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INDEX 



Macaws, species of: 



Green-winged, 158 

 Hyacinthine, 158 

 Military, 158 

 Red-and-blue, 158 

 Macropodus viridi-auratus, 346 

 Magpie, American, 205 



European, 205 

 Mannikin, Black-headed, 198 



Bronze, 196 



Magpie, 196 



Three-colored, 198 



White-headed, 198 

 Marmoset, 53 

 Marmota monax, 58 

 Mealworms, 75 

 Melopelia asiatica, 114 

 Mendel's law, 355-7 

 Mephitis mephitis putida, 57 

 Metopiana peposaca, 135 

 Monkey, care, 51 



food, 52 



species of: , 



Capuchin, 53 

 Rhesus, 52 

 Spider, 51 

 Mouse, ancestry, 42-3 



breeding, 41 



cage, 39-40 



care, 39 



colors, 42-6 



waltzing, 46 

 Mouth-breeders, 349 

 Mule, Bullfinch-Canary, 228 



Goldfinch-Canary, 228 



Linnet- Canary, 228 

 Munia atricapilla, 198 



maja, 198 



malacca, 198 



orizivora, 197 



punctulata, 198 

 Mus musculus, 42 



norvegus, 47 

 Mutation, 357-8 

 Myadestes unicolor, 178 

 Myna, Common, 202 



Hill, Greater, 203 



Javan, 203 



Lesser, 203 



Nettion brasiliense, 133 



carolinense, 133 



Havirostre, 134 

 Newts, 312 

 Nightingale, 179 



Numida meleagris, 104 



mitrata, 106 



ptilorhyncha, 106 

 Nun. Set Mannikin 

 Nyctea nyctea, 150 



Ocyphaps lophotes, 116 

 Olor bewicki, 143 

 buccinator, 143 

 columhianus, 143 

 cygnus, 143 

 melanocorphus, 143 

 olor, 141 

 Ophibolus doliatus triangularis, 

 296 

 getulus, 296 

 Ophisaurus ventralis, 301 

 Opossum, 53-54 

 Oreortyx pictus, no 

 Orfe, Golden, 334 

 Osphromeus trichopterus, 347 

 Otocompsa jocosa, 174 



leucotis, 174 

 Otus asio asio, 150 

 Owls, cage for, 149 

 food, 149 

 species of: 

 Barn, 151 

 Barred, 150 

 Horned, 150 

 Long-eared, 150 

 Screech, 149 

 Short-eared, 150 

 Snowy, 150 



Palaeornis alexandri, i(fj 

 cyanocephala, 167 

 fasciata, 167 

 nepalensis, 167 

 tor quota, 166 

 Paradise Fish, 345 

 Paratilapia multicolor, 349 

 Paroaria cucullata, 187 



larvata, 188 

 Parrakeets, breeding, 164, 166, 170, 

 172 

 cage for, 164, 170 

 care, 164, 166, 170, 172 

 food, 164, 166, 170, 172 

 species of: 

 Banded, 167 

 Blossom-headed, 167 

 Budgerigar, 171 

 Grass, 171 

 Gray-breasted, 166 



