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INDEX 



Fibula, 8, 9 



Fieldfare, 510 



Filoplumes, 21 



Finch, 355, 578, 582 f. ; habits, 586 ; see 

 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Serin ; 

 Gold-, 584, 586, 587; Grass-, 578; 

 Green-, 584 ; Eose-, 585 ; Snow-, 586, 

 587 



Finfoot, 243, 267 f. ; habits, 267 



Fingers, 8 



Fireback, 214 f. 



Fire-wood gatherer, 487 



Fjeld-riporre, 240 



Flamingo, 70, 105 f., 106 



Flanks, 21 



Flicker, 460 



Flight, speed of, 20 



Flightless, Birds, 25 ; state, of Anatidae, 4, 

 113, 125 ; of Dodo, 328 ; of Great Auk, 

 315, 321; of Moorhen, 4; ofPhoenicop- 

 teridae, 4, 107 ; of Kails, 4, 245 f. 



Florican, 262 ; Lesser, 262 



Florida caerulea, 91 ; young, 93 



Florisuga mellivora, 436 



Flower, on Hornbill, 392 n. 



Flower- pecker, 570 f. 



Fluvicola, 475-477 



Flycatcher, 467, 473, 506 f. ; habits, 508 ; 

 Paradise-, 507, 508 ; Pied, 507-509 ; 

 Spotted, 507, 508 



Foetopterus ambiguus, fossil, 181 



Foot, 9 



Foramen, 9 ; for optic nerve, 11 ; for 

 trigeminal, 11 



Forbes, H. 0., on Frigate Bird, 82 n. ; on 

 Phalacrocorax, 77 n. 



Forbes, W. A., on classification, 14 ; on 

 Barbets and Toucans, 448 ; ou classifi- 

 cation of Petrels, 59 n. ; on Galbulidae, 

 445 ; on Mesites, 186 f. ; on Metopidius 

 and Hydralector, 269 n. ; on trachea of 

 Paradise-bird, 545 n. ; on Passeres, their 

 song-muscles, 466 ; on Plotus, 72 n., 

 81 n. 



Fore-arm, 8 



Forehead, 20 



Fore-neck, 20 



Foreteller, by day, 357 ; at night, 356 



Fork-tail, 501 



Formicariidae, 469, 479, 488 f. ; habits, 

 489 



Formicariinae, 488 f. 



Formicarius, 488, 489 



Formicivora, 488 ; F. caudata, 488 ; F. 

 ferruginea, 488 



Fossil Birds, viii, 1 f. 



Foudia, 578 ; fossil, 496 



Four-o'clock, 567 



Fowl, 186, (Gallus] 203 



Francolins, called Pheasants, 226 ; Naked- 

 throated, 225 



Francolinus, 198, 202, 226 f. ; F. 



adspersus, 227 ; F. albigularis, 227 ; F. 



levaillanti, 226 ; F. pondicerianus, 227 ; 



F. sinensis, 227 ; F. vulgaris, 226 

 Franklinia, 518 

 Fratercula arctica, 317 ; F. corniculata, 



317 ; F. glacialis, 317 

 Freeman and Salvin, on Falconry, 148 n. ; 



on fishing with Cormorants, 79 n. 

 Fregata, 70-72 ; coracoid and scapula 



fused, 8 ; habits, 81 f. ; F. aquila, 81, 



82 ; F. minor, 81 

 Fregatidae, 55, 70, 81 

 Fregilinae, 552 f. 



Fregilupus, 559, 561 ; F. varius, 561 

 Friar-bird, 568 



Frigate-bird, 70, 82 ; habits, 81 f. 

 Fringe lost, in feathers, 5 

 Fringilla, fossil, 496 ; F. coelebs, 584 ; F. 



montif ring ilia, 584 

 Fringillidae, 439, 494, 575, 576, 579, 



582 f. ; fossil, 496 ; habits, 586 

 Frog-mouth, 419 

 Frons, 20 

 Frontal, 11 

 Fulica, 244, 246, 250 f. ; F. alai, 250 ; 



F. americana, 251 ; F. atra, 250 f. ; F. 



australis, 251 ; F. cornuta, 244, 251 ; 



F. cristata, 244, 251 ; fossil, 251 ; F. 



gigantea, 245, 251 ; F. lugubris, 251 ; 



F. minor, fossil, 251 ; F. newtoni, 



fossil, 251 ; F. prior, fossil, 251 

 Fulicariae, 243 

 Fulig-ula, 112, 121 ; fossil, 136 ; habits, 



123 ; F. affinis, 122 ; F. collaris, 122 ; 



F. cristata, 122 ; F. marila, 121 f. ; F. 



novae zealandiae, 122, 123 

 Fuligulinae, 111-114, 118 

 Fulmar, 61-63, 65 

 Fulmarus, 60, 61 ; F. glacialis, 65 ; F. 



glupischa, 65 ; F. rodgersi, 65 

 Fiirbringer, on classification, 14; on classi- 

 fication of Passeres, 467 

 Furcula, 7, 8 ; absent in Apterygidae, 39 ; 



absent in Dinornithidae, 42 ; absent in 



Rheidae, 30 ; absent in Struthionidae, 



27 ; ancylosed with sternum in Gruidae, 



252 ; in Otididae, 261 ; in Heliorni- 



thidae, 267 ; coalesces with coracoids 



in Fregata, 72 ; ossifies with keel of 



sternum, 8 see also Clavicle 

 Furnariinae, 484 f. 

 Furnarius, 477, 484, 485 ; nest, 485 ; F. 



cinnamomeus, 486 ; F. cristatus, 485 ; 



F. figulus, 486 ; F. leucopus, 485 ; F. 



minor, 486 ; F. rufus, 486, 525 ; -F. 



torridus, 486 



Gabianus pacificus, 306 



Gadow, on classification, 14, 23 ; on classi- 

 fication of Passeres, 467 ; on classi- 

 fication of Petrels, 59 n. ; definition 

 of Bird, 1 ; on skeleton, 5 f. ; on 



