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INDEX 



Neocorys, 499, 500 



Neodaiites, 488 



Neodreimnis, 569 



Neogaea, 15 



Neolestes, 531, 533 



Neomorphinae, 351, 357 



Xeophema, 364, 367 ; N. petrophila, 367 ; 



A\ pulcliella, 367 

 2i'eophron, 143, 145, 151 ; X. ginginiantcs, 



145 ; N. percnopterus, 145 ; iV. pileatus, 



145 

 JSfeojisittacus, 373 

 Xeopus, 160; i\^. malayensis, 161 

 jVeornis, 514 

 Neornitiies, 25 f.; a Sub-Class, 23; N. Cari- 



natae, 25, 48; N. Odoutolcae, 25, 45 f.; 



N. Eatitae, 25 

 Xeotis, 260, 262 ; X denJmmi, 261 

 Neotro2>ical Region, 15 f. ; its contents, 16 

 Nerves of bill, in Snipe, 290 n. 

 Jfesochen smidvicensis, 131 

 Nesocichla, 510, 515 

 Nesoenaa tnayeri, 343 

 Xesolimnas, 244 ; 3' dieffenbachi, 247 

 JVesonetta, 111, 113 : j.V. aiicMandica, 125 

 Nesopielia, 342 

 Xesosplza, 583 

 Nestlings, condition of, 21 f. 

 Nestor, Mountain, 375 

 iVestor, 362, 364, 374; X. esslingi, 374; i\^. 



meridionalis, 374 ; i\". nor/olcensis, 366, 



374 ; iN'; notalilis, 364 f., 374, 375 ; J. 



productus, 366, 374 

 Nestorinae, 362 f , 374 ; habits, 374 

 Ketta rufina, 123 

 JVettion albiyulare, 126 ; i\^. andiu7n, 126 ; 



X be/'nieri, 126 ; iV. brasiliense, 126 ; 



^r. capense, 126 ; X ca/rolinense^ 126 ; 



-lY. castaiiemn, 126 ; iV". crecca, 125 f. ; 



N. flavirostre, 126 ; N. formosum, 126 ; 



7\^. georgicum, 126; J. gibberifrons, 126; 



-iV. punctatum, 126 ; i\^. torqitatuvi, 126 

 Nettoptis, 112 ; 3'. cdbipennis, 134 ; i\'. 



auritus, 134 ; jY. coromandelianus, 134 ; 



iY. pwlahdlus, 133 f. 

 Newton, A,, on Anatidae, 136 ; on Bird of 



Paradise, 543 u. ; on classification of 



Passeres, 467 ; on Dodo, 329 n. ; on 



Eurypyga, 266 ; on Fngata, 72 ; on 



geographical distribution, 16 f. ; on 



Great Auk and its literature^ 321 n. ; 



on habits of Shoveller, 124 n. ; on Hiero- 



falco, 180 n. ; on Humming-birds, 426 



n. ; on mimicry, 543 n. ; on mode of 



progression of young Grebes, 54 n. ; on 



Oscines, 495; on Secretary-bird, 142 n. ; 



on Solitaire, 331 n. ; on Strigidae, 398 n. ; 



on Syrrhaptes (chick), 325 ; on trachea 



of Swans, 112 n. ; on Turkey, 206 n. ; on 



Widow-bird, 577 n. 

 Neivton, E., on Plmethon, 73 n. ; on 



Solitaire, 331 



Newton, A. and E., on Eulampis holo- 



sericeus, 428 

 Newton, E. , and Gadow, H., on Dodo, 



329 n., 330 

 Newtonia, 506 



New Zealand Region, 15 f. ; its contents, 16 

 Nicatm; 532, 533 

 Nidicolae, 21 

 Niilifugae, 22 

 Night-hawk, 67, 417 

 Night-heron — see Heron, Night- 

 Nightingale, 512, 515, 616 ; Ceylon-, 506 ; 



Palestine-, 506 

 Night-jar, 415 f. ; habits, 416 f. ; toes, 10 ; 



Common, 416, 418, 418 ; Pennant- 

 winged, 418 

 Mltava, 506, 507, 509 

 Ninox, 399-401, 408 ; N. affinis, 409 ; 



N, albaria, 409 ; AK boobook, 408 ; N. 



connivens, 401, 408 ; N. viaculccta, 409 ; 



jV. natalis, 409 ; JV. novae zealandiae, 



409 ; A", oiscura, 409 ; A\ scutulata, 



408 ; N. strenua, 408 

 Nipponia, young, 103 ; N. nippon, 102 

 Xisaetus, 160 ; A', bellicosus, 161 ; K. 



fasciatus, 161 ; iV. ■morphnoides, 161 ; 



A", pennatus, 161 ; N'. spilogaster, 161 

 Niso'ldes mordi, 157 

 Nitzsch, on classification, 14 ; on Alectorides 



and Fulicariae, 243 ; on powder-down 



patches in Falconidae, 147 ; on Macro- 



chires, 420 ; on Odoutoglossae, 105 ; on 



Pieariae, 376 ; Pterylographie, 2 

 Noble, in Falconry, 146, 178 

 Noddy, 310— see Tern, Noddy 

 Nomenclature of external parts, in 



Falcon, 20 

 Nomonyx dominicus, 11 8 

 A'onnula, 447 ; A\ rubecula, 447 

 North, on Emeu's nest, 37 n. ; on Gypoic- 



tiiiia, 170 n. 

 Nostril, 20 ; external, 11 ; in Petrels, 60 ; 



in Rhinoohetus, 264 

 Notched bill, 12 

 Nothocercus, 183, 186 

 Nothocrax, 195 ; N. urumutum, 196 

 Nothoprocta, 183, 185 ; N. pentlandi, 185 

 Nothura, 183, 185 ; A', darwini, 185 ; A". 



•maculosa, 185 

 Noto-coracomorphae, 531 n. 

 A^otodda, 509, 516 

 Notogaea, 15 

 Kotophoyx picata, 91 

 Notornis, 243, 244, 251 ; little keel to 



sternum, 26 ; iV. alba, 250, 261 ; A\ 



mantelli, 250 

 Nucha, 20 



Nucifraga, 552 ; A^. caryocatactes, 553 

 A\menius, 268, 270, 287 f. ; bill, 12 



fossil, 300 ; JV. arquata, 287 f., 288 



N. borealis, 288, 289; N. cyanopus, 288 



N. hudsonicus, 289; A\ longirostris, 288 



