ALPHABETIOAIi INDEX. 



309 



Axillary feathers, 158. 

 Axis, 171. 

 Aythya, 305. 



Babax, 288. 



Babblers, 116, 262. 



Back-bone, 169. 



BalisnicepirMS, 302. 



Sdtsnioeps, 302. 



rex, 38, 39. 



Saleanca, 302. 



Ba/rhatula, 297. 



Barbefcs, 74, 267. 



Barnardms, 300. 



Bam Owl, 129. 



Ba/ryphthengus, 296. 



Basileomis, 282, 



Sasileuterus, 285. 



Basiliima, 234. 



5atem, 293. 



BatUlda, 283. 



5aWs, 290. 



Sasa, 300. 



Beak, bones of, 180. 



Bebromis, 287. 



Bee-eaters, 82, 265. 



Beef-eaters, 112. 



Bee-guides, 84. 



Bell-bird, 91, 93, 

 263. 



BelloTM, 295. 



Berenicomis, 296. 



Berlepschia, 292. 



Bemieria, 289. 



Bhringa, 282. 



.Bias, 290. 



braids, 293. 



Bill, structure of, 141, 

 143. 



Bird regions of the 

 earth, 239. 



Birds, a Class, 1, 2, 

 252, 259. 



, Universal cha- 

 racters of, 2, 255. 



of Paradise, 90, 



261. 



of Prey, 123. 



Bittern, 36, 37, 272. 



Biziwra, 805. 



Blacicm, 291. 



Blackbird, 109. 



Blackcap, 106, 107. 

 Black Swan, 15. 

 Blade-bone, 189. 

 Blood, 217. 

 Blood-vessela, 217. 

 , development of, 



226, 

 Blue-biU, 261. 

 Blue Chatterer, 263. 

 Boat-bill, 38, 272. 

 Body and Tail, 150. 

 Bohemian Waxwing, 



106. 

 Bolbopsittactis, 299. 

 Bolborhynchus, 299. 

 Bonasa, 303. 

 Bonesofbeak, 180, 181. 



of brain-case, 181. 



of limbs, 188. 



Booby, 25. 

 Boots, 162. 

 BoiawnruB, 301. 

 Botaurus, 301. 



stellaris, 36, 37. 



Bourcieria, 294. 

 Bower-birds, 93, 95, 



261. 

 Bowers for play, 93, 



233. 

 BrachygaWa, 297. 

 Brachypteraaias, 295. 

 Brachypieraciims, 295. 

 Brachyptermis, 297. 

 Brachypteryx, 288. 

 Braohyrhamphus, 305. 

 Bradyomis, 287. 

 BradypterintB, 287. 

 BraOypterus, 287. 

 Brain, 217. 

 Brain-case, bones of, 



181. 

 Brcmta, 305. 

 Brazilian subregion. 



Birds of, 246. 

 Breast-bone, 177. 

 BroadbiUs, 76, 77, 



264. 

 Bronchi, 211. 

 Brotogerys, 299. 

 Brusn-tongued Parrots, 



269. 

 Brush-turkeys, 275. 



Buarremon, 284. 

 Bubo, 301. 



ignavus, 130. 



BvbmidcB, 271, 301. 

 BvboniTKB, 301. 

 Btuico, 297. 



tectus, 75, 76. 



BuccomdiB, 267, 297. 

 Bucephala, 305. 

 Bzcceros, 296. 



ruficollis, 78. 



Bucerotes, 265, 296. 

 Bucerotidcs, 265, 296. 

 Buchanga, 282. 



atra, 122. 



Bucorax, 296. 

 Bulbuls, 117, 262. 

 Bwphaga, 282. 



erytkrorhyneha, 



112, 113. 

 Buphagines, 282. 

 Bwmeda, 287. 

 Bursa Fabricii, 209. 

 Busarellus, 300. 

 Bush-cuckoos, 263. 

 Bustard Quails, 11. 

 Bustards, 47, 49, 273. 

 Butastur, 300. 

 Butcher-birds, 121. 

 Buteo, 300. 



vulgaris, 125. 



Biiteogallus, 300. 

 Bateota, 300. 

 Buteonims, 300. 

 Bwthravpis, 284. 

 Buzzards, 125,271. 

 Bycanistes, 296. 



Cacatua, 299. 

 Cacatwids, 269, 299. 

 Caeatvints, 299. 

 Caccabimnis, 303. 

 Caccabis, 303. 

 Cacomantis, 298. 

 Caotomis, 284. 

 C(S»o<nceMS, 291. 

 Caica, 299. 

 Cairina, 305. 

 GaXama/nfhm, 289. 

 CaXamocwhla, 287. 

 Calamonastes, 287 



