INDEX 



609 



Hind-head, 20 ; -neck, 20 ; -toe, 10 I 



Hirundinidae, 494, 522 f. ; habits, 524 f. 



Hirundo, 523, 52 4> 525 ; H. rustica, 523. 

 524, 524 



Histrioniplutps histrionica, 337 f. 



Hoatzin, 186, 241 f., 242 ; habits, 242 



Hobby, 176, 177 



Hodgsonius, 516 



Hoefnagel, figure of Dodo, 330 



Holarctic, 16 



Homologous, meaning of, 5 



Homolopus, fossil, 465 



Homorus, 484, 485 ; 77. lophotes, 487 



Homrai, 393 



Honey -eater, 564 f. ; habits, 566 f. ; 

 Warty-faced, 566 



Honey-guide, 445, 448, 451 ; habits, 452 f. 



Hoopoe, 376, 390, 390 n., 395 f.. 396; 

 habits, 395 f. ; Wood-, 390, 397 ; 

 habits, 397 



Hooting, of Owls, 401 



Hoplopterus, 269 S 270 ; H. cayanus, 276 ; 

 H. speciosus, 276 ; H. spinosus, 276, 

 295 ; If. ventralis, 276 



Hornbill, 376, 390 f., 391; bill, 11, 390 f.; 

 habits, 390; Helmet-, 393 ; Plait-billed, 

 394 



Hornero, 486 



Horns, 12 ; in Auks, 315 f., 317, 318 



Ifonbara, 260 ; H. fuerteventurae, 262 n. ; 

 //. macqueeni, 262 ; 77. undulata, 262 



Houbaropsis, 260 ; H. bengalensis, 262 



Hudson, on Aramides, 248 ; on Chauna, 

 109 n. ; on Cow-bird, 582 n. ; on Oven- 

 bird, 485 n. ; on Parrajacana, 300 n. ; 

 on Rhea, 31 f. ; see Sclater 



Huia, 557, 558 



Humboldt and Bonpland discover Oil-bird, 

 419 



Hume, on Bubo coromandus, 403 n. ; on. 

 Francolins, 228 n. : on Ibis melano- 

 cephala, 100 n. ; on Mycteria, 96 n. 



Humerus, 8, 8 



Humming-bird, 419, 420, 426 f., 429 ; 568 ; 

 breast-bone, 6 f. ; habits, 428 f. ; nature 

 of iridescent feathers, 4 ; operculum of 

 nostrils, 11 ; Bee-. 438 ; King-, 436 ; 

 Long-tailed, 433 ; Ruby-and-Topaz, 434 



Hurst, on Archaeopteryx, 23 n. 



Hutton s on Wandering Albatros, 63 f. 



Huxley, classification, 14 ; on Amphi- 

 morphae, 105 ; on Cathartidae, 137 n. ; 

 on Coracomorphae and their song- 

 muscles, 466; on Cypselomorphae,419 n.; 

 on Gallinaceous Birds, 186, 198; on Geo- 

 graphical Distribution, 15 f. ; on Palae- 

 eudyptes, fossil, 59 n. ; on Picidae, 457 ; 

 restoration of ffesperornis, 46 ; Saurop- 

 sida as a division of Vertebrata, 1 



Hybrids, of American Partridges, 233 ; of 

 Galline Birds, 224 ; of Grouse, 237, 

 237 n., 238 

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ffydralector, 269, 299 ; 77. gallinaceus, 



298 ; H. novae guineae, 298 

 Hydranassa, young, 93 ; H. tricolor, 91 

 Hydrochelidon, 301, 303, 314 ; H. hybxida, 



314 f. ; H. leucoptera, 314 ; H. nigra, 



314 ; H. surinamensis, 314 

 Hydrophasiamis, 270 ; If. chirurgus, 299,. 



299, 300 



Hydroprogne caspia, 314 

 Hydropsalis, 418 

 Hyetornis, 351, 357 

 Hylactes, 490, 491 ; H. megapodius, 491 ;. 



H. tarnii, 490, 491 

 Hylexetastes, 484 



Hylocharis, 427, 435 ; H. sapphirina, 435 

 Hylomanes, 380 



Hylophilus, 536 ; H. ochraceiceps, 536 

 Hymenolaemus, 111, 113 ; If. malaco- 



rhynch^ls, 116 



Hyoid, apparatus, 5, 21 ; horns, 457 

 Ifyperergus, 502 



Hyphantornis, 579 ; H. cucullatas, 578 

 Hypochera ultramarina, 577 

 Hypocleidium, 21 

 Hypocnemis, 488 

 Hypocolius ampelinus, 527, 527 

 Hypolais, 514, 517, 518 

 Hypopyrrhus, 580 



Hyporhachis, or aftershaft of feather, 3 

 Hypositta, 537 

 ffypotaenidia, 246 f. ; H. brachypus, 247 ; 



If. mulleri, 246 f. ; If. striata, 246 f. 

 Hypotriorchis concolor, 177 ; If. cuvieri, 



177 ; H. dirolcucus, 177 ; H. eleonorae, 



177 ; If. fusco-caerulescens, 177 ; //. 



lunulatus, 177 ; H. ophryophanes, 177 ;. 



H.rufigularis, 177; H. severus, 177; H. 



subbuteo, 176 



Hypselornis sivalensis, fossil, 36 

 Hypsipetes, 504-506 ; H. perniger, 505 



lanthothorax, 544, 545 



Ibididae, 70, 99 f. 



Ibidinae, 99, 100 



Ibidopodia, fossil, 105 



Ibidopsis, fossil, 105 



Ibidorhynchus, 268, 269 ; 7. struthersi, 277' 



Ibis, 70, 99', 100 ; fossil, 105 ; young, 



103 ; 7. aethiopica, 102 ; 7. bernieri, 



103 ; 7. imlanocephala, 100, 103 ; 7. 



molucca, 103 ; Glossy, 101 ; Sacred, 



102 ; Scarlet, 100 ; Shell-, 97 ; White,. 



100 ; Wood-, 70, 97 



Ibycter, 152; 7. americanv.s, 152; 7. ater, 1 52 

 Ickthyornis, 45 f. ; head, 48 ; quadrate 



bone, 26 ; teeth, 12 ; vertebrae, 6 S 25 ; 



7. dispar, 48 ; 7. victor, 48 

 Ichthyornithes, 25, 48 f. 

 Ichthyornithidae, structure, etc., 48 f. 

 Icteria, 573 

 Icteridae, 542, 559, 579 f. ; habits, 580 ; 



parasitic, 582 



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