INDEX TO OSTEOLOGY OF BIRDS 



371 



squamata, 198; explanation of 

 plates, 234, 236. 

 calvus, Otogyps, see Otogyps calvus. 

 Camptorhynchus, 249. 



labradorius, 336. 

 Canachites, 170, 200, 204, 209, 227. 



canadensis, 199—200, 201, 229. 



(Dendragapus) obscurus, 199-200. 

 canadensis, Branta, see Branta cana- 

 densis. 

 » Canachites, 199-200, 201, 229. 

 canorus, Cuculus, see Cuculus cano- 



rus. 

 Canvasback, 304. 

 Caprimulgi, 8, 346, 347- 

 Caracaras, 49, 107-14. 

 Cariama, 7, 133. 

 Carinatae, 208. 



carolinensis, Nettion, 270, 275, 299. 

 Carrion crow, 12, 17, 34, 44, 46. 

 caryophyllacea, Rhodonessa, 253. 

 Casa'rca casarca, 307. 

 Catharista, 12, 17, t,^, 34, 37, 40, 44, 

 45, 46, 50, 126. 



urubu, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 

 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 37, 

 39, 41, 47,-48, 126; figures, 29, 



r 3 2 .37- 



Cathartes, 12, 38. 40, 44, 45, 50, 126. 



a. septentrionalis, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 



15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 



25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 39, 41, 42, 43, 



: 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 126; 



figure, 29 ; explanation of plates, 



I 148, 162, 164. 



niger, 39. 



Cathartidae, 7, 8, 98, 126, 127, 132- 

 ^7,; pneumaticity of the skele- 

 ton, 10; osteology of, 10-52; 

 skull, n-23; vertebral column, 

 23-34; table for comparison of 

 the vertebrae, 25, pygostyles, 

 29; scapular, arch, sternum and 

 pectoral limb, 34-43; table show- 

 ing the lengths of the bones of the 

 pectoral limb, 41; pelvis and 

 lower extremity, 43-51; table 

 showing the lengths of the bones 

 of the ^pelvic limb, 47; ribs, 

 figure, 32. 



Cathartoidea, 8, 126, 132-33. 

 Centornis. 336. 

 majori, 336. 

 Centrocercus, 170, 184, 188, 208, 209, 

 210, 225, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232. 

 urophasianus, 170, 203-10, 229, 

 232 ; explanation of plates, 236, 

 246. 

 Centropus superciliosus, 349, 350. 

 Cereopsidae, 251. 

 Cereopsinae, 335, 336. ■ 

 Chachalaca, 170, 224. 

 Chameornithes, 171. 

 Charadriomorphae, 171, 227. 

 Charitonetta, 249, 284, ^^8. 



albeola, 295. 

 charltoni, Arboriphila, 233. 

 Chauna, 339. 

 Chauveau, A., cited, 193. 

 Chen, 249, 306, 307, 311, 315, 316, 

 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 325, 

 327, 328, 329, 335. 

 hyperborea nivalis, 306, 308, 315, 

 3 2 3. 3 2 5- 326, 327, 328, 329, 330. 

 Chenalopex, 306. 

 aegyptiaca, 306. 

 jubata, 306. 

 Chenomorphae, 171, 250, 251, 261, 



275- 

 Chenornis graculoides, 336. 

 cheriway, Polyborus, see Polyborus 



cheriway. 

 Chionis, 172. 

 Chlanrydochen, 307. 

 Chloephaga poliocephala, 313; figure, 



3*3- 



Chordeiles, 91. 



chrysaetos, Aquillia, see Aquilla 

 chrysaetos. 



Ciconiidae, 250. 



Ciconiiformes, 8, 252. 



Cinclus, 2 10. 



cinerea, Vultur, see Vultur cinerea. 



Circinae, 126, 129, 130. 



Circus, 91, 126. 



hudsonius, 9, 26, 126, 129; fig- 

 ures, 29, 32, 56, 58, 60, 64, 67, 

 71, 76; skull, 52-61; axial skele- 

 ton, 61-73; osteology of, 52-83; 

 pectoral limb, 73-75; pelvic 



