INDEX 



601 



Derma, 2, 2 n. 



Deroptyus, 364 



Desjardins, 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. 



Diaphorapteryx, 244 ; D. hawkinsi, fossil, 

 251 



Diaphorophyia, 506, 507 



Diatryma, 45 



Dicaeidae, 570 f. 



Dicaeum, 571 ; D. erythrorhynchum, 

 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 



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

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

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

 layardL 65 ; D. melanophrys, 65 ; in 

 England and Faeroes, 65 ; I), nigripes, 

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



Diomedeinae, 59, 60, 63 



Diphlogaena iris, 434 



Diphyllodes, 545, 550 ; D. yulielmi tertii, 



547 ; D. magnified., 547, 547 

 Diplopterinae, 351, 358 

 Diplopterus, 352 ; D. naevius, 358 f. 

 Dipper, 519 f., 520 

 Disconnected web, 3 

 Discura, 427 

 Dissemnro'ides, 528 

 Dissemurus, 528 ; D. paradiseus, 528 



Dissodectes ardesiacus, 174 ; D. 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 

 Drepanididae, 562 : habits, 564 

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



pacifica, 563, 563, 564 

 Drepanoptila, 325, 326 ; D. kolosericea, 



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. ; on Pelecanus ono- 



crotalus, 83 ; on Quail, 221 n. 

 Dromadinae, 296 



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

 Dromaeocercits, 514 

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



gracilipes, fossil, 38 ; 1). irroratus, 36 ; 



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



cius, fossil, 38 



Drotnas, 269, 270, 292 ; D. ardeola, 296 

 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 ; Z>. bridgesi. 485 



