Index 



495 



Tail, 



number of feathers in Archaeopteryx, 

 400; Cormorant, 400; Duck, 400; 

 Ostrich, 402; Peafowl, 402; Fan- 

 tail Pigeon, 402 



ornaments of, 414-421; ploughshare- 

 bone of, 400; sham, of Quezal, 421, 

 422; sh m, of Peacock, 422, 423 

 vertebrae of Bald Eagle, 403; embryo 



bird, 403; Ostrich, 402 

 use of, 405; voluntary decoration of, 

 424, 425, 425; of creeper, 410, 411; 

 deer, 413; Pin-tail Duck, 415; 

 Blue Duck, 406; Emeu-wren, 415; 

 Least Flycatcher, 412; Japanese 

 long-tailed fowl, 417, 419; Jungle 

 Fowl, 418; Boat-tailed Crackle, 

 418; Green Heron, 413; Junco, 

 414; Meadow Lark, 414; Lyre- 

 bird, 420, 421; Mexican Motmot, 

 424, 425, 425; Murre, 406, 407; 

 Grass Parrakeat, 408; Peacock, 422, 

 423; Pelican, 408, 409; Black- 

 footed Penguin, 406; Fan-tail Pigeon 

 404; Peacock Pheasant, 419, 420; 

 Reeves Pheasant, 416, 418; Rabbit, 

 413; Road-runner, 413; Sparrow 

 in moult, 409; Vesper Sparrow, 

 414; Barn Swallow, 405, 407; Tern, 

 407, 409; Chimney Swift, 410, 412; 

 Tinamous, 409; Wagtail, 413; 

 whale, 405; Paradise Whydah- 

 finch, 415, 416; Woodhewers, 410; 

 Woodpeckers, 410, 411, 412 

 Tail-coverts of Quezal, 421, 422; of 



peacock, 422, 423 

 Tailor-bird, bill of, 245 

 Tanager, colour change in moult of, 294 

 Tarpon, scale of, 20 

 Tarsus, 99 

 Teeth, in embryo Tern, 476; origin of, 



23, 114 



Temperature, of bird, 186; of man, 186 

 Tendons, of foot, 191, 192; strength of, 

 illustrated, 193; use in perching of, 



195 



Tern, bill of, 231, 232; colour of eggs of, 

 454, 456, 457; eggs of Stilt and, 452; 

 method of fishing of, 154; nest of, 453, 

 456, 457; protective coloration in 

 Sooty, 300, 303; tail of, 407, 409; 

 teeth in embryo, 476; wing of, 352 



Thales, 12 



Thayer, experiments of Abbott, 



Thigh-bone, see Femur 



Thigh-girdle, 88-91; bones composing, 

 88, 89; of embryo bird, cf. with Dino- 

 saur, 90 



Thrasher, eyelids of Brown, 212, 213; 

 nictitating membrane of, 213 



Thrush, crest of Laughing, 263; effect 

 of humidity on Wood, 294 



Tibia, 98 



Tinamou, 334; egg-shell of, 460; flight 

 of, 333-336; tail of, 409 



Toes, of Cassowary, 394, 396; Chuck- 

 will's-widow, 369; Coot, 387; Donkey, 

 394, 395; embryo, 474; Ballinule, 

 385,386; Grebe, 391; Ruffed Grouse, 

 380, 381; Heron, 101; comb on 

 Heron, 387; 388; perching function 

 of hind, 359; horse, 358; Wood Ibis, 

 385; jaguar, 101; young kangaroo, 

 394, 395; European House Martin, 

 381; monkey, 358; number of, 353; 

 Osprey, 374; Ostrich, 358, 394, 395, 

 396; Snowy Owl, 375; Penguin, 391, 

 392; Plover, 384; Phalarope, 384; 

 Ptarmigan, 381; Rhinoceros-bird, 

 357; Sand-grouse, 383; Semipalmated 

 Sandpiper, 384; Snakebird, 391; 

 Vulture, 377; Zygodactyl, 369, 370, 

 371, 372 



Tongue, of Cockatoo, 125; Ducks and 

 Geese, 120, 121, 122; Flamingo, 126, 

 127; Flicker, 123, 126; function of 

 fleshy teeth on, 120; Goldfinch, 125; 

 Honey-creeper, 127, 129; Humming- 

 bird, 127; Lory, 125; Owls, Larks, and 

 Swifts, 122; Pelican, 120, 121; Sap- 

 sucker, 124; Toucan, 126; Wood- 

 peckers, 122 



Toucan, bill of, 243, 244; tongue of, 126 



Towhee, iris of, 256 



Trachea, of amphibian, 169; of cranes, 

 170, 171; cf. with oesophagus, 167; 

 of duck, 168; of flamingo, 168, 169; 

 of reptiles, 169; of Sparrow, 169; struc- 

 ture, of, 168, 169; of Trumpeter Swan, 

 170 



Tracks, of Cassowary, 396; of Dino aur, 

 396, 397 



Triceratops, beak of, 226; brain of, 200 



Turbinal bones, 205 



Turkey, breast-ornament of Wild, 280 



Turtle, beak of Snapping, 224; egg of, 

 428, 429 



" Two Bird-Lovsrs in Mexico," quota- 

 tion from, 301 



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Ulna, 2 



Umbrella-bird, crest of, 264, 266 



Uncinate processes, 77 



Vegetable feeders, 143, 144 

 Vertebrae, of Bald Eagle, 403; bird, 

 cervical of, 71-74; embryo, 403; 



