-Peisic, 355 



Mexican, 377 



Mongolian, 355 



Natalese, 362 



Sitkan, 375 



Pryer, H., 200 



Pseudotharrhaleus, 367 



Pseudototanus guttifer, 336 



Psittaciformes, 1 5 1 



Psophiae, 149 



Ptarmigan, 285, 288-291, 293 



Pteridophora alberti, 72, 73 



Pterocletes, 147 



Pteroglossus beauharnasii, 73 



Pteroptochidae, 159 



Ptilonorhynchidae, 117, 125-145, 154 



Ptilonorhynchus, 129, 370 



violaceus, 117, 129, 136 



ptilonorhynchus, Pernis, 265 



Ptilorhis paradisa, 85 



Puff- Birds, 153, 376 



Puffin, 166 



Moulting of ornaments of bill, 



80, 81 



pugnax, Pavoncella, 249-251 



Purple Martin, 339 



Sun-bird, 224 



Pycnonotidae, 157 



Pycraft, W. P., 4, 7 



pygmaeus, Eurynorhynchus, 336 



Pygmy Owl, 376 



Pyromelana taba, 362 



pyrrhonota, Petrochelidon, 199 



Pyrrhula, 367 



Queensland Cat-bird, 126 

 Quelch, J. J., 23, 283, 284 

 Quiscalus crassirostris, 221 



Racket-tailed Humming-bird, 92- 

 100 



Parrots, 72 



raggiana, Paradisea, 118 

 Rail, Land, 346 

 Rails, 147, 165 



Weka, 379 



Rake, Dr. Bevan, 189 

 Ralliformes, 147 

 Ramsay, Dr. E. P., 136, 370 

 Ratitae, 13, 146 

 Ratite Birds, 230 

 Razorbill, 80, 165, 166 

 Red-backed wShrike, 335 

 Red -Bird of Paradise, 72, 118 

 Red-footed Kestrels, 346 

 Red Grouse, 291 



Changes of plumage, 86, 87 



Red-necked Phalarope, 236-238 

 Redstart and Cuckoo, 305 



Black, 84, 345 



Red-tailed Weaver- Pinch, 116 

 Red-Winged Crested Cuckoo, 270 

 Reed Bunting, 83, 304, 328 

 Reedling, Bearded, 353 

 Reedlings, 353 

 Reeve, 249 



regalis, Hesperornis, 5 

 Regent-Bird, 129, 133, 136 

 Region, Australian, 351, 369 



Ethiopian, 351, 356 



Holarctic, 374 



Indian, 351, 365 



Nearctic, 351 



Neotropical, 351, 376 



Oriental, 351 



Palaearctic, 351, 352 



Regulidae, 156 

 Regulus regulus, 1 

 reichenbachi, Cinnyris, 67 

 Reichenow, Dr. A., 357 

 Reinhardius, 119 

 Remiza, 160, 215 

 Reptilian Bird, 20 

 rex, Balasniceps, 38-43, 207 

 Rey, Dr. E., 316 

 Rhamphastidae, 376 



