INDEX. 



329 



Otis tavda, "Ray, F. 224 



Otis tardti, F. "i54, jfy. 



Ovaria, II. 113 



Ovarium, II. 105, 119 



Oviditctus, H. 105 



Owl, ear of, F. 46 



Owls take possession of the nests of 



crows, A. 350 



Owls, H. 200; gullet in, F. 149 

 Ox-eye, roosting of, F. 19? 



Pairing, peculiarities in, H. 86 



Paley, remarks of, F. 163 



Pandion haliaStus, Savigny, A. 181, 

 223,338; F. 193; H. 198 ; F. 5, 

 7, 165, 167 



Papilla?, F. 84 ; nervous, upright 

 section of, F. 85, Jig. 



Paradisea, H. 359; F. 



Paradisea apoda, H. 44 



Paradisea magnified, II . 44 



Paradisea rrgia, H. 44 



Parent birds, affection of, H. 208 



Parmelia!, A. 330 



Parmelia stellar is, A. 262 



Parmelia perlata, A. 262 



Parra sinens'S, Latham, F. 230 



Parrot, CoLO'Kelly's, H. 338 



Parus, A. 370 



Pans caudatus, Ray, A. 330,332; 

 II. GO; F. 8 



Parus capensis, Latham, A. 272; 

 A. 377 



Parus cccruleus, Ray, F. 185: A. 

 134 



Parus major, Ray, F. 197; F. 109 



Parus palustris, A. 134 



Passenger-pigeon, its astonishing 

 flights, A. 165; its extensive mi- 

 grations, F. 272; F. 14; extent 

 of the colonies of, A. 165; im- 

 mense assemblage of, when 

 breeding, A. 163 



Passer Bengalensis, Klein, F. 27 ; 

 II. 44 



Passer domesticus, Ray, A. 318, 

 321,333; 11.59, 129; P. 185 



Passer montanus, A. 319 



Pea-hen's nest, A. 89 



Pecten plicatum, F. 19 



Pelecanidcp, Leach, F. 74 



Pclecanus bassanus, H. 367 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, Aldrovand, 

 F. 162 



Pelican confounded with the spoon- 

 bill, H. 197 



Pelican, legend of, H. 194 



Pelican, mechanism of, F. 236 



Pelican, raven, and the eagle, H. 

 345 



Pelican and ostrich, tongue of, F. 

 86 



Pellidea scutata, A. 210 

 Pelle cana, II. 195 

 Pendent nest in the weeping-wil- 

 low, A. 257 

 Penguin, A. 17 ; cunning of the, 



A. 38 

 Pensile grosbeak, A. 224 ; nests of, 



A. 225,/</. 



Perch-cell for the cock bird, A. 274 

 Perdrix cinereus, H. 125 

 Petrel, A. 17; nest of, A. 32; sin- 

 gular habits of, A. 27 ; Wilson's 



account of, A. 28 

 Phalangium opilio, F. 83 

 Philomela atricapilla, F. 81 

 Philomela hortensis, F, 134; F. 81, 



83; F. 175; H.318 

 Philomelam sibilantem, H. 285 

 P/iloyophora meticulosa, F. 83 

 Phce'nicopterus ruber, A. 117, H9; 



F. 225; F.95 

 Phoenix, account of, by Herodotus, 



H. 351; account of, by Bruce, 



H. 359 



Physical causes of old age, H. 340 

 Physiological researches of Sir E. 



Home, A. 296 

 Pica caudata. Ray, A. 123, 216, 



325,329; H. 59, 202 

 Picidee, Vigors, A. 140 

 Picus Carolinus, A. 149 

 Picus erythrocephalus, A. 150 

 Picus principalis, A. 153 

 Picus pileatus, Linnaeus, A. 152 

 Picus pubtscens, A. 145, 146, 346 

 Picus varius, A. 149, 150 

 Picus villosus, A. 148 

 Picus viridis, Ray, F. 94 

 Pigeons, circular llight of, F. 12; 



crops of, H. 191, fig. 

 Pileated woodpecker an excellent 



carpenter, A. 152 

 Pine-pine, description of, from Vail- 



lant, A. 273; nest of, A. 2^, fig.; 



probablv the same as the Cape 



tit, A. 272 

 Pine-creeper, A. 246 

 Pine grosbeak, H. 299, fig. 

 Pinnated grouse, H. 94 ; in the act 



of strutting, H. 96, fig. 

 Pipito crythropthalmus, A. 321 

 Pipra polyglotta, Wilson, H. 320 

 Plants, illustration of Alpine, F. 208 

 Platalea leucorodia, Linnaeus, H. 



197 

 Platanus occidentalis, A. 262 ; A. 



151 



Platform nest distinguishes the ring- 

 dove from the domestic pigeon, 



A. 159 

 Plat'brm nests of some birds of 



prey, A, 166 



