INDEX 
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Macropygia, 326, 343; M. doreya, 343; 
M. leptogrammica, 343 ; M. phasianella, 
343; M. rufa, 343; M. rufo-castanea, 
343 3 MW. tenuirostris, 343; M. tusalia, 
343 
Macrorhamphus griseus, 289; M.  scolo- 
paceus, 289 ; M. taczanowskii, 289 
Macruropsar, 559, 561 
Madagascar, a region or sub-region, 17 
Magellan, brings Bird of Paradise, 543 
Magpie, 355, 552-556, 554 
Magpie-lark, 535 
Majaqueus aequinoctialis, 67 ; M. parkin- 
soni, 67 
Malaconotinae, 531 f. ; habits, 533 f. 
Malacoptila, 447 
Malacorhynchus, 111; M. inembrunaceus, 
124 
Male, incubates, in Limicolae, 271, 278, 
287; in Ratitae, 29, 82, 36, 38, 41— 
see also Female 
Maleo, 192 
Mallard—see Duck 
Mallee hen, 193 
Malpighian layer, 2 n. 
Malurus, 507-509 
Mamo, 563, 564 
Man-of-war bird, 81 
Manakin, 477 f., 478 ; habits, 479 
Manchots, 55 
Mandible, 11, 20 
Mango, South American, 433 
Mango-bird, 542 
Manorhina, 564 ; M. melanophrys, 567 nu. 
Mantle, 21 
Manu-mea, 331, 332 
Manuals, 21 f. 
Manucodia, 543-545, 550, 551; IW. atra, 
548 ; MW. chalybeata, 548; M. comrit, 
548 
Manukdewata, 543 
Manus, its quills, 22 ; in Archaeopteryx, 25 
Marabou feathers, 96 
Mareca americana, 126; 
126; M. sibilatrix, 127 
Margaroperdix madagascariensis, 223 
Margarornis, 484 
Marmaronetta, 111; M. angustirostris, 
123 
Marsh, restoration of Hesperornis, 46 ; 
head of Ichthyornis, 48 ; on Laopteryx, 
25 n. ; on Odontornithes, 45, 49 n. 
Martin, 522-525 ; Sand-, 524, 525 
Martineta, 185 
Mascarene Islands, 17 
Masius, 477, 478 
Matthews, discovery of Loddigesia, 437 
Mavis, 515 
Maxilla, 11, 11, 20 
Maxillopalatine process, 11 
May-bird, 289 
Maynard, on flamingo, 107 
M. penelope, 
Megacephalon, 190 f., 194; J. maleo, 
192 
Megacrex, 243, 244 ; M. inepta, 248 
Megalaema, 450 
Megalapteryx, 42 
Megalestris antarctica, 305; M. catarrh- 
actes, .804; M. chilensis, 305; M. 
maccormicki, 305 
Megaloprepia, 326, 327, 346 ; MW. formosa, 
346 ; Al. magnifica, 346 
Megapodes, 190-194 
Megapodiidae, 186, 190 f., 194 ; habits, 191 
Megapodius, 190 f., 194; MW. bernsteini, 
194; MW. cumingi, 194; M. duperreyi, 
194; M. eremita, 194; MM. forsteni, 
194; M. freycineti, 194; M. geelvinki- 
anus, 194; M. laperousii, 194; MM. 
layardi, 194; M. macgillivrayi, 194 ; 
M. nicobariensis, 194; M. pritchardi, 
194; M. sanghirensis, 194 ; M. tenim- 
berensis, 194; M. tumulus, 194; M. 
wallacit, 194 
Megarhynchus, 473; M. pitangua, 474 
Megatriorchis doriae, 159 
Megistanes, 26, 32 f., 38 
Melanerpes, 461; M. candidus, 461 ; M. 
Jlavifrons, 461; M. formicivorus, 458, 
461 
Melanism, 4 n. 
Melanobucco, 449 
Melanocharis unicolor, 570 
Melanocorypha, 497 ; M. calandra, 498 ; 
M. sibirica, 497 ; M. yeltoniensis, 497 
Melanoperdiz, 199, 200; M. nigra, 221 
Melanophoyx ardesiaca, 91 
Melanoptila, 514, 515, 519 
Melanopyrrhus, 561; M. orientalis, 560 
Melanorhectes, 5382 
Melanotis, 519 
Meleagrinae, 198, 204, 206 ; habits, 206 
Meleagris, 199, 201, 202 ; fossil, 241 ; MM. 
gallipavo, 206, 206 n.; MM. ocellata, 
200, 206 
Melidectes, 565, 566 
Melidora, 383 
Melierax, 148, 156; M. canorus, 156 
Meliopelia leucoptera, 342; M. meloda, 
342 
Meliornis, 565, 567 
Meliphaga, 565, 566 ; M. phrygia, 566 
Meliphagidae, 543 n., 564 f.; habits, 
566 f. 
Meliphaginae, 564 f. 
Melirrhophetes, 566 
Melithreptes, 564, 565 
Melitograis, 565 
Melittophagus, 387-389 ; M. gularis, 390 
Mellisuga minima, 431, 432, 488 
Melophus, 583 
Melopsittacus, 364, 365; M. wndulatus, 
367 : 
Melopyrrha, 583 
