606 
Otarvia jubata, skin and hair of, 534. 
, spino-cranial connexions of, 580. 
, subcutaneous deposit of fat of, 538. 
—_—— ——, usual manner of swallowing its food, 539. 
—— ——, weight of the body of, 534. 
Otide, 294. 
Otis arabs, 294. 
melanogaster, 328. 
Otus brachyotus, 211. 
On Dinornis (Part XIII.) ; con- 
taining a description of the Sternum in Dinor- 
Owen, Professor. 
nis elephantopus and D. rheides, with Notes on 
that bone in D. crassus and D. casuarinus, 115. 
On Dinornis (Part XLV.) ; containing Contri- 
butions to the Craniology of the Genus, 123. 
On Dinornis (Part XV.) ; containing a De- 
scription of the Skull, Femur, Tibia, Fibula, and 
Metatarsus of Aptornis defossor, Owen, from 
near Oamaru, Middle Island, New Zealand; 
with additional Observations on Aptornis otidi- 
formis, on Notornis mantellii, and on Dinornis 
curtus, 353. 
——. On the Cranium of a Gigantic Bird (Dasornis 
londinensis, Ow.) from the London Clay of 
Sheppey, Kent, 145. 
——. On the Dodo (Part II.). Notes on the Arti- 
culated Skeleton of the Dodo (Didus tmeptus, 
Linn.) in the British Museum, 513. 
Oxylophus afer, 285. 
jacobinus, 286. 
Palewornis torquatus, 280. 
Palapteryx, 115, 119, 143. 
ingens, 143. 
robustus, 121. 
Parapison, 187. 
rufipes, 165, 188. 
Parus leucomelas, 238. 
leuconotus, 238. 
Passer canicapillus, 326. 
swainsoni, 269. 
Passeres, 211. 
Pectinator,a genus of Rodent Mammalia from North- 
eastern Africa, Contributions to the Knowledge 
of, by Professor W. Peters, 397. 
Pectinator spekii, brain and organs of sense of, 405. 
——,, dentition of, 400. 
, digestive organs of, 406. 
——— ——,, description of skeleton of, 401-404. 
INDEX OF SPECIES. 
Pectinator spekii, external characters of, 398-400. 
, heart and organs of respiration of, 406. 
—— ——,, measurements of, 400. 
, Measurements of various bones of the 
skeleton of, 404. 
, organs of excretion and generation of, 
407. 
Peélecanus philippensis, 330. 
rufescens, 330. 
Pelopeus bengalensis, 163. 
bilineatus, 163. 
—— curvatus, 187. 
madraspatanus, 161. 
Penthetria flaviscapulata, 264. 
laticaudata, 325. 
Persian Deer in the Society’s Gardens, list of. 337. 
Peters, Prof. W. Contributions to the knowledge of 
Pectinator, a genus of Rodent Mammalia from 
North-eastern Africa, 397. 
Petrocincla cyanea, 325, 
savatilis, 242. 
Pezophaps minor, metatarsus of, 519-522. 
, tibia of, 519 note. 
— solitaria, cervical vertebrae of, 515. 
, coracoid of, 518. 
, cranium of, 517. 
—— ——,, dorsal region of the spine of, 513. 
—— ——,, dorsal ribs of, 514. 
, dorsal vertebrae of, 515. 
, metacarpus of, 518. 
——., metatarsus of, 518-524. 
5 pelvis of, 516. 
—— —,, scapula of, 518. 
, sternum of, 515. 
, wing of, 518. 
Phaeton rubricaudatus, 330. 
Pholidauges leucogaster, 257, 316. 
Phyllopneuste umbrovirens, 232. 
Pluylloscopus abyssinicus, 322. 
Picide, 283. 
Picus hemprichi, 284. 
nubicus, 283. 
Pinnipedia, anatomy of, Part I., on the Walrus (Z'ri- 
chechus rosmarus, Linn.), by J. Murie, 411. 
—, , Part. II., Descriptive anatomy of the 
Sea-lion (Otaria jubata), by J. Murie, 527. 
Pionias meyert, 280. 
Pisonitus rugosus, 165, 
