INDEX TO OSTEOLOGY OF BIRDS 



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mearnsi, Cyrtonyx m., see Cyrtonyx 



m. mearnsi. 

 Megapodii, 169. 

 Megapodiidae, 169, 171, 172. 

 Megapodius, 169. 

 meiffreni, Ortyxelos, 172. 

 melanonota, Sarcidiornis, 253. 

 Meleagridae, 169, 229. 

 Meleagris, 210-21, 224, 226, 227, 229. 

 gallopavo domestica, 210, 213, 215; 

 figures, 212, 2x7. :^.,L. 

 merriami, 210, 211, 213, 214, 

 216, 217, 222; figures, 212, 

 214, 217, 219. 

 , osceola, 211. 

 silvestris, 210, 211. 

 mexicana, 211. 

 Merganser, 249, 250, 254, 262, 298, 

 310, 318. 

 hooded, 257, 263. 

 merganser, Mergus, 297. 

 Mergellus, 336. 

 Mergidae, 251. 

 Merginae, 249, 250, 251, 252. 254, 



2 9 8 > 33 6 > 33 8 > 34o. 

 Mergus, 249, 290, 294, 308, 310, 336. 

 merganser, 297. 



serrator, 290, 297, 298, 338; skull, 

 254-58; osteology, 254-70; fig- 

 ures, 255., 257, 260, 261, 262, 264, 

 265, 269; vertebral column and 

 ribs, 258-60; sternum, 260-62; 

 shoulder girdle, 262-67; appen- 

 dicular skeleton, 267-70. 

 Metopiana peposaca, 253, 300. 

 mexicana, Meleagris, 211. 

 mexicanus, Falco, see Falco mexi- 



canus. 

 Micrastur, 10. 



brachypterus, 25, 27, 34, 113; 



figure 29. 

 ruficollis, 114. 

 semitorquatus, 72. 

 Milne-Edwards, A., cited, 336, 337. 

 Milvago, 10, 107, 114. 

 'Milvidae, 126, 127-28. 

 Milvinae, 126, 127, 130, 133. 

 minor, Cnemiornis, 336. 

 Rimiornis, 337. 



mississippiensis, Ictinia, see Ictinia 



mississippiensis. 

 Mitua, 226. 

 Mivart, cited, 74—75. 

 mollissima, Somateria, see Somateria 



mollissima. 

 Moreno, cited, 336. 

 moschata, Cairina, 307. 

 Mound-birds, 172. 

 Moundmakers, 228. 

 Musophagi, 345. 346. 

 Musophagidae, 172, 250, 345, 348, 



356. 



naevius, Diplopterus, 349, 350. 

 Neophron, 17, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 40, 



42, 43, 45, 46, 47. 5°. S 1 . 5 2 - 

 percnopterus, 14, 25, 26, 33, 40, 



41, 47, 49, 51; figures, 29, 32, 37, 



explanation of plates, 146, 148, 



156, 160, 164. 

 Netta, 249, 270, 284, 291, 323. 

 rufina, 249, 250, 271, 277, 284, 285, 



289, 290, 292, 294, 295, 304, 307, 



308, 312. 

 Nettapus, 307. 



Nettion carolinensis, 270, 275, 299. 

 Newton, Alfred, cited, 7, 171-72, 



250, 251, 306-7. 

 Newton, E., cited, 335, 336. 

 niger, Cathartes, 39. 

 Geranospizias, 10. 

 nigra, Somateria v., see Somateria v. 



nigra, 

 nigricans, Branta, 306. 

 Nisus bicolor, 10. 

 nisus, Accipiter, 58. 

 Nomonyx, 249. 

 Numida, 172. 

 Numididae, 169. 



obscurus, Canachites, 199-200. 

 Odontoglossae, 250, 251, 340. 

 Odontophoridae, 169. 

 oeningensis, Anser, 336. 

 Oidemia, 249, 270, 284, 305. 



americana, 290, 297. 



deglandi, 286, 290, 297. 



perspicillata, 272, 274, 275, 282, 

 285, 286, 290, 292, 297, 301, 

 305-6. 



