INDEX 



609 



Hind-head, 20 ; -neck, 20 ; -toe, 10 

 Hirundinidae, 494, 522 f. ; habits, 524 f. 

 Hirundo, 523, 524, 525 ; H. rustlca, 523. 



524, 524 

 Histrionipkaps kisfrlonica, 337 f. 

 Hoatzin, 186, 241 f., 242 ; habits, 242 

 Hobby, 176, 177 

 Hodgsonms, 516 

 Hoefnagel, figure of Dodo, 330 

 Holarctic, 16 



Homologous, meaning of, 5 

 Hmnolopus, fossil, 465 

 Hamorus, 484, 485 ; IT. lopJwtes, 487 

 Homrai, 393 

 Honey-eater, 564 f. ; habits, 566 f. ; 



Warty-faced, 566 

 Honey-guide, 445, 448, 451 ; habits, 452 f. 

 Hoopoe, 376, 390, 390 u., 395 f., 396 ; 

 habits, 395 f. ; Wood-, 390, 397 ; 

 habits, 397 

 Hooting, of Owls, 401 

 Moplopterus, 269, 270 ; ff. cayanus, 276 ; 

 I{. speciosus, 276 ; S. spinosus, 276, 

 295 ; H. ventralis, 276 

 Hombill, 376, 390 f., 391; bUl, 11, 390 f. ; 

 habits, 390; Helmet-, 393 ; Plait-billed, 

 394 

 Hornero, 486 



Horns, 12 ; in Auks, 315 f , 317, 318 

 Houhara, 260 ; H. fuerteventurae, 262 n. ; 



N. macqueeni, 262 ; S. undiUata, 262 

 Houbaropsis, 260 ; H. bengalensis, 262 

 Hudson, on Aramides, 248 ; on Chauna, 

 109 n. : on Cow-bird, 582 n. ; on Oven- 

 bird, 485 n. ; on Parra jacana, 300 n. ; 

 on Rhea, 31 f. ; see Sclater 

 Huia, 557, 558 

 Humboldt and Bonpland discover Oil-bird, 



419 

 Hume, on Bubo coromandus, 403 n. ; ca 

 Francolins, 228 ui. : on Ibis melana- 

 cephala, 100 n. ; on Mycieria, 96 n. 

 Humerus, 8, 8 



Humming-bird, 419, 420, 426 f., 429 ; 568 : 

 breast-bone, 6 f. ; habits, 428 f. ; nature 

 of iridescent feathers, 4 ; operculum of 

 nostrils, 11 ; Bee-, 438 ; King-, 436 ; 

 Long-tailed, 433 ; Ruby-and-Topaz, 434 

 Hurst, on Archaeopteryz, 23 n. 

 Hutton, on Wandering Albatros, 63 f. 

 Huxley, classification, 14 ; on Amphi- 

 morphae, 105 ; on Cathartidae, 137 n. 

 on Coracomorphae and their song 

 muscles, 466 ; on Cypselomorphae,419 n. 

 on Gallinaceous Birds, 186, 198; on Geo 

 graphical Distribution, 15 f. ; on Palae- 

 eudyptes, fossil, 59 n. ; on Picidae, 457 

 restoration of Hesperornis, 46 ; Saurop- 

 sida as a division of Vertebrata, 1 

 Hybrids, of American Partridges, 233 ; of 

 Galline Birds, 224 ; of Grouse, 237, 

 237 n., 238 

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Ilydralediir, 269, 299 ; II. gallinaceus, 



298 ; //. iiovae guineae, 298 

 Hydranassa, young, 93 ; H. tricolor, 91 

 Ilydrochdidon, 301, 303, 314 ; B. hybrida, 

 314 f. ; H. leucoptera, 314 ; H. nigra, 

 314 ; II. surinamensis, 314 

 Hydro/)ha.iianus,-270 ; H. chirurgiis. 299, 



299, 300 

 Hydroprogne caspia^ 314 

 Hydropsalis, 41 8 

 Hyetornis, 351, 357 

 Hylactes, 490, 491 ; H. megapodius, 491 ; 



H. tarnii, 490, 491 

 Hylexe^astes, 484 



Hylocharis, 427, 435 ; //. sapphirina, 435 

 Hylomanes, 380 



Hylophilus, 536 ; H. ochraceiceps, 536 

 Hymenolaenms, 111. 113 ; H. malaco- 



rhynchus, 116 

 Hyoid, apparatus, 5, 21 ; horns, 457 

 Ilyperergus, 502 



Hyphantornis, 579 ; H. cucuUatus, 578 

 Hypochera ultramarina, 5'i'l 

 Hypocleidium, 21 

 Hypocnemis, 488 

 Hypocolius ampdinus, 527, 527 

 Hypolais, 514, 517, 518 

 Hypopyrrhus, 580 



Hyporhachis, or aftershaft of feather, 3 

 Hypositta, 537 

 Hypotaenidia, 246 t ; //. brachypus, 247 ; 



H. mulleri, 246 f. ; H. striata, 246 f. 

 Hypotriorchis concolor,^ 177 ; H. ouvieri, 

 177 ; H. diroleucus, 177 ; H. eleoiim-ae. 

 177 ; H. fusco-caeruUscens, 177 ; H. 

 lumdatus, 177 ; II- ophrynplwaes, 177 ; 

 S. rufigularis, 177; H. secerns, 177; H. 

 subbuteo, 176 

 Hypselornis sivalensis, fossil, 36 

 Hypsipetes, 504-506 ; H. perniger, 505 



! ranthothorax, 544, 545 

 Ibididae, 70, 99 t. 

 Ibidinae, 99, 100 

 Ibidopodia, fossil, 105 

 Ibidopsis, fossil, 105 



Ibidorhynchus, 268, 269 ; /. struthersi, 277 

 Ibis. 70, 99, 100 ; fossil, 105 ; yoxmg, 



103 ; I. aethiopica, 102 ; /. bernieri, 



103 ; /. melanocephala, 100, 103 ; /. 



molucca, 103 ; Glossy, 101 ; Sacred, 



102 ; Scarlet, 100 ; Shell-, 97 ; White, 



100 ; Wood-, 70, 97 

 Ibycter,15'2; I.americanus,152; I.aier,'l52 

 Ichthyornis, 45 f. ; head, 48 ; quadrate 



bone, 26 ; teeth, 12 ; vertebrae, 6, 25 ; 



I. dispar, 48 ; /. i-ictor, 48 

 Ichthyornithes, 25, 48 i. 

 Ichthyornithidae, structure, etc., 48 f. 

 Ideria, 573 

 Icteridae, 542, 559, 579 f. ; habits, 580 ■„ 



parasitic, 582 



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