I 
GENERAL 
Dentirostral families, character of, 
34a 
Dentirostres, the tribe of, 338. 347. 
Dodo, affinities of, 286. 
E. 
Ears ofbirds, 47. 
Engiish names, remarks upon, 249. 
Europe, works on its ornithology, 
^ 207. On collecting in, 251. 
Eyes ofbirds, 43. 
F. 
Falco, or the typical falcons, 297. 
Falco Lophotes Tent.^ 299. 
Falcon, the musical, 168. 
Falconida, the family of, 286. 
Feathers ofbirds, 75. 
Feet ofbirds, 112. 
Fissirostres, the tribe of, .511. 
G. 
Gampsonyx Swaiusonii 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. 
Grimpercaux of Cuvier, 337. 
Gubernetes, its remarkable tail, 
103. 
Gypaetus, a fissirostral type, 284^ 
296. 
Gypogeranus, the secretary vul- 
ture, 285. 
H. 
Haliatus, sea hawfe«^;506. 
Harpagus, characters of, 299. 
Hawling monkeys, voice of, 160. 
Head of birds, 21. 23. 27. 
Heliaptex arcticus, 
Hemipterous insects musical, 104. 
Henharrier, manners of, 
Hive nests, 191. 
Honeysuckers, food of, 52. 
I. 
Ibycter, the gallinaceous eagle, 
3uS. 
Tctinea, characters of, 304. 
Illustrative works on birds, 223. 
Insessores, order of, 330. 
INDEX. 
Insessorial order, its analogies, 342. 
Insessorial type, 8. 
K. 
Kingfisher, the foot of, 149. 
Kite, common European, 317. * 
L. 
Leg of birds, 25. 
Lists of ornithological works, 202. 
204. 207. 215. 222. 
Lobed feet, 156. 
L’Oricou vulture, 47. 
Lophophorus refuJgens, 35. 
Loxia Ostrina of Vioillot, 65. 
M. 
Megalophus regius, crest of, 34. 
Meliphagidae, food of, 52. Their 
foot described, 147. 
Melody of birds, 168. 
Migration ofbirds, 97. 
Mocking birds, 169. 
M'>uth ofbirds, 53. 
Musophaga violacea, 62. 66. The 
foot described, 151. 
N. 
Names, honorary and compliment- 
ary, remarks upon, 225. 
Natatorial ^e, 9. 
Natterer, Dr., his researches in 
Brazil, 260. 
Nauclerus, swallow kites, 312. 317. 
Neophron, 283. 
Nests of birds, 173. 
Nomenclature, remarks on, 926. 
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. 
Omithorynchus, 5. 
Owls, on the family of, 321. Ears 
and egrets of, 36. 323. 
P-ll 
Palamedia, 27. 
Fandeon, sea eagles, 306. 
