INDEX 
Derma, 2, 2 n. 
Deroptyus, 364 | 
Desjardins, on Solitaire, 331 | 
Desmodactyh, 466 f. 
Deviling, 424 
De Vis, on “* Dinornis queenslandiae,” 42 ; 
on Metapteryx, 40 
D’Heguerty, on Solitaire, 330 
Diamond-bird, 570 f. 
Diaphorapteryx, 244; D. hawkinsi, fossil, 
251 
Diaphorophyia, 506, 507 
Diatryma, 45 
Dicaeidae, 570 f. 
Dicaeum, 571 ; 
571 
Dichoceros bicornis, 391, 393, 395 
Dicholophus, 44 
Dichromanassa, young, 93; D. rufa, 91 
Dicrarostreptus, 528 
Dicrocercus, 387 | 
Dicruridae, 353, 527 f. ; habits, 528 f. | 
Dicrurus, 528 
Dididae, 268, 325 f., 328 
Di-dric, 355 
Didunculidae, 268, 325 f., 331 
Didunculus, 325,326, 328 ; D. strigivostris, 
331 f., 332; habits, 332, 333 
Didus, breast-bone, 7: coracoid and 
scapula fused, 8 ; little keel to sternum, | 
26; D. borbonicus, 328, 330; D. ineptus, | 
328 f., 329 
Digestion, organs of, 5 f., 12 
Digits, 8, 8 ; of foot, 8 
Diglossa, 572 
Diglossopis, 572 
Dilophus, 559, 561, 562 
Dinornis, 42; D. maximus, 42. “ Din- 
ornis queenslandiae,” 42 | 
Dinornithes, 26, 41 f. 
Dinornithidae, 41 ; structure, etc., 42 
Dinornithinae, 42 
Diomedea, 63, fossil, 69; D. albatrus, 
64; D. anglica, fossil, 69; D. bulleri, 
65; D. cauta, 65; D. chionoptera, 64 ; 
D. chlororhyncha, 65 ; D. culminata, 63, 
65; D. eaulans, 61, 63 f., 64; D. im- 
mutabilis, 65; D. irrorata, 64; D. 
layardi. 65; D. melanophrys, 65; in 
England and Faeroes, 65 ; PD. nigripes, 
64; D. regia, 643; D. salvini, 65 
Diomedeinae, 59, 60, 65 
Diphlogaena iris, 434 
Diphyllodes, 545, 550; D. gulielini tertti, 
547; D. magnifica, 547, 547 
Diplopterinae, 351, 358 
Diplopterus, 352; D. naevius, 358 f. | 
D. erythrorhynchum, 
Dipper, 519 f., 520 
Disconnected web, 3 
Discura, 427 
Dissemuroides, 528 
Dissemurus, 528 ; D. paradiseus, 528 | 
601 
Dissodectes ardesiacus, 174: D. dickin- 
soni, 174: D. zoniventris, 174 
Dissura, 96; D. episcopus, 98 f.5 D. 
maguari, 97, 99 
Distal, 21 
Diver, 54, 267; habits, 51 f. ; structure, 
ete., 49 f. ; Black-throated, 50 f. ; Great 
Northern, 50, 51; Red-throated, 50 f. 
Docimastes ensifer, 436 
Dodaars, 329 
Dodo, 325, 328 f., 329; breast-bone, 7 ; 
habits, 330 
Dolichonyx, 579-581 ; D. orizivorus, 580 
Doliornis, 479. 480 
Dollar-bird, 377 
Donacicola, 578 
Donacobius, 515, 519 
Dormant action of formative substance of 
feather, 4 
Dorsal, 21 
Dorsum, 20 
Dotterel, 272; Ring-, 273 
Double moult, 4 f. 
Dove, Beetle-wing, 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: Scaly, 341; 
Stock-, 328, 344; Turtle-, 327, 341 
Dowitcher, 289 
Down-featber, 2 
Down of young suppressed, 3 
Drepanididae, 562; habits, 564 
Drepanis, 562; D. funerea, 
pacifica, 563, 563, 564 
Drepanoptila, 325, 326; D. 
346 f. 
Drepanorhynchus, 569 
Drepanornis, 544, 550, 551; D. albertisi, 
544, 545; D. cervinicauda, 551 
Dresser, on Bustards, 263 n. :' on Double 
Snipe, 291 n.; on Francolin, 226 n. ; 
on Grouse, 240 n.3; on Pelecanus ono- 
crotalus, 83; on Quail, 221 n. 
Dromadinae, 296 
Dromaeidae, 36 ; structure, etc., 32 f. 
Dromaeocercus, 514 
Dromaeus, 182; D. ater, extinet, 38; D. 
gracilipes, fossil, 38; VD. trroratus, 36 ; 
D. novae hollandiae, 36, 37; D. patri- 
cius, fossil, 38 
Dromas, 269, 270, 292; 
Dromococcyx, 352, 359 
Dromornis australis, 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 ; D. bridgesi, 485 
HOSmaeD: 
holosericea, 
D. ardeola, 296 
