848 



INDEX. 



Meatus 



extemus 185 



internus 187 

 Mechanism 



of leg-bones 121 



of wing-bones 106, 107. 108 

 Meckel's 



cartilage 166, 152 



ganglion 177 

 Median coverts 110 

 Medio-palatine ossification 173 

 Mi-dio-tarsa] joint 121 

 Meditc-rranean shearwater 784 

 Medulla 



oldongata 175 



spiiiaiia 176 

 Megapodidic 572 

 Megapodius 572 

 Meianerpes 489 



angustifrons 490 



bairdi 400 



erythrocephalus 489 



formic ivorus 489 

 Meleagrididic 576 

 Meleae-ris 576 



alius 823 



americana 576 



antifjuus 823 



celer 823 



gallipavo 576 



snperbus 823 

 Melittarchus 432 

 Melopelia 569 



lencoptera 569 

 Melospiza 369 



cinerea 372 



fallax 372 



fasciata 371 



guttata 372 



hennanni 372 



lincolni 370 



palustris 370 



ruHua 372 



saniueli^ 372 

 Members of birds 92, lOQ 

 Mem bran a 



putamiuis 222 



tympani 154 

 Mcmiiiranous laljyrinth 188, 189 

 Meningci^ of brain 175 

 Men turn 98 

 Jlenura superba 116 

 STcrganser 



hooded 718 



red-brea'^ted 49, 717 

 Mergansers 716 

 Merginte 716 

 Mergus 716 



cucullatus 718 



merganser 716 



serrator 717 

 MerliUj american 537 

 Merlins 532 

 Meroblastic eggs 221 

 Meropidce 446 

 Merry-thought 147 

 iMerula 243 

 Mesencephalon 175 

 ?Iesethmoid 160 

 IMesoblast 226 

 Mesometry 221 

 Mesomyodi 427 

 ^resomyodian 205, 239 

 J^Tesozo'ic 62 

 Messina quail 595 

 Metacarpus 106, 107 



Metagnathous bills 101 

 Metatarsal 



accessory 121 



bones 121 



spurs 133 

 Metatarsus 119 

 Metencephalon 175 

 Metopodius 669 

 Metosteon 144 

 Metovum 221 

 Mexican 



bluebird 258 



brown towhee 397 



caiion wren 276 



chickadee 266 



cormorant 728 



creeper 273 



cross-bill 350 



flicker 493 



goldlinch 355 



jar-ana 669 



meadow lark 406 



snow-bird 379 

 Miasm 19 

 Blicraster 519 

 Micrathenc 515 



whitneyi 516 

 Micropalama 023 



himantopus 623 

 Migratory quail 595 

 Blilyago 539 

 Milvinre 522 

 Milvulus 431 



forlicatus 431 



tvrannus 431 

 Milrns 523 

 Mimina^ 242, 248 

 Mimus 249 



carol inensis 250 



polyglottus 250 

 Miocene birds 64 

 ■MisFiissippi kite 524 

 Missouri titlark 286 

 Mitrephanes 443 



fulyifrons pallescens 443 

 Mitrephoms 443 



l^allescens 443 

 Mniotilta 200 



borealis 290 



varja 290 

 Moas 65. 825 

 Mockers 249 

 Mocking-bird 250 



mountain 249 

 blocking thrushes 242, 248 

 Modiolus 188 

 Molothrus 401 



leneus 403 



ater 402 



obscurus 402 

 Momotidw. 468 

 Moraotus cicruleiceps 468 

 Monerula 224 

 Monogamy 226 

 Moose-bird 425 

 Morelet's p3^gmy finch 392 

 Morphological classification 66, 68 

 IMorphology 67 

 Motacilla 284 



alba 284 



ocularis 284 

 MotacillidK 283 

 ivrotiicillina; 284 

 Moths 55 

 IMotor nerves 174 

 Mottled owl 505 



Moult 88 



of bill 103 

 Mound-birds 572 

 Mountain 



chickadee 266 



plover 604 



mocking-bird 249 



quail 591 



sparrow 345 

 Mounting birds 40 

 Mourning 



dove 568 



warbler 311 

 Mouth 92, 210 

 Mucronate tail-feathers 116 

 Mud-hen 672 



white-billed 676 

 Mud-hens 675 

 I\lud swallow 323 

 Midlerian ducts 215 

 Mummification 47 

 Murre 810 

 Murrelet 



black-throated 811 



craven's 814 



kittlitz's 813 



Japanese 812 



marbled 813 



short-wingod 814 



white-bellied 813 

 Murre lets 



nipper-nosed 811 



peaked-nosed 812 

 Murres 810, 816 

 Muscicapa 



acadica 441 



fulvifruns 443 



querula 441 



subviridis 441 

 Muscles of birds 192, 194 

 Muscular 



sense 191 



system 192 



ti'ssue 192 

 Musophagidie 446 

 Mute swan 681 

 Jlutilation 38 

 Muzzle-loader 2 

 Jlycteria 653 



americana 653 

 Mvelencephalun 175 

 Myiadestes 320 



townscndi 329 

 Myamceba 



hvvis 192 



striata 192 

 Myiarclius 434 



cinerescens 436 



cooperi 435 



crinitus 434 



erythroccrcus 435 



lawrencii 436 



mexicanus 436 

 Myiodioctcs 313 



canadensis 314 



mitratus 313 



pileolatus 314 



pusillns 313 

 Myiodynastes 431 



luteivcntris 431 

 I\r\'inzetetes texensis 430 

 MVU.-hyoid 211 

 IvrvoIngV 192 

 Mvrtle bird 301 



