INDEX 



6oi 



Derma, 2, 2 ii. 



Deropt}/us, 364- 



Desjardius, on Solitaire, 331 



Desmodactyli, 466 f. 



Deviling, 424 



De Vis, on " Dinornis queenslandiae," 42 ; 

 on Metapteryx, 40 



D'Heguerty, on Solitaire, 330 



Diamond-bird, 570 f. 



Di(q:ihorapteryx, 244 ; D. haickvisi, fossil, 

 251 



Diaphorophyia, 506, 507 



Diatryma, 45 



Dicaeidae, 570 f. 



Dicaeiim, 571 ; D. erythrorhynchum, 

 571 



Dichoceros hicornis, 391, 393, 395 



DicholojJhus, 44 



Dichromanassa, young, 93 ; D. tufa, 91 



Dicrarostreptus, 528 



Dicroceixus, 387 



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



Dicrurus, 528 



Dididae, 268. 325 f., 328 



Di-dric, 355 



Didimculidae. 268, 325 f., 331 



Didunculus, 325,326, 328 ; D. strigirostris, 

 331 f., 332 ; habits, 332, 333 



JJidus, breast - bone, 7 : coracoid and 

 scapula fused, 8 ; little keel to sternum, 

 26 ; Z>. borhonicus, 328, 330 ; Z>. 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 queejislandiae,'" 42 



Dinornithes, 26, 41 f. 



Dinornithidae, 41 ; structure, etc., 42 



Dinornithinae, 42 



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



64 ; I), anglica, fossil, 69 ; D. bidleri, 



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

 />. chlororhyncha, 65 ; D. culmincda, 63, 

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

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

 hiyardi. 65 ; D. melanophrys, 65 ; in 

 England and Faeroes, 65 ; 1). nigripes, 

 64 ; D. regia, 64 ; D. salvini, 65 



Diomedeinae, 59, 60, 63 



Biphlogaena iris, 434 



iJiphyllodes, 545, 550 ; D. gulielmi tertii, 



547 ; B. magnifica, 547, 547 

 Diplopterinae, 351, 358 

 Diplopterxis, 352 ; 1). naevius, 358 f. 

 Dipper, 519 f., 520 

 Disconnected web, 3 

 Discura, 427 

 Dissemur aides, 528 

 Dissemuriis, 528 ; D. paradiseus, 528 



Dissodectes ardesiacus, 174 ; I), dickin- 



soni, 174 ; D. zoniventris, 174 

 Dissura, 96 ; D. episcopus, 98 f. ; D. 



maguari, 97, 99 

 Distal, 21 

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



etc., 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-feather, 2 

 Down of young suppressed, 3 

 Drepauididae, 562 ; habits, 564 

 Drepanis, 562 ; D. funerea, 563 ; D. 



pacifica, 563, 563, 564 

 Drepanoptila, 325, 326 ; D. holosericea, 



346 f. 

 Drepanorhynchus, 569 

 Drejmnornis, 544, 550, 551 ; I), albertisi, 



544, 545 ; D. cervinicauda, 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. ater, extinct, 38 ; T). 



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



I), novae hoUandiae, 36, 37; D. patri- 



cius, fossil, 38 

 Dramas, 269, 270, 292 ; D. ardeola, 29C 

 Dramocaccyx, 352, 359 

 Dromorriis 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 



