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INDEX OF SPECIES. 



Notornis, notice of the discovery of a living specimen, 



69. 

 Notornis mantellii, generic characters, 74. 



, remarks on, 73. 



Nototherium, 14. 

 Numenius, 290. 

 Numenius arguata, 286. 

 Numida, 317. 

 Nyctale, 201. 



, Brehra, diagnosis, 206. 



Nyctale acadica, Bonap., diagnosis and description, 

 206. 



albifrons, Cass., 208. 



funerea, Bonap., diagnosis and description, 207. 



kirtlandii, Cass., 208. 



richardsonii, Bonap., diagnosis, 208. 



tengmalmi, 207. 



Nyctalops stygius, Wagl., 233. 

 Nyctea, 259. 



■, subgenus, 213. 



, subgenus, diagnosis, 214. 



Nyctea cinerea, Steph., 214. 



erminea, Steph., 214. 



nivea, Bonap., 214. 



Nycterodius, 323, 338. 



Nycticorax, 269. 



Nycticorax griseus, 338. 



Nyctipethes perlatus, Swains., 205. 



(Edicnemns crepitans, 285. 



Ophidia, 319, 320. 



Ophidian, 298, 304. 



Ophidians, 303, 306, 321. 



Orang, 77, 78. 



Orang-utan, 84, 165. 



Orangs, osteological contributions to the natural 



history of the, 75, 165. 

 Oreophasis, 317. 

 Ornithorhynchus, 71. 

 Ostrich, 8, 60, 141, 289, 299. 



, African, 320. 



group, 298. 



, Northern, 355. 



, young, 314. 



Ostriches, 291, 353. 

 Otis tarda, 285. 

 Otter, 71. 



Otiis, 206, 259 ; subgenus, 230 ; Cuv., diagnosis and 

 description, 230 ; Kaup, subgenus, diagnosis, 

 232. 



africunus, Cuv., 240. 



americanus, Bonap., diagnosis and description, 



233. 



Otus ascalaphus, Cuv., 239. 

 bengalensis, Frankl., 239. 



brachyotus, Boie, diagnosis, description, and 



observation, 236. 



capensis, A. Smith, description, 237. 



grammicus, Kaup, diagnosis and description, 



231. 



macrurus, Kaup, diagnosis and description, 232. 



maculosus. Less., 240. 



madagascariensis, A. Smith, diagnosis and de- 

 scription, 235. 

 mantis, Miill., 230. 



mexicanus, Cuv., diagnosis and description, 235. 



setnitorques, Schleg., 230. 



siguapa, D'Orb., 233. 



stygius, Puch., diagnosis and description, 233. 



ulula, Cuv., 236. 



vulgaris, 207, 214, 219. 



vulgaris, Flem., diagnosis and description, 232. 



wilsonii. Less., 233. 



lonurus, G. R. Gray, diagnosis and description, 



234. 



Ovipara, 305, 319. 



Ovis, 291. 



Owls, 289, 314. 



, day, 201, 258. 



, night or true, 222, 258. 



Ox, 45. 



Pachyderms, 32, 44. 



Pagellus centrodontus, 288, 330. 



Palapteryx, on, containing the restoration of the 

 feet, 1. 



■ , crania of species of, 59. 



, sternum of, 16. 



Palapteryx dromioides, 8. 



, restoration of the foot of, 19. 



gerano'ides ?, 60. 



robustus, 2, 1 7. 



-, restoration of the foot of, 19. 



Papuan, 78. 



Papuans, Australian, 84. 



Parra, 290. 



Parra jacana, 322, 341. 



Parrot, 291. 



Parrots, 289, 292, 302, 304, 310, 311, 314. 



Partridge, Grey, 317. 



Passer domesticus, 322. 



Passerines, 285. 



Passerine birds, 306. 



groups, 289. 



Pavo, 317. 



Pavo cristatus, 285, 316. 



