INDEX 



619, 



Panyptila, 420, 421, 424 ; toes, 10 ; P. 



cayennensis, 424 ; P. sancti hieronymi, 



424 



Papilla of feather, 2 

 Parabuteo unicinctus, 166 

 Paradigalla, 544, 550 ; P. carunculata, 



546 

 Paradisea, 545, 550 ; P. apoda, 543, 546, 



551 ; P. augustae victoriae, 551 ; P. 



minor, 546 ; P. raggiana, 546, 551 ; P. 



rubra, 546 ; P. rudolphi, 546 

 Paradise-bird see Bird of Paradise 

 Paradise-Pie, 546 

 Paradiseidae, 543 f., 557 n. ; habits, 



550 f. 



Paradisornis, 545, 546, 550 

 Paradoxornis, 502-504 

 Parakeet, 351, 364 ; Grass-, 364, 367 ; 



Ground-, 364 ; Rock-, 367 ; Rose- 

 banded, 368; Roselle, 368; Rose-ringed, 



368 ; Uvaean, 363 

 Paramythia montium, 559 n. 

 Paraptenodytes antarcticus, fossil, 59 

 Pardalotus, 570, 571 

 Pareudiastes, 244-246 

 Paridae, 494, 536, 538 ; habits, 540 

 Parietal, 11 

 Parisoma, 508 

 Parker, T. J., on Aepyornis, 43 n. ; on 



Apteryges, 38 ; on Megistanes, 38 ; on 



Dinornithidae, 42 

 Parker, W. K., on classification, 14 ; on 



Oscines, 495 ; on Picidae, 457 ; on 



Rhinochetus, 263 n. 

 Paroaria, 583, 585 

 Parotia, 550 ; P. laivesi, 551 ; P. sex- 



pennis, 547 f., 548 

 Parra, 270 ; P. gymnostoma, 298 ; P. 



jacana, 298-300 ; dance of, 300 ; P. 



melanopygia, 298 ; P. nigra, 298 ; P. 



variabilis, 298 



Parridae, 268-71, 297 f. ; habits, 299 f. 

 Parrot, 351, 361 f., 366 ; bill, 12 ; cere, 



11 ; clavicles sometimes absent, 8 ; 



habits, 364 f. ; toes, 10 ; voice, 13 ; 



Alexandrine, 368; Amazon-, 370; Black, 



359 ; Grey, 362, 369, 370 ; Ground-, 



362 ; Kaka, 374 ; Monk-, 370 ; Norfolk 



Island, 374 ; Owl-, 366 ; Phillip Island, 



374 ; Vasa, 369 

 Parson -bird, 567 

 Partial migrants, 18 

 Partridge. 198-200, 202/ 203 ; habits. 



224 f. ; American, 198, 203, 230 ; 



Bamboo-, 218 f. ; Barbary, 228; Black, 



226 ; Common, 224, 229 ; French, 228 ; 



Greek, 228; Mountain-, 336; Red-legged, 



203, 228; hybrids, 224; (Ruffed Grouse), 



233 ; Snow-, 230 ; Spruce-, 236 

 Parus, 538, 539 ; P. britannicus, 539 ; 



P. caeruleus, 539 ; P. cristatus, 539 ; 



P. cyanus, 539 ; P. flavipectus, 539 ; P. 



major, 539, 539 ; P. niger, 539 ; P. 



palustris, 539 ; P. sultaneus, 539 

 Paryphephorus, 544, 545 

 Passaros de sol, 543 

 Passer, 583 ; P. domesticus, 584, 584 ; P. 



insularis, 583 ; P. jagoensis, 583 ; P.. 



simplex, 585 

 Passeres, voice-muscles, 13 ; anisomyodae, 



467 ; diacromyodae, 467, 491 f. 

 Passeriformes, 466 f. 

 Pastor, 559, 561 ; P. roseus, 560 

 Patagona, 430 ; P. gigas, 430, 432, 437 

 Patella, 22 ; of Grebes, 49 

 Paul, on Humming-bird's nest, 436 

 Pauxis, 195 ; P. galeata, 197 

 Pavo, 200, 202, 203 ; P. cristatus, 200, 206 ,~ 



P. muticus, 207 ; P. nigripennis, 207 

 Pavo del Monte, 197 

 Peacock, 199, 200, 203, 204, 206 f. ;. 



Japanned, 207 ; Pheasant, 208 

 Pea-fowl, 207 ; superstition about, 207 

 Pea-hen, 207 



Peale, discovery of Didunculus, 331 f. 

 Pealea, 60, 65 

 Pectineal process of pubis, 9 

 Pectoral arch, 8 

 Pectus, 20 

 Pedioecetes, 199, 201 ; fossil, 241 ; P. 



phasianellus, 234 

 Pedionomidae, 186, 187, 189 

 Pedionomus, 187 ; P. torquatus, 189 f., 190 

 Peewit, 275 



Pelagodroma, 60, 63, 65 ; P. marina, 65 

 Pelagornis, fossil, 86 

 Pelargodes, fossil, 99 

 Pelargomorphae, 70 

 Pelargopsis, 383 ; P. gurial, 387 

 Pelecanidae, 70, 83 

 Pelecanoldes, 60 ; P. exsul, 68 ; P. garnoti,. 



68 ; P. nrinatrix, 68 

 Pelecanoidinae, 59, 68 

 Pelecanus, 70-72 ; fossil, 86 ; habits, 84 f. ; 



P. conspicillatus, 84 ; P. crispus, 83, 84 j 



P. erythrorhynchus, 83; P.fuscus, 83 f. ; 



P. minor, 83 ; P. mitratus, 83 ; P. 



molinae, 84 ; P. onocrotalus, 83 ; P. 



philippensis, 83, 85 ; P. rufescens, 83 



P. sharpii, 83 

 Pelican, 70, 83 ; habits, 84 f. ; fabled to feed 



its young with blood, 85 f. ; outgrowth 



of culmen shed, 5 n., 83; Crested, 84 

 Pellorneum, 504 

 Pelvis of Apteryx, 9 

 Penelope, 195, 197 ; P. albipennis, 197 - r 



P. cristata, 197 ; P. jacucaca, 195 ; P. 



montagnii, 197 ; P. obscura, 197 ; P. 



pileata, 197 



Penelopides manillae, 395 

 Penelopina, 195 ; P. nigra, 197 

 Penelopinae, 194, 197 

 Penguin, 54 f., 315 ; (Auk), 321 ; habits, 



55 f. ; meaning of name, 55 ; moult, 5 



