INDEX 



623 



Poule Eouge, 251 



Powder-down, feathers, 3; patches, 22 ; in 



Accipitres, 147 ; in Ardeae, 87 ; in 



AHanuts, 531 ; in Eurypygidae, 266 



in Falconidae, 147; in Gyninodenis, 481 



in Leptosoma, 378 ; in Mesites, 187 



in Podargidae, 416 ; in Psittaci, 364 



in Rhitiochetus, 264 ; in Tinamidae, 183 

 Praecoces, 22 

 Praemaxilla, 11 

 Prairie, Cliicken, 234 ; -Hen, 235 ; Lesser 



Prairie- Hen, 235 

 Pratincohi, 510, 515 ; P. rubetra, 511 

 Pratincole, 268, 293 f. 

 Pre-Tertiary Birds, 2 

 Prespheuoid, 11 

 Primaries, 20, 22 



Principal shaft, or rhachis of feather, 3 

 Prinia, 514, 518 



Priocella, 61 ; P. glacialo'ides, 67 

 Priqfintis cinereus, 67 

 Prion, 60, 61, 66, 112 ; sifting apparatus 



of hill, 12 ; P. ariel, 66 ; P. desolatits, 



66 

 Prionirhynckws, 380 

 Prioniturus, 363 

 Prionochiltts, 570, 571 ; P. squalidus, 



571 ; P. vincens, 570 

 Prionodura, 551 ; P. newtoniana, 548, 



551 

 Prionopinae, 531 f. 

 Prianqps, 532 



Prionotelus, 441, 442 ; P. temnurus, 443 f. 

 Prismatic, hues in feathers, cause of, 3 ; 



structure of vanes, 4 

 Prislorhamphus, 570 

 Procdlaria, 62, 67 f. ; P. pelagica, 67, 



68 ; P. tethys, 68 

 Procellariidae, 59 f. ; habits, 61 f. 

 Procellariiformes, 59 f., 70 

 Procellariinae, 59, 60, 65 f. 

 Procelsterna, 311 

 Procne, 523-525 ; P. furcata, 525 ; P. 



tapera, 523-525 

 Procnemial, 22 ; process, of Colymbi- 



formes, 49 

 Procnias, 575, 576 

 Procoelous, 6 

 ProdoHscus, 451 f. ; P. insignis, 452 ; P. 



regulus, 452 

 Progura gallinacea, fossil, 350 

 Proherodius oweni, fossil, 95 

 Prmnerops, 568, 569 ; P. cafer, 570 

 Propdargus, fossil, 99 

 Prosobonia leucoptera, 283 

 Prosthemadera, 565, 567 ; P. novae zea- 



landiae, 567 

 Protibis, fossil, 105 

 Protonotaria, 573 

 Proven triculus, 12 

 Provinces, 17 

 Proximal, 22 



Pryvmacantha, 427 ; P. popdarii, 438 f. 

 Psalidoprocne, 522-525 ; 1'. nilens, 522, 



524 

 Psallria, 538, 539 

 Psaltripariis, 538-540 

 Psmnathia, 515 



PsffTOomws, 468, 469; P. dalhousiae, 468 f. 

 Psaroglossa, 559 

 Psep/wtus, 365 



Pseudapteryx gracilis, fossil, 40 

 Pseudochelidon, 530, 531 

 Pseudocolaptes, 484, 487 

 Psi^vdoducnis, 575 

 Pseudogeranus, 254 

 Pseudogerygone, 607 ; P. rubra, 507 

 Pseudogryphus, 137 ; P. cali/ornianus, 



139 

 Pseudogyps, 143 ; P. africanus, 145 ; P. 



bengcdensis, 145 

 Pseudonestor, 562 

 Pseudorhectes, 632 

 Pseudotantalus ibis, 97 

 Pseudotriccus, 474 

 Psilopogon pyrolophus, 460 

 Psikn-hamphus, 488 

 Psilorhinus, 553 

 Psittaci, 351 f., 361 f., 376; bill, 12; 



cere, 11 ; clavicles sometimes absent, 



8 ; habits, 364 f. ; metatarsals, 10 ; 



toes, 10 ; voice, 13 

 Psittacidae, 351, 362 f., 366 f. 

 Psittaeinae, 362 f., 367 

 ■Psittacirostra, 562, 563 

 Psittacula, 363, 364, 368, 370 

 Psittacus, 364 ; fossil, 375 ; P, erithacus, 



362, 369, 370 ; P. timneh, 369 

 Psophia crepitans, 257, 258 ; P. leuco- 

 ptera, 268; P. oiapensis, 258; P. obscura, 



258 ; P. ochroptera, 258 ; P. viridis, 



258 

 Psophiidae, 243, 256, 257 f. ; habits, 268 

 Psophodes, 503 

 Ptairaigan, 204, 240 ; claws shed, 203 ; 



moult, 6 

 Ptererythrius, 532, 633 

 Pteridophora, 545 ; P. alberti, 548 

 Ptemistes, 225 f. ; P. afer, 226 ; P. 



boehmi, 226 ; P. cranchi, 225 f. ; P. 



humboldti, 225 ; P. infuscatus, 11& ; 



P. leucoscepus, 226 ; P. nudicoUis, 226 ; 



P. ruhricollis, 225 ; P. rufipictus, 226 ; 



P. swainsoni, 226 

 Pteroeles, 268, 321 f. ; fossil, 325 ; P. 



arenarius, 323 ; P. bicinctus, 323 ; P. 



coronatus, 323 ; P. decoratus, 323 ; P. 



fasciatus, 322, 323 ; P. gutturalis, 323 ; 



P. lichtensteini, 322, 323 ; P. quadri- 



cinctus, 323 ; P. jpersonatus, 323 ; P. 



variegatus, 323 

 Pteroclidae, 268, 321 f. ; habits, 322 f. ; 



toes, 10 

 Pteroclo-Columbine, 268, 321 



