INDEX. 
833 
Arizona 
whippoorwill 452 
Arm-bone 107 
Arquatella 628 
coucsi 029 
maritima 629 
■ ptilocnemis 630 
Arsenic 26, 57 
Arsenical soap 26 
Arrie 817 
Artemisia sparrow 376 
Arterial system 195 
Arteries 197 
Articular bone of jaw 166 
Articulation of bones 134 
Artificial "Keys" 227, 230, 231 
Arytenoids 204 
Asii-colorecl sandpiper 632 
Ash-throated 
crested flycatcher 436 
flycatchers 434 
Asiatic golden plover 600 
Asio 507 
accipitrinus 507 
otus 507 
wilsonianus 136, 507 
Astragalinus 354 
. arizonaj 355 
lawrencii 355 
mexicanus 355 
notatus 356 
psaltria 355 
tristis 354 
Astragalus 120 
Astur 530 
atricapillus 530 
palumbaiuus 530 
striatulus 531 
Asturina 551 
plagata 551 
Asyndesmus 490 
torquatus 490 
Atlas 139 
Atmosteon 168 
Atthis 465 
heloisaj 465 
Attic hummers 465 
Attypic characters 76 
Audition 184 
Auditor}'' 
meatus 97 
nerve 177, 187 
Audubon's 
oriole 410 
thrush 247 
warbler 302 
Auk 
aleutian 810 
crested 807 
great 819 
horn-bill 805 
least 808 
knob-nosed 808 
parroquet 800 
pug-nosed 800 
razor-billed 818 
red-nosed 808 
snub-nosed 807 
temminck's 812 
unicorn 805 
whiskered 808 
Auks 797 
parrot 800 
rhinoceros 805 
snub-nosed 806 
wrinkle-nosed 809 
Aural region 97 
Auricles of heart 196 
Auricular region 97 
Auriculars 97 
Auriparus 209 
flaviceps 209 
Auris 97 
Autumnal tree duck 689 
Aves (see also Birds) 237 
definition of the class 61 
aereae 81 
aquatica; 81 
terrestres 81 
Avian 
foot, modifications of 129 
sternum 143 
Avocet, american 611 
Avocets, 609, 610 
Axial skeleton 134, 135 
Axilla 111 
Axi liars 111 
Axis 139 
Azure warbler 301 
Bachman's 
summer finch 373 
warbler 294 
Bahaman hone}' creeper 317 
Baird's 
cormorant 729 
rosy finch 351 
sandpiper 625 
savanna spaiTow 360 
Baking birdskins 57 
Balaeniceps rex 654 
BalaenicipitidsB 654 
Balajarica pavonina 666 
Bald eagle 555 
Bald-pate 694 
Baltimore oriole 408 
Band-tailed buzzard 546 
Bank 
pigeon 565 
swallow 324 
Baptornis advenus 826 
Barbicels of feathers 84 
Barbs of feathers 84 
Barbules of feathers 84 
Barn 
owls 500, 501 
swallows 321 
Barnacle geese 686 
Barred owl 509 
florida 510 
western 510 
Barrow's golden-eye 704 
Bartramia 641 
longicauda 641 
Bartramian sandpiper 641 
Bartram's tattler 641 
Basal phalanges 127 
Basibranchial 167 
Basihyal 167 
Basilinna 460 
xantusi 460 
Basioccipital 156 
Basipterygoid processes 159, 163 
Basis cranii 149 
Basisphenoid 158 
Basisphenoidal rostrum 158 
Basitemporal 155, 156 
Bastard 
baltimore 407 
quills 109 
wing 109 
Batrachostomus 448 
Bay-breasted warbler 304 
Bay-winged 
bunting 364 
longspur 359 
summer finch 375 
Beak of birds 100 
Beaked savanna sparrow 363 
Beardless flycatcher 443 
Beards 99 
Bee-martin 432 
Bell's 
finch 376 
greenlet 335 
Bellv 95 
Belted kingfisher 470 
Bend of the wing 109 
Benzine 57 
Bernicla 686 
brenta 687 
canadensis 688 
hutchinsi 689 
hj'psibates 824 
leucoparia 689 
leucopsis 687 
nigricans 688 
occidentalis 688 
Bewick's 
swan 683 
wren 277 
Bicarotidiuje 
abnormales 198 
normales 197 
Big black-head 701 
Bile 215 
Bill of birds 100 
Bill-hook 52 
Bills classified 101 
Binomial nomenclatui e 79 
Biogen 192 
Biogenation 192 
Biology 65 
Birdskins 
baking 57 
how to make 28 
instruments for making 25 
Bird of Washington 555 
Birds and reptiles 60 
Birds of prey 496 
Birds 
anatomy of 
classification of 80 
carrying home safe 18 
class of 61 
contour of 91 
cretaceous 825 
definition of 60 
exterior parts of 82, 92 
fossil 821 
geologic succession of 62 
handling bleeding 17 
how many of a kind wanted 12 
how to approach 15 
how to find 10 
how to mount 40 
how to skin and stuff 28 
iurassic 829 
killing wounded 16 
recovering 16 
structure of 59 
synopsis of n. american 237 
tertiary 822 
topography of 91 
Bittern 
american 664 
least 664 
Bitterns 663, 664 
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