INDEX 



623 



Poule Rouge, 251 



Powder-down, feathers, 3; patches, 22 ; in 



Accipitres, 147 ; in Ardeae, 87 ; in 



Artamus, 531 ; in Eurypygidae, 266 ; 



in Falconidae, 147; in Gymnoderus, 481; 



in Leptosoma, 378 ; in Mesites, 187 ; 



in Podargidae, 416 ; in Psittaci, 364 ; 



in Rhinoclietus, 264 ; in Tinamidae, 183 

 Praecoces, 22 

 Praemaxilla, 11 

 Prairie, Chicken, 234 ; -Hen, 235 ; Lesser 



Prairie-Hen, 235 



Pratincola, 510, 515 ; P. rubetra, 511 

 Pratincole, 268, 293 f. 

 Pre-Tertiary Birds, 2 

 Prespheuoid, 11 

 Primaries, 20, 22 



Principal shaft, or rhachis of feather, 3 

 Prinia, 514, 518 

 Priocella, 61 ; P. glacialo'ides, 67 

 Priofinus cinereus, 67 

 Prion, 60, 61, 66, 112; sifting apparatus 



of bill, 12 ; P. arid, 66 ; P. desolatus, 



66 



Prionirhynchus, 380 

 Prioniturus, 363 

 Prionochilus, 570, 571 ; P. squalidus, 



571 ; P. vincens, 570 

 Prionodura, 551 ; P. newtoniana, 548, 



551 



Prionopiuae, 531 f. 

 Prionops, 532 



Prionotelus, 441, 442 ; P. temnurus, 443 f. 

 Prismatic, hues in feathers, cause of, 3 ; 



structure of vanes, 4 

 Pristorhamphus, 570 

 Procellaria, 62, 67 f. ; P. pelagica, 67, 



68 ; P. tethys, 68 

 Procellariidae, 59 f. ; habits, 61 f. 

 Procellariiformes, 59 f., 70 

 Procellariinae, 59, 60, 65 f. 

 Procelsterna, 311 

 Procne, 523-525 ; P. furcata, 525 ; P. 



tapera, 523-525 

 Procnemial, 22 ; process, of Colymbi- 



formes, 49 

 Procnias, 575, 576 

 Procoelous, 6 

 Prodotiscus, 451 f. ; P. insignis, 452 ; P. 



regulus, 452 



Progura gallinacea, fossil, 350 

 Proherodius oweni, fossil, 95 

 Promerops, 568, 569 ; P. cafer, 570 

 Propelargus, fossil, 99 

 Prosobonia leucoptera, 283 

 Prosthemadera, 565, 567 ; P. novae zea- 



landiae, 567 

 Protibis, fossil, 105 

 Protonotaria, 573 

 Proventricuhis, 12 

 Provinces, 17 

 Proximal, 22 



PrymnacantJia, 427 ; P. popelarii, 438 f. 

 Psalidoprocne, 522-525 ; P. nitens, 522, 



524 



Psaltria, 538, 539 

 Psaltriparus, 538-540 

 Psamathia, 515 



Psarisomus, 468, 469; P. dalhousiae, 468 f. 

 Psaroglossa, 559 

 Psephotus, 365 



Pseudapteryx gracilis, fossil, 40 

 Pseudochelidon, 530, 531 

 Pseudocolaptes, 484, 487 

 Pseudodacnis, 575 

 Pseudogeranus, 254 

 Pseudogerygone, 507 ; P. rubra, 507 

 Pseudogryphus, 137 ; P. calif ornianus, 



139 

 Pseudogyps, 143 ; P. africanus, 145 ; P. 



bengalensis, 145 

 Pseudonestor, 562 

 Pseudorhectes, 532 

 Pseudotantalus ibis, 97 

 Pseudotriccus, 474 

 Psilopogon pyrolophus, 450 

 Psilorhamphus, 488 

 Psilorhinus, 553 

 Psittaci, 351 f., 361 f., 376; bill, 12; 



cere, 11 ; clavicles sometimes absent, 



8 ; habits, 364 f. ; metatarsals, 10 ; 



toes, 10 ; voice, 13 

 Psittacidae, 351, 362 f., 366 f. 

 Psittacinae, 362 f., 367 

 Psittacirostra, 562, 563 

 Psittacula, 363, 364, 368, 370 

 Psittacus, 364 ; fossil, 375 ; P. eritliacus, 



362, 369, 370 ; P. timneh, 369 

 Psophia crepitans, 257, 258 ; P. leuco- 



ptera, 258; P. napensis, 258; P. obscura, 



258 ; P. ochroptera, 258 ; P. viridis, 



258 



Psophiidae, 243, 256, 257 f. ; habits, 258 

 Psophodes, 503 

 Ptarmigan, 204, 240 ; claws shed, 203 ; 



moult, 5 



Ptererythrius, 532, 533 

 Pteridophora, 545 ; P. alberti, 548 

 Pternistes, 225 f. ; P. afer, 225 ; P. 



boehmi, 226 ; P. cranchi, 225 f. ; P. 



Jiumboldti, 225 ; P. infuscatus, 226 ; 



P. leucoscepus, 226 ; P. nudicollis, 225 ; 



P. rubricollis, 225 ; P. rufipictus, 226 ; 



P. swainsoni, 226 

 Pterocles, 268, 321 f. ; fossil, 325 ; P. 



arenarius, 323 ; P. bicinctus, 323 ; P. 



coronatus, 323 ; P. decoratus, 323 ; P. 



fasciatus, 322, 323 ; P. gutturalis, 323 ; 



P. lichtensteini, 322, 323 ; P. quadri- 



cinctus, 323 ; P. personatus, 323 ; P. 



variegatus, 323 

 Pteroclidae, 268, 321 f. ; habits, 322 f. ; 



toes, 10 

 Pteroclo-Columbine, 268, 321 



