Plate CCCXCIII. Accipitres.
Fig. 1. Vultur Percnopterus, Aquiline Vulture. 2. Falco Melanotus, Black Eagle. 3. Strix Zeylonensis, Ceylon Owl. 4. Virginiana, Virginian Owl.
Plate CCCXCIV. Picæ.
Fig. 1. Certhia Armillata, Braceletted Creeper. 2. Coracias Caudata, Long-tailed Roller. 3. Picus Cardinalis, Cardinal Woodpecker. 4. Cuculus Melanoleucus, Coromandel Crested Cuckoo.
Plate CCCXCV. Picæ.
Fig. 1. Merops Erythropterus, Red-winged Bee-eater. 2. Buceros Panayensis, Panay Hornbill. 3. Todus Criftatus, Crested Tody. 4. Momotus Brasiliensis, Brazilian Motmot. 5. Alcedo Criftata, Crested Kingfisher.
Plate CCCXCVI. Anseres.
Fig. 1. Anas Mollissima, Eider Duck. 2. Mergus Serrator, Red-breasted Merganser. 3. Phaeton Æthereus, Common Tropic Bird. 4. Plotus Melanogaster, Black-bellied Darter. 5. Diomedea Exulans, Wandering Albatross, or Man of War Bird.
Plate CCCXCVII. Anseres.
Fig. 1. Alca Cirrata, Tufted Auk. 2. Tetraclla, Dusky Auk. 3. Procellaria Pelagica, Stormy Petrel. 4. Colymbus Auritus, Eared Grebe. 5. Sterna Minuta, Lesser Tern.
Plate CCCXCVIII. Grallæ.
Fig. 1. Phoenicopterus Ruber, Red Flamingo. 2. Tantalus Albus, White Ibis. 3. Ardea Egretta, Great Egret. 4. Scopus Umbretta, Tufted Umbre.
Plate CCCXCIX. Grallæ.
Fig. 1. Recurvirostra Americana, American Avocet. 2. Charadrius Pileatus, Hooded Plover. 3. Haematopus Ostralegus, Sea-pie, or Pied Oyster Catcher. 4. Fulica Atra, Common Coot.
Plate CCCC. Gallinæ.
Fig. 1. Otis Afra, White-eared Bustard. 2. Struthio Camelus, Black Ostrich. 3. Phasianus Criftatus, Crested Pheasant. 4. Crax Alector, Female Crested Curassow, Var. from Peru, Lath. Synop. 693.
Plate CCCCCI. Passeres.
Fig. 1. Columba Marginata, Marginated Turtle. 2. Loxia Moluccensis, Molucca Grosbeak. 3. Alauda Malabarica, Malabar Lark. 4. Myiaca Pygmaea, Dwarf Fly-catcher. 5. Parus Criftatus, Crested Titmouse.
Plate CCCCCII. Passeres.
Fig. 1. Emberiza Regia, Shaft-tailed Bunting. 2. Colius Panayensis, Panayan Coly. 3. Hirundo Subis, Canada Swallow. 4. Pipra Rupicola, Rock Manakin. 5. Tanagra Siberica, Siberian Tanager.
INDEX.
A.
Aberdevine, No 814 Accipitres, 50 Age of birds, 45 Alauda, characters and species of, 716—727 Albatross, 390—395 Alca, characters and species of, 363—372 Alcedo, characters and species of, 260—270 Ampelis, characters and species of, 754
Anat, characters and species of, No 316 Ani, characters and species of, 162—164 Anseres, order of, 314 characters, 315 Apiafler, 277 Aptenodytes, characters and species of, 373 Ardea, characters and species of, 494—523
Avic, characters and species of, No 363 Avocet, 372 Barbet, characters and species of, 219—222 Bee-eater, 275—282 Beef-eater, characters and species of, 159 Birds, general observations on, 36 Birds, ## Index
**Birds, nutrition of;**
- **flight and migration,** No 38 - **lubrication of the feathers,** 39 - **nictitating membrane,** 40 - **song,** 41 - **eggs,** 42 - **nests,** 43 - **age,** 44 - **diseases,** 45
