INDEX 



6oi 



Deinia, 2, 2 n. 



Deroptyus, 364 



Desjardins, on Solitaire, 331 



Desmodactyli, 466 f. 



Deviling, 424 



De Vis, on "■ Dinornis queenslandiae,'' 42 ; 

 on Metapter ]!■•', 40 



D'Heguertj". on Solitaire, 330 



Diamond-bird, 570 f. 



Diaphorapteryx, 244 ; D. Itavkinsi, fossil, 

 251 



Diaphorophyia, 506, 507 



Dlatryma, 45 



Dicaeidae, 570 f. 



Dicaeum, 571 : 1). en/fhroi-hi/nc/i'um, 

 571 



Diclwceros hicornis, 391, 393, 395 



Dicholophus, 44 



Dichromanassa, young, 93 ; I), rufa, 91 



JHcrawstreptus, 528 



JJicroccrcits, 387 



Dicruridae, 353, 527 f. ; habits. 528 f. 



Dicrurus, 528 



Dididae, 268. 325 f., 328 



Di-dric, 355 



Diduncnlidae, 268, 325 f., 331 



JJidunculus, 325,326, 328 ; IJ. strigirosiris. 

 331 f., 332 ; habits, 332, 333 



JHdus, breast - bone, 7 ; coracoid and 

 scapula fused, 8 ; little keel to sternum, 

 26 ; D. borbonicus, 328, 330 ; 1). ineptus, 

 328 f.. 329 



Digestion, organs of, 5 f., 12 



Digits. 8, 8 ;'of foot, 8 



Diglossa, 572 



Diglossopis, 572 



JHlophus, 559, 561^ 562 



Dinornis, 42 ; D. maxim us, 42 ; " Din- 

 ornis queenslandiae,'' 42 



Dinornithes. 26, 41 f. 



Diuornithidae, 41 ; structure, etc., 42 



Dinornithinae, 42 



Diomedea, 63 ; fossil, 69 ; D. albatrus, 



64 ; ]). anglica, fossil, 69 ; D. bulleri, 



65 ; D. cauta, 65 ; D. chionoptera, 64 ; 

 D. chlorm-hyacha, 65 ; D. culminata, 63, 

 65 ; D. exidans, 61, 63 f., 64 ; D. im- 

 mutabilis, 65 ; D. irrorata, 64 ; D. 

 layanli. 65 ; />. mdanophrys, 65 ; in 

 England and Faeroes, 65 ; T). nigripes, 

 64 ; D. rcgia, 64 ; D. salvini, 65 



Diomedeinae, 59, 60, 63 



Diphlogaena iris, 434 



JiiphyUodes, 545, 550 ; D. gidielmi tertii, 



547 ; D. viagnificu, 547, 547 

 Diplopterinae, 351, 358 

 Diplopfcrus, 352 ; D. naevins, 358 f. 

 Dipper, 519 f., 520 

 Disconnected web, 3 

 JJiscura, 427 

 J)issemuro~ides, 528 

 Dissemurus, 528 ; JJ. parcdisrn^. 528 



Dissodectes ardesiarus, 174 ; D. dickin- 



soni, 174 : D. zoniventris, 174 

 TJissura, 96 ; D. ejnscopns, 98 f. ; D. 



maguari, 97, 99 

 Distal, 21 

 Diver, 54, 267 ; babits, 51 f. ; structure, 



etc., 49 f. ; Black-throated, 50 f. ; Great 



Northern, 50, 51 ; Red-throated, 50 f. 

 Docimastes ensifcr, 436 

 Dbdaars, 329 

 Dodo, 325, 328 f., 329 ; breast-lione, 7 ; 



habits, 330 

 Dolichonyx, 579-581 ; D. oriziroriis, 580 

 Doliornis, 479. 480 

 Dollar-bird, 377 

 Donacicola, 578 

 Donacobius, 515. 519 

 Dormant action of formative substance of 



feather, 4 

 Dorsal, 21 

 Dor-sum, 20 



Dotterel. 272 : Ring-, 273 

 Double moult. 4 f. 

 Dove. Beetle-wiug, 338 ; Cinnamon-, 337 ; 



Collared Turtle-, 328: Cordillera-, 339 : 



Cuckoo-, 343; Emerald-. 338; Ground-, 



328, 340 ; Lemon-, 337 ; Mountain-, 



342; Mourning. 342; Pea-, 342; Ring-, 



344.; Rock-, 327, 328: Scalv, 341; 



Stock-, 328, 344 ; Turtle-, 327, 341 

 Dowitcher, 289 

 Down-feather, 2 

 Down of young suppressed, 3 

 Drepanididae, 562 ; habits, 564 

 Drepanis, 562 ; D. funerca, 563 ; D. 



pacified, 563, 563, 564 

 Drepauoptila, 325, 326 ; iJ. holosericea, 



346 f. 

 Drepanorliynchus, 569 

 Drepanornis, 544, 550, 551 ; IJ. albertisi, 



544, 545 ; D. ccrvinicauda, 551 

 Dresser, on Bustards, 263 n. : on Double 



Snipe, 291 n. ; on Francolin, 226 n. ; 



on Grouse, 240 n. ; on Pelecanus ono- 



crotalus. 83 ; on Quail, 221 n. 

 Dromadinae, 296 



Dromaeidae, 36 ; structure, etc., 32 f. 

 Dromaeocercus, 514 

 Dromaeus, 182 ; D. atcr, extinct, 38 ; D. 



gracilipes, fossil, 38 ; D. irrnratus, 36 ; 



D. novae hollandiae, 36, 37 ; D. pairi- 



cius, fossil, 38 

 Dramas, 269, 270, 292 ; Z>. ardeolo, 296 

 Dromococcyx, 352, 359 

 Dromornis avstralis, fossil, 38 

 Drongo, 353, 527 f., 528 ; habits, 528 f. 

 Dronte, 329 

 Drumming or booming of Grouse, 233- 



238 ; of Snipe, 291 ; of Woodpeckers, 



458 f. 

 Drum-stick, 9 

 Drymornis, 487 ; />. hridgesi, 48c 



