INDEX 



613 



Macropiigiu, -326, 313 ; il. doreya, 343 ; 

 M. leiitoijmmmica, 343 ; M.phasianella, 

 343 ; M. i-ufa, 343 ; M. iiifo-castanea, 

 343 ; M. tenuirostris, 343 ; J/, tusalia, 

 343 

 Macmrhamplius griseiis, 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, 654 

 Magpie-lark, 535 

 Majaqueus aequinoctialls, 67 ; M. parkin- 



soni, 67 

 Malaconotinae, 531 f. ; habits, 533 f. 

 Malacoptila, 447 

 Malaccn-hynclms, 111 ; M. vienibranaceus, 



124 

 Male, incnbates, 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 



Manarhaia, 564 ; M. melanophrys, 567 n. 

 Mantle, 21 

 Manu-mea, 331, 332 

 Manuals, 21 f. 



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

 548 ; Jil. chalyheata, 548 ; M. comrii, 

 548 

 Manukdewata, 543 



Manus, its quills, 22 ; in Ardmeopteryx, 25 

 Marabou feathers, 96 

 Manoa americana, 126 ; M. penelope, 



126 ; 'M. sibilatrix, 127 

 Margaroperdix viadagascariensis, 223 

 Margarornis, 484 

 Marmaronetta, 111 ; M. angiistirostriSj 



123 

 Marsh, restoration of Hesperornis, 46 ; 

 head of Ichthyornis, 48 ; on Laopteryx, 

 25 n. ; on Odontomithes, 45, 49 n. 

 Martin, 522-525 ; Sand-, 524, 525 

 Martineta, 185 

 Mascarene Islands, 17 

 Masius, ill, 478 



Matthews, discovery of Loddigesia, 437 

 Mavis, 515 

 Maxilla, 11, 11, 20 

 Maxillopalatine process, 11 

 May-bird, 289 

 Maynard, on Hamingo, 107 



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



192 

 Megacrex, 243, 244 ; 31. inepta, 248 

 Megalaema, 450 

 Megalapteryx, 42 

 Megalestris antarctica, 305 ; M. catarrh- 



actes, 304 ; .1/. chilensis, 305 ; 31. 



viacconnicki, 305 

 3Iegaloprqna, 326, 327, 346 ; 3f. formosa, 



346 ; 3S. magnifica, 346 

 Megapodes, 190-194 



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

 3Iegapodius, 190 f., 194; 31. bernsteitii, 



194,; 31. cmningi, 194 ; 31. duperreyi, 



194 ; M. eremita, 194 ; 3i. forsteni, 



194 ; 3{. freycineti, 194 ; 31. gcehiiiki- 



anus, 194 ; 31. laperousii, 19 i ; M. 



layardi, 194 ; 31. macgilUvrayi, 194 ; 



3[. nicobariensis, 194 ; 3{. prilchardi, 



194 ; 31. sanghirensis, 194 ; 31. tenim- 



berensis, 194 ; 31. tumulus, 194 ; M. 



walladi, 194 

 Megarhynchus, 473 ; 31. pitangua, 474 

 3legatriorchis doriae, 159 

 Megistanes, 26, 32 f., 38 

 3Ielanerp)cs, 461 ; J-/, candidus, 461 ; M. 



flavifrons, 461 ; 31. formicivorus, 468, 



461 

 Melanism, 4 n. 

 3telanobucco, 449 

 3Idanocharisunicolor, 570 

 Melanocorypha, 497 ; 31. calandra, 498 ; 



31. sibirica, 497 ; 31. yeltoniensis, 497 

 3Idanoperdix, 199, 200 ; 31. nigra, 221 

 3Ielanophoyx ardesiaca, 91 

 3ldanoptila, 514, 515, 519 

 3Ielanopyrrhus, 561 ; 31. orientalis, 560 

 3Ielanm'hectes, 532 

 3Ielanotis, 519 



Meleagrinae, 198, 204, 206 ; habits, 206 

 3Ieleagris, 199, 201, 202 ; fossil, 241 ; 3{. 



gallipavo, 206, 206 n. ; 31. ocellata, 



200, 206 

 3felidectes, 565, 566 

 3Midm-a, 383 



3Ielierax, 148, 156 ; 31. canorus, 156 

 3leliqpelia leucoptera, 342 ; 31. meloda, 



342 

 Meliornis, 565, 567 

 3Ieliphaga, 565, 566 ; 31. phrygia, 566 

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



566 f. 

 Meliphaginae, 564 f. 

 3Idirrhopketes, 566 

 3[dithreptes, 564, 565 

 3IeUtogTais, 565 



Mdittoplmgus, 387-389 ; 31. gularis, 390 

 3[dUsvga minima, 431, 432, 438 

 3Idophus, 583 

 3Ielopsittacus, 364, 365 ; 31. undulatua, 



367 

 3Ielopyrrlia, 583 