**Bittern,** 515—520
**Blackbird,** 750
**Blackcap,** 861
**Boatbill,** 488—490
**Booby,** 409
**Bucco,** characters and species of, 219—222
**Buceross,** 152
**characters,** 153
**species,** 154—158
**Bunting,** 781
**Buphagus,** characters and species of, 159
**Buttard,** 631—638
**Butcher bird,** 105—110
**Buzzard,** 70—73
**Canary bird,** 813
**Cancroma,** characters and species of, 488
**Capercaillie,** 681
**Caprimulgus,** 907
**Carrion crow,** 174
**of Jamaica,** 55
**Cassowary,** 642, 643
**Certhia,** characters and species of, 303
**Chaffinch,** 806
**Channelbill,** 149—151
**Charadrius,** characters and species of, 581
**Chatterer,** 754
**Cockatoo,** 126, 127
**Columbidae,** 886
**Colius,** 757
**Columba,** characters and species of, 703
**Coly,** 757
**Colymbus,** characters and species of, 422
**Condor,** 53
**Coot,** 606—609
**Coracias,** characters and species of, 185
**Corrira,** characters and species of, 532
**Corvus,** characters and species of, 171
**Courier,** 532—534
**Crane,** 498—500
**Crax,** characters and species of, 661—664
**Creep,** characters and species of, 288
**Croftbill,** 795
**Crotophaga,** characters and species of, 162
**Crow,** characters and species of, No 171
**Cuckoo,** characters and species of, 223—231
**Cuculus,** characters and species of, ib.—ib.
**Curagou,** 661—664
**Curlew,** 537, 538
**Curucu,** characters and species of, 216
**D.**
**Darner,** characters and species of, 412—416
**Didus,** characters and species of, 645—648
**Diomedea,** characters and species of, 390
**Disfases of birds,** 395
**Diver,** 430—434
**Dodo,** 645—648
**Dotterel,** 585
**Duck, velvet,** 326
**Fcaup,** 329
**Eider,** 336
**Muscovy,** 337
**wild,** 351
**red-crested,** 353
**tufted,** 354
**Eagle,** different species of, 61—68
**Egg of birds,** 43
**Egret,** 510, 511
**Ember goose,** 434
**Emberiza,** characters and species of, 781
**F.**
**Falco,** characters of, 58
**species of,** 60—90
**Falcon,** 75—80
**Finch,** 803
**Flamingo,** characters and species of, 470
**Flight of birds, remarkable,** 473
**Fly-catcher,** 827
**Frigate pelican,** 400
**Fringilla,** 803
**Fulica,** characters and species of, 601—609
**Fulmar,** 385
**G.**
**Gallula,** characters and species of, 271
**Gallinaceae,** order and characters of, 629, 630
**Gallinule,** 603—605
**Gannet,** 407
**Garganey,** 349
**Glareola,** characters and species of, 596
**Glaucopis,** characters and species of, 168
**Godwit,** 549—553
**Goldfinch,** 808
**Goose,** snow,
**antarctic,** 322
**buffard,** 323
**loggerhead,** 324
**gray or wild,** 330
**domestic,** 330
**Goose,** bean,
**beracle,** 334
**brent, or brand,** 335
**Goatecker,** 907
**Goshawk,** 74
**Gracula,** characters and species of, 203
**Grakle,** characters and species of, 203
**Grallae,** order and characters of, 468, 469
**Grebe,** 435—442
**Grouse,** 680—687
**Grobeak,** 763
**singular nests of,** 779
**Guillemot,** characters and species of, 424
**Guinea fowl,** 675—677
**Gull,** characters and species of, 443—454
**H.**
**Haematopus,** characters and species of, 393
**Hedge-sparrow,** 846
**Hen-harrier,** 82
**Herons,** 504—523
**Hirundo,** 894
**Hobby,** 87
**Honey-guide,** 231
**Hoopoe,** characters and species of, 283
**Hornbill,** 152—158
**Humming bird,** characters and species of, 304—313
**I.**
**Jabiru,** 483—487
**Jacamar,** characters and species of, 271
**Jacana,** 274
**Jackdaw,** 613—617
**Jay,** 177
**blue,** 178
**Ibis,** 524—531
**K.**
**Kefril,** 84
**King's-fisher,** characters and species of, 260
**Kite,** 69
**Kittiwake,** 445
**Knot,** 576
**L.**
**Lanius,** 105
**Lanner,** 106
**Lapwing,** 107—110
**Lark,** 81
**Larus,** characters and species of, 716—727
**Linnet,** 443—454
**Lory,** 816—819
**Loxia,** 129—131
**M.**
**Macao,** 763
**Magpie,** 115, 116
**Mallard,** 181
**Manakin,** 351
**Man,** 874 Index.
Timoufe, No 880 Todus, characters and species of, 252—259 Tody, characters and species of, Tomtit, 885 Toucan, 139 characters of, species of, 141—145 Tringa, characters and species of, 556—580 Trochilus, characters and species of, 304 —313 Trogon, characters and species of, 216—218 Tropic bird, characters and species of, 417 Trumpeter, 625—628 Turdus, 735 Turkey, 653—655 U. Umbre, characters and species of, 491—493
ORNITHOLOGY.
Upupa, characters and species of, No 283 —287 V. Vaginalis, characters and species of; 610 —612 Vulture, see Vultur,