590 



INDEX 



Aesacus magnirostris, 297 ; A. recwrvi- 



rostris, 297 

 Aesalon columbarius, 178 ; A. regulus, 



177 ; A. ruficollis, 178 ; A. typus, 178 

 Aethiopsar, 561 

 Aethopyga, 569 

 Aethorhynchus, 504-506 

 Aex, 111, 112 ; A. galericulata, 114, 133 ; 



A. sponsa, 133 

 Aftershaft, of feathers, origin of, 3 ; absent, 



iu Alcedinidae, 383 ; in Apteryx, 39 ; in 



Hornbill, 390 ; in Mesites, 187 ; in 



Ostrich, 27 ; in Owls, 399 ; in Pandion, 



180 ; in Rheidae, 30 ; in Struthionidae, 



27 

 Agami, 258 

 Againia agami, 91 f. 

 Agapornis, 364, 368 ; A. cana, 368 ; A. 



puUaria, 368 ; A. roseicollis, 368 ; A. 



taranta, 368 

 Agelaeinae, 579 f. 

 Agelaeus, 581 ; A. phceniceus, 580 

 Agelastes, 201 ; A. meleagrides, 205 

 Aglaeactis, 437 

 Agnopterus, fossil, 108 

 Agriornis, 473, 475 

 Air-cells, in Sula, 72 

 Air-sac, 21 ; in Tetraoninae, 201 

 Aithurus, 426, 430 ; A. polytmus, 433, 



433 

 -^j'<j<^t young, 105 ; A, rosea, 105 

 Ala, 21 



Alaemon, 497, 498 ; A. alavdipes, 497 

 Alar bar, 21 



Alaska, to which region belonging ? 16 

 Alauda, 497 ; A. arvensis, 496, 497 

 Alaudidae, 494, 496 f. ; habits, 498 

 Alaudula raytal, 498 

 Albatros, 59 f., 61-63, 81, 148 ; Wander- 

 ing, 63 f., 64 

 Albinism, its cause, 4 n. 

 Alca, 315, 320 ; A. impennis, 315, 320, 



321 ; A. tarda, 320 f. 

 Aloae, 268, 315 f. 



Alcedinidae, 376, 382 f.; habits, 383 f. 

 Alcedininae, 382, 386 

 Alcedo, 383 ; A. beryllina, 387 ; A. ispida, 



387 

 Alcidae, 49, 268, 315 f . ; bill-sheath and 



outgrowth shed, 5 n., 317 f. ; habits, 



315 f. 

 Alcippe, 503 

 Alcurv,s, 504 

 Alcyone, 383, 384 ; toes, 10, 383 ; A. 



azurea, 386 

 Alectorides, 243 

 Alectoroenas, 326, 346 ; A. madagas- 



cariensis, 346 ; A. nitidissima, 346 ; 



A. pulcherriiria, 346 ; A. rodericana, 



fossil, 350 ; A. sganzini, 346 

 Alectoromorphae, 182 

 Alectoropodes, 186 



Alectrwnts, 473, 475, 477 ; A. risorius, 

 473, 474 ; A. tricolor, 473, 475 



Alethe, 513 



Aletornis, fossil, 256 



Alexandrine — see Parrot 



Alisphenoid, 11 



Allantois, 21 



Altham, E. and H., on Dodo, 330 



Altrices, 21 



Alucinae, 398 n. 



Alula spuria, 9, 20 



Amadavat, 577 



ATiiaurornis, 249 ; A. phoenicura, 249 



Amazilia, 435 ; A. cyanura, 435 ; A. 

 pristina, 435 



Arnhlyornis, 551 ; A.flamfrons, 549; A. 

 inornata, 549, 551 f. ; A. subalaris, 

 549, 552 



AmUyospiza, 577 



Ame damn^e, 66 



Ameghino, on "Stereornithes,'" 44 



Ammodramus, 583, 586 



Ammorfianes, 497, 498 



Ammoperdix, 202 ; A. bonhami, 228 ; A. 

 cholmleyi, viii ; A. heyi, 228 



Amnion, 21 



Ampeliceps,' 559 



Ampelidae, 529 f. 



Ampelion, 480 



Ampeli^, 529 ; A. cedrorum, 530 ; A, 

 garrulus, 529, 530 ; A. phoenicoptera, 

 530 



Amphicoelous, 6 



Amphimorphae, 105 



Amphipelargus, fossil, 99 



Aviurolimnas, 244 



Amytis, 617 



Anaeretes, 474 



Analogous, meaning, 5 



Anarhynchus, 268 ; A. frontalis, 274, 

 274 



Anas, 112; fossil, 136; A. dberti, 127 

 .1. hoscas, 114, 127; skull, 11; A 

 cristata, 128 ; A. diazi, 127 ; A.fuliyi- 

 gula, 127 ; A. laysanensis, 127 ; A 

 luzonica, 127 ; A. maculosa, 127 ; A 

 melleri, 127 ; A. obscura, 127 ; A 

 poecilorhyncha, 127 ; A. sparsa, 127 

 A, specularis, 128 ; A. superciliosa 

 127 ; A. undulata, 127 ; A. wymlUana, 

 127 ; A. zonorhyncha, 127 



Anastomus, 95, 97 ; sifting apparatus of 

 bill, 12 ;, A. lamelligerus, 97 ; A. 

 oscitans, 97 



Anatidae, 108, 111 f. ; habits, 113 f. ; shed 

 wing-quills simultaneously, 4 ; young, 

 114 



Anatinae, 111, 112, 123 



Ancistrops, 484 



Andigena, 456 ; A. bailloni, 456 ; A.lami- 

 nirostris, 453, 456 



Andrews, on Aepyornis and Mullerornis, 



