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GENERAL INDEX. 



Dentirostral families, character of, 

 349. 



Dentirostres, the tribe of, 338. 347. 

 Dodo, affinities of, 286. 



E. 



Ears of birds, 47. 



English names, remarks upon, 242. 

 Europe, works on its ornithology, 

 ► 207. On collecting in, 251. 

 Eyes of birds, 43. 



F. 



Falco, or the typical falcons, 297. 

 Falco Lophotes Tern., 299. 

 Falcon, the musical, 168. 

 Falconida;, the family of, 28a 

 Feathers of birds, 75* 

 Feet of birds, 112. 

 Fissirostres, the tribe of, 341. 



G. 



Gampsonyx Swain sonii Fig., 301. 

 General systems of ornithology, 



200. Works on, 202. 

 Geographic ornithology, 207. 

 Goshawks, Aster, 305. 

 Grallatorial type, 10. 

 Grallatorial feet, 155. 

 Great white owl, Nyctea, 329. 

 Grimpeurs of Cuvier, 337. 

 Gubernetes, its remarkable tail, 



103. 



Gypaetus, a fissirostral type, 284. 

 296. 



Gypogeranus, the secretary vul- 

 ture, 285. 



H. 



Halisetus, sea hawks, 306. 

 Harpagus, characters of, 299. 

 Head of birds, 21. 23. 27. 

 Heliaptex arcticus, 327. 

 Hemipterous insects musical, 104. 

 Henharrier, manners of, 293. 

 Hive nests, 191. 

 Honeysuckers, food of, 52. 

 Howling monkeys, voice of, 160. 



I. 



Ibycter, the gallinaceous eagle, 



308. 



Tctinea, characters of, 304. 

 Illustrative works on birds, 222. 

 Insessores, order of, 330. 



Insessorial order, its analogies, 342. 

 Insessorial type, 8. 



K. 



Kingfisher, the foot of, 149. 

 Kite, common European, 317. 



L. 



Legs of birds, 25. 



Lists of ornithological works, 202. 



204. 207. 215. 222. 

 Lobed feet, 156. 

 L'Oricou vulture, 47. 

 Lophophorus refulgens, 35. 

 Loxia Ostrina of Vieillot, 65. 



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Megalophus regius, crest of, 34. 

 Meliphagidae, food of, 52. Their 



foot described, 147. 

 Melody of birds, 168. 

 Migration of birds, 97. 

 Mocking birds, 169. 

 Mouth of birds, 53. 

 Musophaga violacea, 62. 66. The 



foot described, 151. 



N. 



Names, honorary and compliment- 

 ary, remarks upon, 225. 



Natatorial type, 9. 



Natterer, Dr., his researches in 

 Brazil, 260. 



Nauclerus, swallow kites, 312. 317. 



Neophron, 283. 



Nests of birds, 173. 



Nomenclature, remarks on, 226. 

 Laws of, 229. Appropriate, in- 

 stances of, 239. Vernacular, re- 

 marks upon, 242. 



Nostrils of birds, 48. 57. 



Nyctia Candida, 329. 



Nyctipetes, a new genus of owls, 

 328. 330. 



Nyctipetes perlatus, 329. , 



O. 



Ornithorynchus, 5. 

 Owls, on the family of, 321. Ears 

 and egrets of, 36. 323. 



P- I 



Palamedia, 27. 

 Pandeon, sea eagles, 306. 



