INDEX 



617 



3'. minwtus, 289 ; iV". phaeopus, 288 f. ; 

 ^V. tahitieims, 270, 289 ; J\^. tenui- 

 rostns, 288 ; IS!', variegatvs, 289 

 Mtmida, 201, 204 f. ; iV". comiila, 205 ; 



X coronata, 205; SS". mariiugeHsiti, 205; 



X meleagris, 205; iV. mitrata, 205 ; iV. 

 ptilorhyndiM, 205, 206 ; iV, reieJicnuwi, 



205 

 Numidinae, 198-201, 204 ; habits, 205 f. 

 Nimlet, 447 



Nutcracker, 553, 555, 556 

 Nuthatch, 536 f., B37 ; habits, 538 

 Nutmeg-bird, 577 

 Syctala, 399, 401 ; K. acadica, 405 ; X 



tengmalvii, 405 

 JVyctea, 398, 403 ; fossil, 415 ; jY. scan- 



diaca, 400, 412 

 Nycterodius violaceiis^ 90 ' 

 Nyctibiinae, 415, 416, 418 

 Xyctibius, 415, 417, 418 

 Xycticm-ax, 87, 88, 90, 265 ; young, 94 ; 



X. caledonicus, 90 ; N. goisagi, 90 ; N. 



griseus, 90 ; JV. leuconotus, 90 ; X. 



megacephahiSj fossil, 95 ; X. luteviits, 



90 ; X. pauper, 90 ; i\'. pUeatus, 90 ; 



X. sibUatrix, 90 ; X. violaceus, 90 

 Xyctidrmmis, 415, 416 

 Xyctiomis, 387-389 ; X. amictus, 389 

 Xymphicus, 364, 365 ; iV. uvaeensis, 363 

 Xyroca, habits, 123 ; fossil, 136 ; X. 



africana, 122, 123 ; X. aniericana, 



122 ; X. australis, 122, 123 ; ^V. baeri, 



122 ; X. brunnea, 123 ; X.ferina, 122 ; 



X innotata, 122 ; iV. nationi, 123 ; i\'', 



vallisneria, 122 



■Oar-feathers, 21 



Gates, on Sturuidae, 559 



Occiput, 20 



Oceanites, 60, 62, 65 ; 0. oceanicus, 65 



Oceauitinae, 59, 60, 65 



Oceanodroma, 61, 62, 67 f. ; 0. crypto- 



lettcura', 68 ; 0. furcata, 68 ; 0. hornbyi, 



68 ; 0. leucorrhoa, 68 

 Ochromela, 509 

 Ocreate metatarsus, 60 

 Ocreated, 10 

 Ocydromus, 244-247 ; 0. australis, 247 ; 



0. earfi, 247 ; 0. fusous, 247 ; 0. £frej/i, 



247 ; 0. hectori, 247 ; 0. insignis, 



fossil, 251 ; 0. sylvestris, 247 

 Ocyplmps, 326 ; 0. lophotes, 337 

 Odontoglossae, 105 

 Odontolcae, 45 f. ; a subdivision of Neor- 



nithes, 23 f. 

 Odontophorinae, 198, 199, 202, 204, 230 i. 

 Odontophorus, 199, 203, 232; 0. guia- 



nensis, 232 

 Odontopteryx toliapica, fossil, 86 

 Odontomithes, 2, 45 f. 

 Odontotormae, 45 

 Oedemia, 111 ; habits, 120 ; 0. americana, 



119 ; 0. carbo, 120 ; 0. deglandi, 120 ; 



O./mcrt, 113, 119 f. ; 0. nigra, 119 ; 0. 



perspicillata, 113, 120 

 Oedicuemidae, 268, 269, 297 

 Oedicnemtis, 269, 270 ; 0. aj^Bis, 297 ; 0. 



bistriatus, 297 ; 0. capensis, 297 ; 0. 



dominicensis, 297 n. ; 0. grallarius, 



297 ; 0. scolopax, 297 ; 0. senegalensis, 



297 ; 0. superciliaris, 297 ; 0. vermi- 



culatus, 297 

 OejMJ, 326, 327 ; 0. capensis, 339 

 Oesophagus, 12 

 Oestrelata, 66 ; 0. brevipes, 66 ; 0. Jiaesi- 



tata, 66 

 Oil-bird, 419 

 Oil-glands, 21 

 Oiseau-niouche, 426 

 Old Squaw, 121 

 Oligomyodae, 466 

 OUijura, 502 

 Oncoslmna, 473 

 One-wattled Cassowary, 35 

 Onychogiiathus, 559 

 Onychotes grvieri, 165 

 0-0, 564, 567, 568 

 Open-bill, 97 

 Operculum of nostrils, 11 ; in Caprimul- 



gidae, 415 ; in Columbae, 325 ; iu 



Plovers, 270 ; in Procellariidae, 60 ; iu 



RhinocJietus, 264 

 Opisthocoelous, 6 

 Opisthocomi, 186, 241 

 Opisthocomidae, 186, 241 

 OpistJiocomus, 186, 241 ; affinity to Cuculi, 



241 ; 0. cristatiis, 241, 242 

 OpisthodactyhiS, 45 

 Opisthoprora euryptera, 437 

 Ophrysia superciliosa, 218 

 Orange colour in Birds, its nature, 3 n. 

 Orbit, 20 

 Orchesticus, 575 

 6pxi-'><os, 426 

 Orchilus ecaudatus, 473 

 Oreicola, 511 

 Oreocorys, 498 



Oreoeca, 532, 534 ; 0. cristata, 567 n. 

 Ch'eomyza, 562, 563 

 Oreonympha nobilis, 436 

 Oreophasinae, 194, 196, 198 

 Oreophasis, 195; 0. derbianus, 198 

 Oreophilus ruficollis, 273 

 Oreopsiltacus, 363 

 Oreortyx pictus, 230 f. 

 Oreoscopfes, 614, 515, 519 

 Oreotrochilus, 431 f., 436 ; 0. chimbm-azo, 



428 ; 0. pkhincha, 428, 430, 436 

 Organ-bird, 622, 632 

 Oriental Region, 17 

 Origma, 617, 518 



Oriole, 642 f ; habits, 643 ; American, 

 542, 579 ; Baltimore, 580, 581 ; Golden, 

 542, 542 



