INDEX 



613 



Macropygia, 326, 343 ; M. doreya, 343 ; 



M. lejjtogrammica, 343 ; M. phasianella, 



343 ; M. riifa, 343 ; M. rufo-castanea, 



343 ; M. tenuirostris, 343 ; M. tusalia, 



343 

 JMiirrorhamphus griseus, 2S9 ; M. scolo- 



jiKi-ii's. -jstt ; M. taczanoioskii, 289 

 J\Iarrin-n2,s,ir, 559, 561 

 Madagascar, a region or sub-region, 17 

 Magellan, lirings Bird of Paradise, 543 

 Magpie, 355, 552-556, 554 

 Magpie-lark, 535 

 Majaquei's aequinodialis, 67 ; 31. 2)arlcin- 



soni, 67 

 Malacouotinae, 531 f. ; habits, 533 f. 

 Malacoptila, 447 

 Malacorhynchus, 111 ; M. membra naceus, 



124 

 Male, incTibates, in Limicolae, 271, 278, 



287 ; in Ratitae, 29, 32, 36, 38, 41— 



see also Female 

 Maleo, 192 

 Mallard — see Duck 

 Mallee lieu, 193 

 Malpigliian layer, 2 n. 

 Mcdurns, 507"'-509 

 Mamo, 563, 564 

 Man-of-war bird, 81 

 Mauakin, 477 f., 478 ; habits, 479 

 Manchots, 55 

 Mandible, 11, 20 

 IMango, South American, 433 

 Mango-bird, 542 



3/anorkiiut, 56i ; M. melannpihrys, 567 n. 

 Mantle, 21 

 Manu-mea, 331, 332 

 Manuals, 21 f. 

 Manucudia, 543-545, 550, 551 ; M. atra, 



548 ; M. clialyheata, 548 ; M. comrii, 



548 

 INIanukdewata, 543 



Manus, its quills, 22 ; in Arcliaeoptery.r., 25 

 Marabou feathers, 96 

 Mareca americana, 126 ; M. penelope, 



126 ; M. sihilairix, 127 

 Margaroperdix viadagascariensis, 223 

 Margarornis, 484 

 Marmaronetta, 111 ; M. anguslirostris, 



123 

 Marsh, restoration of Hesjjerornis, 46 ; 



\iea.i\ of Ic/ithyoni is, 48 ; ou Laojiteryx, 



25 n. ; on Odontornithes, 45, 49 u. 

 Martin, 522-525 ; Sand-, 524, 525 

 Martineta, 185 

 Mascarene Islands, 17 

 Masius, All, 478 



Matthews, discovery of Ldddigesia, 437 

 JIavis, 515 

 Maxilla, 11, 11, 20 

 Maxillojmlatine process, 11 

 May-bird, 289 

 Mayuard, on flamingo, 107 



Megacephalon, 190 L, 194 ; J/, maleo, 



192 

 Megacrex, 243, 244 ; M. inepta, 248 

 Megalaema, 450 

 Megalapteryx, 42 

 Megalestris antarcfica, 305 ; M. catarrh- 



actes, 304 ; M. chilensis, 305 ; AI. 



maccormicki. 305 

 Megaloprejxia, 326, 327, 346 ; M. formosa, 



346 ; M. viagnifica, 346 

 Megapodes, 190-194 



Megapodiidae, 186, 190 f., 194 ; habits, 191 

 Megapodius, 190 f., 194 ; M. hernsteini, 



194 ; M. cmningi, 194 ; M. duperreyi, 



194 ; M. eremita, 194 ; 31. forsteni, 



194 ; M. freycineti, 194 ; M. geelvinki- 



anus, 194 ; M. laperousii, 194 ; M. 



layardi, 194 ; 3[. macgillivrayi, 194 ; 



M. nicohariensis, 194 ; M. pritchardi, 



194 ; 31. saughirensis, 194 ; 31. tenim- 



bereiisis, 194 ; 31. ttmmlus, 194 ; 31. 



waUacii, 194 

 3Iegarkynchns, 473 ; 31. 2Jiiangua, 474 

 3Iegatriorchis doriae, 159 

 Megistanes, 26, 32 f., 38 

 3Ielanerp)es, 461 ; 31. eaiididus, 461 ; 31. 



flavi/rons, 461 ; 31. J'ormicivorus, 458, 



'461 

 Melanism, 4 n. 

 3Ielanobucco, 449 

 3Ielanocharis unicolor, 570 

 3Ielanocoryplm, 497 ; 31. calandra, 498 ; 



M. sibirica, 497 ; 31. yeltoniensis, 497 

 3Iela7i02xrdix, 199, 200 ; 31. nigra, 221 

 3Ielano2)hoyx ardesiaca, 91 

 3ldiinnpfifn, 514, 515, 519 

 31>'hi,i.:j>yrr]nis, 561; 31. orientalis, 560 

 3I.:lo,inrhc<-tcs, 532 

 3Ielan<jtis, 519 



Meleagriuae, 198, 204, 206 ; habits, 206 

 3Meagris, 199, 201, 202 ; fossil, 241 ; 31. 



gallipuvn, 206, 206 n. ; 31. oceUata, 



200, 206 

 3Ielidectes, 565, 566 

 3Ielidm-a, 383 



3Ielierax, 148, 156 ; 31. canorus, 156 

 3IeUopelia leacoptera, 342 ; 31. meloda, 



342 

 3feluirnis, 565, 567 

 3IeU2)haga. 565, 566 ; J/. 2>hrygia, 566 

 Meliphagidae, 543 u., 564 f. ; habits, 



566 f. 

 Meliphaginae, 564 f. 

 3Ielirrlui2)hetes, 566 

 3Ielithi'e2)tes, 564, 565 

 3Ielitograis, 565 



3Idifti,2,hagus, 387-389 ; 31. gularis, 390 

 3IdUHvg,i minima, 431, 432, 438 

 3Iclo2Jhi(s, 583 

 3Ielo2')sittacus, 364, 365 ; 31. lindnlahis, 



367 

 Melopyrrha, 583 



