INDEX 



613 



Macropygia, 326, 343 ; M. doreya, 343 ; 



M. leptogrammica, 343 ; M. phasianella, 



343 ; M. rufa, 343 ; M. rufo-castanea, 



343 ; M. 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. membranaceus, 



124 

 Male, incubates, in Limicolae, 271, 278, 



287 ; in Ratitae, 29, 32, 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 n. 

 Mantle, 21 

 Manu-mea, 331, 332 

 Manuals, 21 f. 

 Manucodia, 543-545, 550, 551 ; M. atra, 



548 ; M. QJialybeata, 548 ; M. comrii, 



548 



Manukdewata, 543 



Manus, its quills, 22 ; in Archaeopteryx, 25 

 Marabou feathers, 96 

 Mareca americana, 126 ; M. penelope, 



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 



Megacephalon, 190 f., 194 ; M. maleo, 



192 



Megacrex, 243, 244 ; M. inepta, 248 

 Megalaema, 450 

 Megalapteryx, 42 

 Megalestris antarctica, 305 ; M. catarrh- 



actes, 304 ; M. chilensis, 305 ; M. 



maccormicki. 305 

 Megaloprepia, 326, 327, 346 ; M. formosa, 



346 ; M. magnified, 346 

 Megapodes, 190-194 



Megapodiidae, 186, 190 f., 194 ; habits, 191 

 Megapodius, 190 f., 194 ; M. bernsteini, 



194 ; M. cumingi, 194 ; M, duperreyi, 



194; M. eremita, 194; M. forsteni, 



194 ; M. freycineti, 194 ; M. geelvinki- 



anus, 194 ; M. laperousii, 194 ; M. 



layardi, 194 ; M. macgillivrayi, 194 ; 



M. nicobariensis, 194 ; M. pritchardi, 



194 ; M. sanghirensis, 194 ; M. tenim- 



berensis, 194 ; M. tumulus, 194 ; M. 



wallacii, 194 



Megarhynchus, 473 ; M. pitangua, 474 

 Megatriorchis doriae, 159 

 Megistanes, 26, 32 f., 38 

 Melanerpes, 4.61 ; M. candidus, 461 ; M. 



flavifrons, 461 ; M. formicivoi'us, 458, 



461 



Melanism, 4 n. 

 Melanobucco, 449 

 Melanocharis unicolor, 570 

 Melanocorypha, 497 ; M. calandra, 498 ; 



M. sibirica, 497 ; M. yeltoniensis, 497 

 Melanoperdix, 199, 200 ; M. nigra, 221 

 Melanophoyx ardesiaca, 91 

 Melanoptila, 514, 515, 519 

 Melanopyrrhus, 561 ; M. orientalis, 560 

 Melanorhectes, 532 

 Melanotis, 519 



Meleagrinae, 198, 204, 206 ; habits, 206 

 Meleagris, 199, 201, 202 ; fossil, 241 ; M. 



gallipavo, 206, 206 n. ; M. ocellata, 



200, 206 



Melidectes, 565, 566 

 Melidora, 383 



Melierax, 148, 156 ; M. canorus, 156 

 Meliopelia leucoptera, 342 ; J/. meloda, 



342 



Meliornis, 565, 567 

 Meliphaga, 565, 566 ; J/. phrygia, 566 

 Meliphagidae, 543 n., 564 f. ; habits, 



566 f. 



Meliphagmae, 564 f. 

 Melirrhophetes, 566 

 Melithreptes, 564, 565 

 Melitograis, 565 



Metittophagus, 387-389 ; J/. gularis, 390 

 Mellisuga minima, 431, 432, 438 

 Mdophus, 583 

 Melopsittacus, 364, 365 ; J/. undulatus, 



367 

 Melopyrrha, 583 



