INDEX 



Cultivation on Nile, by Arabs, 53 



possibilities of, 259 

 Curlew, 42, 390 



sandpiper, 43, 113 



stone-, 70, 114, 293, 360 

 Cut-throat (feathered), 320 

 Cypselus horns, 324 



DABCHICK, 253 



Dahlak Island, 391 



Damaliscus, 80, 93 ; korrigum, 420 



Darfur, 308 



Darters, 43, 52, 58, 60, in, 113, 140, 



237. 239, 240, 262 



Darwin, Chas., 10, 98, 330, 411, 423 

 Deadly nightshade, 380 

 Death, foreknowledge of, 425 

 Dendrocygna viduata, 239 

 " Dermatology," 377, note 

 Deserts, the, 20, 29, et passim 

 Dhurra-finch, 284, 285 

 Diagnosing new species, 377 

 Dtcrurus, 109, 227, 319 

 Dikdik, 342 ; Salt's, 347, 349 

 Dimensions of birds, 139, 141, 142, 



253, 294, 325, 326, 327, 328, 369, 



377, 379, 383, 393 

 of elephant, 277, 278 

 of fish, 223, 224, 225, 236, 386, 387 

 of game, 107, 130, 159, 204, 232, 



277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 322, 



323, 336, 339, 340, 343, 352, 364, 



366, 383, 396, 407, 408 

 of snakes, 230 



Dimorphism in plumage, 317, 327 

 Dinder river, 14, 311, 318, 328, 329 

 Dinkas, 13, 71, 209, 282 

 Distribution of animals, singularly 



interrupted, 344 

 geographical, 9, 10, in, 113, 344, 



345 



Divers, the, 435 (Colymbi) 

 Diving birds, 49, 60, 234 

 Dogs, natives', 210, 249, 312 



Nyam-Nyam, 291 

 Dongola, 31 



" Doratoceros triangularis" 162 

 Dothering grass, 349, 350 

 Dotterel, Asiatic, 113, 140, 239 



Dove, blue rock-, 124, 360 



long-tailed, 300, 303 



spot-winged, 67, 227 



turtle, 360 

 Doves, 22, 61, 67, 109, 300, 303, 319, 



397, 399 



Dragon-tree (Draccena), 375 

 " Dried-skin science," 378 

 Dromolcea leucura, 358 

 Drongos, 109, 227, 319 

 Drumming of bush-larks, 147, 293 

 Drummond, Professor Henry, 333, 



416 

 Ducks, British, on White Nile, 40, 315 



pairing for life, 50 



white-faced tree-, 59 

 Duiker, an unknown, 144, 148 



of Sudan, little blue, 342 

 Duikers, 137, 282, 322 

 Dunlin, 43, 239, 390 

 Dust-devils, 218 



EAGLE, Bateleur, 329, 376 



booted, 317, 326, 376 



crested hawk-, 124, 326, 376 



" dark Erkowit," 377 



golden, 1 68, 376 



harrier-. See " Serpent-eagle " 



imperial, 349, 376 



serpent-, 254, 255, 349, 376 



" Steppe-," 377 



tawny, 63, 91, 108, no, 124, 327, 

 349, 367, 376 



Wahlberg's, 327, 376 



white-footed forest-, 1 10, 327, 376 



white-headed river-, 61, 63, 72, no, 



1 1 6, 143, 285, 320,321, 376 

 Eagle-owl, 124, 227, 360, 383 

 Eagles, 62, 108, 305, 309, 320, 321 

 Ears, drooping, 98 



length of in different antelopes, 98 

 Earth-worms, 330 

 Egrets, 52, 58, 60, 61, 63, 112, 228, 



275, 276, 315 

 Eland, 98, 162, 189, 282 



giant, 5, 290, 405 

 Elanus cceruleus, 286, 287 

 Elephants, 5, 76, 93, 99, 101, 180, 242, 

 286, 290, 322, 329, 409 



