848 
INDEX. 
Meatus 
extemus 185 
internus 187 
Mechanism 
of leg-bones 121 
ofwing-boneslOe, 107, 108 
Meckel's 
cartilage 166, 152 
ganglion 177 
Median coverts 110 
Medio-palatine ossification 173 
Medio-tarsal joint 121 
Mediterranean shearwater 784 
Medulla 
oblongata 175 
spinalis 176 
Megapodida? 572 
Megapodius 572 
Melanerpes 489 
angustifrons 490 
bairdi 490 
erythrocephalus 489 
formicivorus 489 
Meleagrididae 576 
Meleagris 576 
altus 823 
americana 576 
antiquus 823 
celer 823 
gallipavo 576 
superbus 823 
Melittarchus 432 
Melopelia 569 
leucoptera 569 
Melospiza 369 
cinerea 372 
fallax 372 
fasciata 371 
guttata 372 
hermanni 372 
lincolni 370 
palustris 370 
rufina 372 
samuelis 372 
Members of birds 92, 100 
Membrana 
putaminis 222 
tympani 154 
Membranous labyrinth 188, 189 
Meninges of brain 175 
Mentum 98 
Menura superba 116 
Merganser 
hooded 718 
red-breasted 49, 717 
Mergansers 716 
Mergina; 716 
Mergus 716 
cucullatus 718 
merganser 716 
serrator 717 
Merlin, american 537 
Merlins 532 
Meroblastic eggs 221 
Meropidae 446 
Merry-thought 147 
Meru'la 243 
Mesencephalon 175 
Mesethmoid 160 
Mesoblast 226 
Mesometry 221 
Mesomyodi 427 
Mesomyodian 205, 239 
Mesozoic 62 
Messina quail 595 
Metacarpus 106, 107 
Metagnathous bills 101 
Metatarsal 
accessory 121 
bones 121 
spurs 133 
Metatarsus 119 
Metencephalon 175 
Metopodius 669 
Metosteon 144 
Metovum 221 
Mexican 
bluebird 258 
brown towhee 397 
canon wren 276 
chickadee 266 
cormorant 728 
creeper 273 
cross-bill 350 
flicker 493 
goldfinch 355 
jacana 669 
meadow lark 406 
snow-bird 379 
Miasm 19 
Micraster 519 
Micrathene 515 
Whitney i 516 
Micropalama 623 
himantopus 623 
Migratory quail 595 
Milvago 539 
MilvinjE 522 
Milvulus 431 
forficatus 431 
tyrannus 431 
Milvus 523 
Miminaj 242, 248 
Mimus 249 
carolinensis 250 
polyglottus 250 
Miocene birds 64 
Mississippi kite 524 
Missouri titlark 286 
Mitrephanes 443 
fulvifrons pallescens 443 
Mitrephorus 443 
pallescens 443 
Mniotilta 290 
borealis 290 
varia 290 
Moas 65, 825 
Mockers 249 
Mocking-bird 250 
mountain 249 
Mocking thrushes 242, 248 
Modiolus 188 
Molothrus 401 
aeneus 403 
ater 402 
obscurus 402 
Momotidae 468 
Moraotus c«ruleiceps 468 
Monerula 224 
Monogamy 226 
Moose-bird 425 
Morelet's pygm}' finch 302 
Morphological classification 66, 68 
Morphology 67 
Motacilla 284 
alba 284 
ocularis 284 
Motacillidae 283 
Motacillinae 284 
Moths 55 
Motor nerves 174 
Mottled owl 505 
Moult 88 
of bill 103 
Mound-birds 572 
Mountain 
chickadee 266 
plover 604 
mocking-bird 249 
quail 591 
sparrow 345 
Mounting birds 40 
Mourning 
dove 568 
warbler 311 
Mouth 92, 210 
Mucronate tail-feathers 116 
Mud-hen 672 
white-billed 676 
Mud-hens 675 
Mud swallow 323 
Miillerian ducts 215 
Mummification 47 
Murre 816 
Murrelet 
black-throated 811 
craveri's 814 
kittlitz's 813 
Japanese 812 
marbled 813 
short-winged 814 
white-bellied 813 
Murrelets 
nipper-nosed 811 
peaked-nosed 812 
Murres 810, 816 
Muscicapa 
acadica 441 
fulvifrons 443 
querula 441 
subviridis 441 
Muscles of birds 192, 194 
Muscular 
sense 191 
system 192 
tissue 192 
Musophagidae 446 
Mute swan 681 
Mutilation 38 
Muzzle-loader 2 
Mycteria 653 
americana 653 
Mvelencephalon 175 
Myiadestes 329 
townsendi 329 
Mvamoeba 
lajvis 192 
striata 192 
Myiarchus 434 
cinerescens 436 
cooperi 435 
crinitus 434 
erj'throcercus 435 
lawrencii 436 
mexicanus 436 
Myiodioctes 313 
canadensis 314 
mitratus 313 
pileolatus 314 
pusillus 313 
Myiodynastes 431 
luteiventris 431 
Mviozetetes texensis 430 
Mvlo-hyoid 211 
Myology 192 
Mvrtle bird 301 
