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poliocephala, Chloephaga, 183. 

 Porpoises, 69, 162. 

 Port de France, 139. 

 Praslin Island, 130. 

 Puerto Bueno, 176. 

 pugnax, Machetes, 80. 

 punctata, Mabuia, 20. 

 Punta Arenas, 165-169. 



Quail-snipe (Thinocorus rumi- 

 civorus), 167. 



Rafts used in surf, 19. 

 Rails, 66, 102. 



{Rallus abbotti), 108. 



{R. vigilantis), 177. 



Rano Kao (crater), 198, 203. 

 " Rat Island," 18. 



Rats (Mu3 rattus), 18, 29, 66, 111, 



154, 203, 213. 

 Rheas {Rhea americana), 167. 

 Ribbon fish {Regalecus), 80. 

 ridibundus, Larus, 188. 

 ridleyana, Elainea, 18. 

 rubricauda, Phaethon, 210. 

 rufficollis, Pteropus, 228. 

 Ruffs {Machetes pugnax), 80. 

 rumicivorus, Thinocorus, 167. 

 rustica, Hirundo, 80, 83. 



sacra, Demiegretta, 117, 217. 

 Samoan Islands, 226-239. 

 Sanderlings, 118. 



Sandpipers {Prosobonia leucoptera), 

 217. 



{Totanus hypoleucus), 85. 



(T. incanus), 217, 233. 



scapulatus, Corvus, 102. 

 Screw-pines {pandani), 115. 

 Sea-serpent (illust.), 22-26. 

 " Sea-slugs," 217. 

 Sea-urchins, 217. 

 Seychelle Islands, 125-135. 

 sganzini, Alectrcenas, 88, 89. 

 Sharks, 6, 7, 10, 61, 99. 

 Shearwaters {Puffinus creatopus), 



189. 



{P. gravis), 64. 



(P. griseus), 189. 



white-breasted, 61. 



Shrikes, drongo {Dicrurus aldabra- 



nus), 117. 

 sibilans, Coracopsis, 89. 

 Siskins {Chrysomitri* barbatus), 167. 

 Skuas {Megalestris chiUnsis), 162, 



167. 



Skuas, antarctic, 69, 70. 



Richardson's, 189. 



Smythe's Channel, 175-187. 

 Snipe {Oallinago delicata), 33. 



jack, 33. 



Society Islands, 215. 

 Soufriere (volcano), 140. 

 South Sea Islands, 191. 

 South Trinidad, 37-58. 

 spinicaudata, Oxyurus, 169. 

 St. Paul's Rocks, 1-10. 

 St. Pierre, 139. 



St. Vincent, 139. 



Starlings {Quiscalua caymanensis), 

 151. 



(Q. gundiachi), 1 51. 



{Q. inflexirostris), 141. 



Steamer-ducks {Tachyeres cinereus), 



163, 164, 170-173, 179. 

 Stelgidopteryx, 31. 

 Stints, little, 83. 

 stolidus, Anous, 4, 9, 40, 50, 60, 80, 



100, 104, 111, 203, 216, 229. 

 Stonechats {Pratincola sybilla), 96. 

 Straits of Magellan, 162-174. 

 8trigirostri8, Didunculus, 232. 

 strigosus, Orapsus, 3. 

 Sucking fish, 99. 

 Sunbirds, 117, 131. 



{Cinnyris abbotti), 111, 116. 



(C. mah-i), 127. 



{Myzomela nigriventris), 228, 



233. 



8upercilio8U8, Merops, 91. 

 Swallows {Stelgidopteryx), 31, 83. 



{Hirundo rustica), 80, 83. 



Swifts {Chaetura jumosa), 32. 



{Collocalia), 216. 



{Cypselus mayotten8i8), 87. 



{Tachorni8 gracilis), 91. 



sybilla, Pratincola, 96. 



Table Bay, 70, 71. 

 Tahiti, 215-225. 

 Tanagers, 31. 

 " Tappa," 229. 

 Tautira, 217, 222. 

 Teal {Nettion brasiliensis), 33. 

 Tenrecs {Centetes ecaudatus), 90, 98. 

 Terns {Anous stolidus), 4, 9, 40, 50, 

 60, 80, 100, 104, 203, 216, 229. 



{Qygis alba), 14, 40, 51, 56, 



203, 210, 212, 216. 



{G. crawjordi), 44, 45. 

 {Micranous leucocapillus), 5, 



8, 61. 



