INDEX 



599 



Corvidae, 495, 525, 531, 543, 552 f. ; 



habits, 554 f. 

 Corvinae, 552 f. 

 Corvultur, 552, 553 

 Corvus, fossil, 496 ; C. caurinus, 555 ; C. 



corax, 552, 555 ; C. comix, 355 ; C. 



corone, 556 ; C. frugilegus. 552 ; C. 



ossifragus, 556 ; C. pastinator, 552 ; C. 



scapulatus, 553 ; C. torquatus, 553 ; C. 



tropicus, 556 



Cory don, 468 ; O. siimatranus, 468 

 Coryphistera, 484, 485 

 Coryphoenas, 326 ; (?. crassirostris, 342 f. 

 Coryphospiza, 583 

 Corythaeola, 360 

 Corythaix fischeri, 361 

 Corythopis, 489, 490 

 Corythornis cristata, 386 f. 

 Coscoroba Candida, 135 

 Gosmonetta, 112 ; 0. histrionica, 120 

 Cossypha, 513, 516 ; (7. c/ra, 512 n. ; (7. 



natalensis, 510 

 Cotffe, 523, 525 ; C. concolor. 525 ; C. 



fuligula, 524 f. ; (7. riparia, 522, 524 ; 



(7. rupestris, 524 f. 

 Cotinga, 480 ; (7. amdbilis, 480 

 Cotingidae, 469, 477, 479 f., 567 n ; habits, 



482 f. 



Cotinginae, 479 f. 

 Coturnix, 198-200, 202 ; fossil, 240 ; C. 



capensis, 220 ; C. communis, 220 ; (7. 



coromandelica, 220 ; (7. delegorguii, 220 ; 



(7. japonica, 220 ; (7. wovae zealandiae, 



220 ; (7. pectoralis, 220 

 COMO, 351, 352, 357 ; C. caerulea, 357 

 Coucal, 356 ; habits. 356 f. 

 Courlan, 257 

 Courser, 268, 294 f . ; Cream-coloured, 



294 

 Covert, 20, 21 ; Greater. 21 ; Lesser, 21 ; 



Median, 21 ; Upper, 21 

 Cow-bird, 582 

 Cowry-bird, 577 

 Crab- Plover see Plover, Crab 

 Cracidae, 186, 194 f. ; habits, 195 ; re- 

 place Pheasants, etc., 192 

 Cracinae, 194-196 



Oracticus, 532, 533 ; C. destructor, 533 

 Crake, 243, 246 ; Baillon's, 248 ; Corn, 



245, 248 ; Little, 248 ; Spotted, 245, 



248 

 Crane, viii, 148, 243, 251 f., 263; habits, 



252 f. ; trachea enters keel of sternum, 



13 ; young, 256 ; Asiatic White, 253, 



254 ; Common, 254 ; Crowned, 253, 



255, 256 ; Demoiselle, 255 ; of Japan, 



254 ; Kaffir, 256 ; Sandhill, 254 ; Sarus, 



253, 254 ; Wattled, 255 ; Whooping, 



253, 254 



Cranorhinus cassidix, 394 f. 

 Crapaud-volant, 419 n. 

 Crateropodes, of Sharpe, 502 



Orateropus, 355, 504 ; C. kirki, 503 

 Orax, 194 f. ; C. alector, 196, 196 ; C. 



fasciolata, 196, 197 

 Crazy Widow, 257 

 Oreadion carunculatus, 558 

 Oreciscus, 246 ; C. levraudi, 246 

 Creeper, 571 f. ; Tree-, 457, 572 

 Cretaceous epoch, Birds of, 2 

 Crex pratensis, 245, 248, 248 

 Criniger, 504-506 

 Crissum (vent-region), 20 

 Crocodile-bird, 295 

 Crocopus, 349 ; C. chlorigaster, 349 

 Crop, 12 ; in Galliformes, 186 ; in Hum- 

 ming-birds, 427 ; iu Opisthocomus, 241 ; 



in Phasianidae, 200 ; in Sand-grouse, 



322 ; in Thinocorythidae, 270 ; in 



Tinamidae, 183 

 Crossbill, 584, 586 

 Crossleyia, 503 

 Crossoptilon, 199, 200, 203. 214 ; C. 



auritum, 214 ; (7. harmani, 214 ; (7. 



leucurum, 214 ; (7. manchuricum, 214 ; 



ft tibetanum, 214 

 Crotophaga, 351, 352 ; C. ani, 359 ; C. 



major, 359 ; (7. sulcirostris, 359 

 Crotophaginae, 351, 359 ; habits, 359 

 Crow, 149, 175, 356, 552-556 ; -Blackbird, 



580 ; Carrion-, 554, 556 ; Grey, 355 ; 



Hooded, 553, 556 

 Crown, 20 

 Orypsirhina, 552 

 Cryptolopha, 506, 514, 518 

 Cryptorhina, 552 

 Cryptornis, fossil Hornbill in France, 



395 

 Crypturi, incisura ischiadica, 9 ; no 



pygostyle, 6 n. 

 Crypturidae, 182 f. 

 Crypturus, 183, 184; (7. tataupa, 184, 



185 



Cubitals, 21, 22 

 Cuckoo, 351, 352 f., 353 ; habits, 353 f. ; 



Hawk, 353 ; migration, 19 ; Opisthocomus 



related to, 186 ; parasitic habits, etc., 



354; toes, 10; Black -billed, 356; 



Great Spotted, 355 ; Eadiated Ground-, 



358 ; Yellow-billed, 356 

 Cuckoo-Shrike, 525 f. ; habits, 526 f. 

 Cuckoo's-mate, 465 

 Cuculi, 351 f., 376 

 Cuculidae, 351 f. ; toes, 10 

 Cuculiformes, 351 f. 

 Cuculinae, 351, 352 ; habits, 353 f. 

 Cuculus canorus, 352 f., 353 ; (7. clamosus, 



352 



Culicicapa, 507 

 Culicivora, 473 

 Culmen, 20 

 Cuneate, 21 



Cunningham, on Tachyeres 121 n. 

 Curaeus, 579, 580 



