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INDEX 



Dryolimnas cuvieri, 248 



Dryonastes, 504 



Dryornis, 44, 140 n. 



Dryoscopus cubla, 533 ; D. rufiventris, 

 533 



Dryotomus pileatus, 463 



Dryotriorchis, 154 



Du Bois, on Didus borbonicus, 330 



Duck, 114 ; habits of, 113 f. ; fusion of 

 tracheal rings, 13 see Sheld - Drake ; 

 Black, 119; Blue, 116; Brahminy, 129; 

 Buffel-head, 121 ; Canvas-back, 122 ; 

 Eider, 118 f. ; Gadwall, 127 ; Garganey, 

 125 ; habits, 126 ; Golden-Eye, 121 ; 

 Harlequin-, 114, 120 ; King-Eider, 118 

 f. ; Lake-, 117 ; Logger -head, 121 ; 

 Long -tailed, 120 f . ; Mallard, 127 ; 

 Mandarin-, 114, 133; Muscovy, 134; 

 Musk-, 117, 117, 134; Pied, 119; Pink- 

 eyed, 124; Pink-headed, 114; Pintail, 

 125; Red -crested, 123; Shoveller 

 see Shoveller ; Spectacled Eider, 119 ; 

 Steamer-, 113, 121; Summer-, 133; Teal, 

 habits, 126 ; Torrent-, 116 ; White- 

 eyed, 122; Wigeon, 126; Wild, 127; 

 skull, 11 



Dulus, 529 ; Z). dominions, 530 



Dumetia, 502 



Dunbird, 122 



Dunlin, 279 



Durnford, on Creciscus, 249 n. 



Eagle, 137, 146, 148-150, 160, 161 f., 179 ; 



Bald, 164; Black, 161; Bonelli's, 161; 



Booted, 161 ; Chilian Sea-, 167 ; Golden, 



148, 151, 162, 163, 165 ; habits, 161 f.; 



Harrier see Harrier Eagle ; Hawk-, 



160 ; Imperial, 163 ; in Falconry, 162 ; 



Pondicherry, 168 ; Sea-, 149, 161-163 ; 



Spotted, 162 ; Steppe-, 162 ; Tawny, 



163 ; White-shouldered, 163 

 Ear, in Owls, 399 

 Ear-coverts, 20 

 Eaton, on Penguins, 57 n. ; on Petrels, 65 



n. , 67 n. 

 Edectus, 364, 369 ; bright colour of hen, 



4, 369 ; E. pectoralis, 369 

 Eclipse, in Anatidae, 4, 113 

 Ectopistes, 326, 328 ; E. migratorius, 342 

 JSdoliiBoma, 525 

 Edolius, 528 ; E. forficatus, 528 

 Eggs, burnished in Tinamidae, 183 

 Egg-tooth of embryo, 12 

 Egret, 88 ; Little, 92 



Egypt, to which region does it belong ? 16 

 Egyptian Goose, 129 

 Eider see Duck 

 JSlainea, 474, 476 ; E. pagana, 474 ; E. 



strepera, 476 

 Elaineinae, 473 f. 



Elano'ides, 146,147,171 ; Kfurcahts,l70f. 

 Elanus, 146, 147 ; E. axillaris, 171 ; E. 



caeruleus, 171 ; E. hypoleucus, 171 ; E. 



leucurus, 171 ; E. scriptus, 171 

 Elaphrocnemus, fossil, 251 

 Elasmonetta, 111 ; E. chlorotis, 125 

 Eleutherodactyli, 467 

 Elliot, on Birds of Paradise, 543 n. ; on 



Grouse, 240 n. ; on Humming-birds, 



432 



Elminia, 506 

 El Turco, 491 

 Ema, 30, 36 

 Emarginate bill, 12 

 Emberiza citrinella, 584 ; E. fucata, 583 ; 



E. hortulana, 584 ; E. miliaria, 584 ; 



E. schoeniclus, 584 

 Emberizidae, 582 

 Emberizoldes, 583 

 Embernagra, 584 

 Emblema, 577 

 Embryo, 21 

 Emeinae, 42 

 Emeu, 26, 36, 37, 170 ; aftershaft, 3 ; 



breast-bone, 7 ; structure, etc., 32 f. 

 Emeus, 42 

 Empidonax, 474; E. flaviventer, 476; E. 



minimus, 475 

 Enaliornis, vertebrae, 25 ; E. barretti, 47; 



E. sedgivicki, 47 

 Eualiornithes, 25, 46 

 Endaspidean, 484 

 Engyptila, 336 

 Enodes, 559, 561 

 Entomophila, 567 



Entomyza, 565, 566 ; E. cyanotis, 568 

 Eopsaltria, 509 



Eos, 364, 374 ; E. fuscata, 374 

 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, 98 

 Ephthianura, 512 f. 

 Epidermis, 2, 2 n. 

 Epops, fables concerning, 396 

 Ereunetes pusillus, 282 

 Ergaticus, 573, 574 

 Eriocnemis, 426, 437 f. ; E. cupreiventris, 



438 

 Erismatura, 111, 112, 117 ; E. aequatori- 



alis, 118 ; E. australis, 118 ; E. domi- 



nica, 118; E.ferruginea, 118; E. jamai- 



censis, 118 ; E. leucocephala, 118 ; E. 



maccoa, 118 ; E. vittata, 118 

 Erismaturinae, 111, 112, 117 

 Erithacus, 509, 510 ; E. akahige, 512 ; E. 



hyrcanus, 512 ; E. komadori, 512 ; E. 



rubecula, 512 

 Erne, 163 

 Erythrism, 4 n. 

 Erythrobucco, 449 

 Erythrogonys cinctus, 272 

 Erythromachus, 244 ; E. leguati, fossil, 



251 



Erythromyias, 507 

 Erythropus, 147 ; E. amurensis, 176 ; E. 



vespertinus, 176 



