848 



INDEX. 



Meatus 



ertemus 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 

 Medio-tarsal joint 121 

 Mediterranean shearwater 784 

 Medulla 



oblongata 175 



spinalis 176 

 Megapodidse 672 

 Megapodius 572 

 Melanerpes 489 



angustifrons 490 



bairdi 490 



erythrocephalus 489 



formicivorus 489 

 MeleagrididsB 576 

 Meleagiis 576 



altus 823 



americana 576 



antiquus 823 



celer 823 



gallipavo 576 



superbus 823 

 Melittarchus 432 

 Melopelia 569 



leucoptera 569 

 Melospiza 369 



cinerea 372 



fallax 372 



fasciata 371 



guttata 372 



hermanni 372 



lincolni 370 



palustris 370 



ruHna 372 



samuelis 372 

 Members of birds 92, 100 

 Membrana 



putaniinis 222 



tympani 154 

 Membranous labyrinth 188, 189 

 Meninges of bram 175 

 Mentum 98 

 Menura superba 1 16 

 Merganser 



hooded 738 



red-breasted 49, 717 

 Mergansers 716 

 Merginsc 716 

 Mergus 716 



cncullatus 718 



merganser 716 



scrrator 717 

 Merlin, american 537 

 Merlins 532 

 Meroblastic eggs 221 

 Meropidse 446 

 Merry-thought 147 

 Merula 243 

 Mesencephalon 175 

 Mesethmoid 160 

 Mesoblast 226 

 Mesometry 221 

 Mesomyodi 427 

 Mesomyodian 205, 239 

 Mesozoic 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 



goldfinch 355 



jafana 669 



meadow lark 406 



snow-bird 379 

 Miasm 19 

 Micraster 519 

 Micrathene 515 



whitneyi 516 

 Micropalama 623 



himantopus 623 

 Migiatory quail 595 

 Milvago 539 

 Milvinse 522 

 Milvulus 431 



forficatus 431 



tyrannus 431 

 Milvus 523 

 Mimincc 242, 248 

 Mimus 249 



carolinensis 250 



polyglottius 250 

 Miocene birds 64 

 Mississippi kite 524 

 Missouri titlark 286 

 Mitrephanes 443 



fulvifrons pallescens 443 

 Mitrephorus 443 



pallescens 443 

 Mniotilta 290 



borealis 290 



varia 290 

 Moas 66, 825 

 Mockers 249 

 Mocking-bird 250 



mountain 249 

 Mocking thrushes 242, 248 

 Modiolus 188 

 Molothrus 401 



^neuR 403 



ater 402 



obscnrus 402 

 Momotida; 468 

 Momotus csernleiceps 468 

 Monerula 224 

 Monogamy 226 

 Moose-bird 425 

 Morelet's pygm}' finch 392 

 Morphological classiflcation 6( 

 Morphology' 67 

 Motacilla 284 



alba 284 



ocularis 284 

 MotacillidsB 283 

 Motacillinae 284 

 Moths 55 

 Motor neryes 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 668 



warbler 311 

 Mouth 92, 210 

 Mucronate tail-feathers 116 

 Mud-hen 672 



white-billed 676 

 Mud-hens 675 

 Mud swallow 323 

 MijUerian ducts 215 

 Mummification 47 

 MuiTe 816 

 Murrelet 



black-throated 811 



craveri's 814 



kittlitz's 813 



Japanese 812 



marbled 813 



short^winged 814 



white-bellied 813 

 Murrelets 



nipper-nosed 811 



peaked-nosed 812 

 Murres 810, 816 

 Mnscicapa 



acadica 441 



fulvifrons 443 



querula 441 



subviridis 441 

 Muscles of birds 192, 194 

 Muscular 



sense 191 



system 192 



tissue 192 

 MusophagidiB 446 

 Mute swan 681 

 Mutilation 38 

 Muzzle-loader 2 

 Mycteria 663 



americana 653 

 Slyelencephalon 175 

 Myiadestes 329 



townsendi 329 

 Myamoeba 



Iffivis 192 



striata 192 " 

 Myiarchus 434 



cinerescens 436 



cooperi 435 



crinitus 434 



erj'throcercus 435 



lawrencii 436 



mexicanus 436 

 Myiodioctes 313 



canadensis 314 



mitratus 313 



pileolatus 314 



pusillus 313 

 Myiodynastcs 431 



lufciventris 431 

 Myiozetetes texensis 430 

 M'vlo-hyoid 211 

 Myology 192 

 Mvrtle bird 301 



