INDEX 



60 I 



Derma, 2, 2 n. 



iJeropti/us, 364 



Desjarilms, on Solitaire, 331 



Desmodactyli, 466 f. 



Deviling, 424 



De Vis, on " Din amis queenslandiae," 42 ; 



on Metapteryx, 40 

 D'Heguerty, on Solitaire, 330 

 Diamond-bird, 570 f. 

 Diaphorapteryx, 244 ; I), hcoch'iisi, fossil, 



251 

 DiaplwTophyia, 506, 507 

 Diatryma, 45 

 Dicaeidae, 570 f. 

 Dicaeum, 571 ; D. erythrorhynchum, 



571 

 Dichoceros bicomis, 391, 393, 395 

 Dicholophus, 44 



Bichrcmianassa, young, 93 ; /J. j-it/a, 91 

 Uicrarostreptus, 528 

 /Jicrocerci(s, 387 



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

 Dicrrurus. 528 

 Dididae, 268, 325 f., 328 

 Di-dric, 355 



Didunculidae. 268, 325 f., 331 

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



331 f., 332 ; habits, 332, 333 

 JJidus, breast - bone, 7 : coracoid and 



scapula fused, 8 ; little keel to sternum, 



26 ; D. bm-bonicus, 328, 330 ; D. ineptus, 



328 f., 329 

 Digestion, organs of, 5 f., 12 

 Digits. 8, 8 ; of foot, 8 

 Diglossa, 572 

 T)iglossopis. 572 

 DUophus, 559, 561, 562 

 IJinornis, 42 ; D. maximus, 42 ; " Din- 



ornis queenslandiae," 42 

 Dinornithes, 26, 41 1. 

 Dinomithidae, 41 ; structure, etc., 42 

 Diuornithinae, 42 

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



64 ; 7>. anglica, fossil, 69 : D. bulleri, 



65 ; £>. cauta, 65 ; D. chicnoptera, 64 ; 

 D. chl&rarhyncha, 65 ; D. culminata, 63, 

 65 ; I), exnlans, 61, 63 f., 64 ; V. im- 

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

 layardi, 65 ; D. melanophrys^ 65 ; in 

 England and Faeroes, 65 ; D. nignpes, 

 64 ; D. regia, 64 ; D. salmni, 65 



Diomedeinae, 59, 60, 63 



Diphlogaena iris, 434 



Diphyllodes, 545, 550 ; D. guUehni tertii, 



547 ; D. inagnifica, 547, 547 

 Diplopterinae, 351, 358 

 Diplopterus, 352 ; D. naevi-us, 358 f. 

 Dipper, 519 f., 520 

 Disconnected web, 3 

 JJiscura, 427 

 Dissemuro'ides, 528 

 JJissemwrus, 528 ; IJ. paradiseus, 528 



Dissodectes ardesiarus, 174 ; D. dickin- 



soni, 174 : I), zmiventris, 174 

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



maguari, 97, 99 

 Distal, 21 



Diver, 54, 267 : habit.s, 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 

 noHclwnyx, 579-581 ; B. orizivorus, 580 

 BoUoriiis, 479. 480 

 Dollar-bird, 377 

 Bonacicola, 578 

 Donacobius, 515. 519 

 Dormant action of formative substance of 



feather, 4 

 Dorsal, 21 

 i Dorsum, 20 

 Dotterel, 272 : Eing-, 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. fimerea, 563 ; B. 



paclfica, 563, 563, 564 

 Brepanoptila, 325, 326 ; D. holosericea, 



346 f. 

 Drepanorhynchus, 569 

 Brepanornis, 544, 550, 551 ; B. 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 Pelecanvs ono- 

 crotalus, 83 ; on Quail, 221 n. 

 Dromadinae, 296 



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

 JtroTnaeocercus, 514 



Bromaeus, 182 ; B. ater, extinct, 38 ; B. 

 gracilipes, fossil, 38 ; J), irroratus, 36 ; 

 B. novae hollandiae, 36, 37 ; B. pairi- 

 ciuSj fossil, 38 

 Dramas, 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 

 Brymornis, 487 ; J>. bridgesi. 485 



