INDEX. 
PodicipedidaB 792 
Podicipes 794 
auritus 795 
californicus 796 
cornutus 795 
cristatus 794 
dominicus 796 
griseigena 794 
holboelli 794 
Podilymbus 796 
podicipes 797 
Podium 120 
Podotheca 124 
Point of the wing 114 
Poison 26, 40 
Pole-backed woodpecker 485 
Polioptila 201 
californica 262 
ccerulea 261 
melanura 261 
pliimbea 261 
Polioptilinai 242, 260 
Poliex 108 
Polyborina) 539 
Polyboroides 521 
Polyborus 539 
auduboni 539 
cheriway 539 
lutosus 539 
Pol}'plectron 575 
Pomutorhine jager 735 
Pons varolii i75, 176 
Pooecetes 364 
confinis 365 
gramineus 364 
Poor skins, restoring 47 
Poor-will, nuttall's 453 
Poor-wills 452 
Pope 391 
Pope's nose 114 
Portal system of veins 197 
Portio 
dura 187 
mollis 187 
Porzana 673 
Carolina 073 
coturniculus 674 
maruetta 673 
jamaicensis 674 
noveboracensis 674 
Position of digits 128 
Post-frontal 
bone 157 
processes 156 
Post-oral arch 152, 154 
Post-orbital region 97 
Post-palatine processes 164 
Post-sacral verebrae 142 
Post-zygapophyses 137 
Powder, gun 4 
Powder-down feathers 86 
Praecoces 88 
Prairie 
chicken of the northwest 581 
hen 583 
falcon 534 
pigeon 641 
plover 604 
warbler 305 
Preening plumage 86 
Premaxillary 100, 164 
Prenasal cartilage 153, 155 
Pre-oral arch 152 
Prepalatines 164 
Preparations 
osteological 48 
Preparations 
wet 48 
Pressirostral 101 
Presphenoid 158 
Pre-z3'gapopliyses 137 
Primaries 112 
Primary coverts 110 
Primary, spurious 113 
Primordial kidney's 215 
Princely tern 760 
Priocella 778 
tenuirostris 778 
Priofinus 783 
melanurus 783 
Prion 776 
Prioritv, law of 80 
Procelfaria 780 
pelagica 781 
Procellariida; 773 
Procellariinae 776 
Procelsterna 755 
Procoelous vertebrae 138 
Procoracoid 145, 147 
Progne 325 
subis 325 
Prometheus 302 
Pronation 109 
Pro-otic bone 157, 187 
Propubis 149 
Prosencephalon 175 
Prosobonia leucoptera 618 
Prothonotary warbler 291 
Protonotaria 291 
citrea 291 
Protoplasm 196 
Prototype 75 
Prototypic groups 76 
Protovum 221 
Protozoa 70 
Proventriculus 212 
Prusiano 391 
Prybilov sandpiper 630 
Psaltriparus 267 
melanotis 267 
minimus 268 
plumbeus 268 
Pseudogryphus 558 
californianus 558 
Psilopaedic birds 88 
Psilorhinus 419 
morio 419 
Psittaci 494 
Psittacida; 495, 496 
Psophiidae 665 
Ptarmigan 585 
rock 587 
white-tailed 588 
willow 48, 586 
Pteranodon beds 825 
Pterocletes 562 
Pterodactyls 62 
Pterosauria 62 
Pterygoid bones 163 
Pteryla 
alaris 87 
caudalis 87 
crural is 87 
dorsal is 87 
femoral is 87 
humeralis 87 
spinalis 87 
ventralis 87 
PteryliB 87 
Ptervlography 86 
Pterylosis 86 
Ptilogonatinae 327 
Ptilogonys 328 
Ptilonorhynchus 224 
Ptilopaidic birds 88 
Ptilopus 564 
Ptilosis 82 
Ptinus brunneus 55 
Ptychorhamphus 809 
aleuticus 810 
Pubes, Pubic, Pubis, 149 
Pucrasia 575 
Puffin 
common 802 
horned masking 801 
large-billed 803 
tufted 803 
Puffins 800 
masking 800 
tufted masking 803 
Puffinus 
amaurosoma 787 
anglorum 786 
borealis 784 
conradi 825 
creatopus 785 
fuliginosus 787 
kuhli 784 
major 785 
obscurus 786 
opisthomelas 786 
tenuirostris 787 
Pug-nosed auk 806 
Pullastrae 562 
Pulmonary organs 199 
Pulmonic circulation 195 
Pulviplumes 86 
Pupil of eye 183 
Purple 
bullfinches 346 
crow-blackbird 413 
finch 346 
cassin's 347 
gallinule 676 
grackle 413 
martin 325 
painted finch 391 
sandpiper 629 
Pygmy 
finch, morelets 392 
finches 392 
nuthatch 271 
petrel 781 
Pvgopodes 787, 825 
Pygostyle 114, 142 
Pylorus 213 
Pyramidalis muscle of eye 
Pvranga 317 
aestiva 318 
cooperi 318 
hepatica 318 
ludoviciana 319 
rubra 318 
Pyrocephalus 444 
mexicanus 444 
rubineus 444 
Pyrrhula 344 
cassini 344 
coccinea 344 
Pyrrhuloxia 393 
sinuata 393 
Pyrrhurinae 495 
QUA-BIRD 662 
Quadrate bone 161 
Quadrato-jugal bone 162 
Quadratus muscle of eye 
