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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 vidua ta, 239 
“ Dermatology,” 377, note 
Deserts, the, 20, 29, etpassim 
Dhurra-finch, 284, 285 
Diagnosing new species, 377 
Dicrurus, 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, 
3 2 3 , 336 , 339 , 340 , 343 , 35 2 > 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, hi, 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 ( Draccend ), 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, 168, 376 
harrier-. See “ Serpent-eagle ” 
imperial, 349, 376 
serpent-, 254, 255, 349, 376 
“ Steppe-,” 377 
tawny, 63, 91, 108, no, 124, 327, 
349 , 367 , 37 6 
Wahlberg’s, 327, 376 
white-footed forest-, 110, 327, 376 
white-headed river-, 61, 63, 72, no, 
116, 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) 2 76 5 315 
Eland, 98, 162, 189, 282 
giant, 5, 290, 405 
Elanus coeruleus , 286, 287 
Elephants, 5, 76, 93, 99, 101, 180, 242, 
286, 290, 322, 329, 409 
