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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- 

 civorua), 167. 



Rafts used in surf, 19. 

 Rails, 66, 102. 



(Rallus abbotti), 108. 



{R. vigilantia), 177. 



Rano Kao (crater), 198, 203. 

 " Rat Island," 18. 



Rats {Mu8 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. 

 rufficoUia, Pteropus, 228. 

 Ruffs {Machetes pugnax), 80. 

 rumicivorus, Thinocorus, 167. 

 rustica, Hirundo, 80, 83. 



eacra, Demiegretta, 117, 217. 

 Samoan Islands, 226-239. 

 ^anderlings, 118. 



Sandpipers {Prosobonia leucoptera), 

 217. 



{Totanus hypoleucua), 85. 



(T. incamis), 217, 233. 



scapulatus, Corvus, 102. 

 Screw-pines {pandani), 115. 

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

 " Sea-slugs," 217. 

 Sea-urching, 217. 

 Seychelle Islands, 125-135. 

 eganzini, Alectrcenas, 88, 89. 

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

 Shearwaters {Puffinus creatopvs), 



189. 



(P. gravis), 64. 



(P. griseiis), 189. 



white-breasted, 61, 



Shrikes, drongo (Dicrurus aldabra- 



nus), 117. 

 sibilans, Coracopsis, 89. 

 Siskins [Chrysoinitris barbatus), 167. 

 Skuas [Megaleatris chilensia), 162, 



167. 



Skuas, antarctic, 69, 70, 



Richardson's, 189. 



Smythe's Channel, 175-187. 

 Snipe (Gallinago delicata), 33. 



jack, 33. 



Society Islands, 215. 

 Soufriere (volcano), 140. 

 South Sea Islands, 191. 

 South Trinidad, 37-58. 

 spinicaudata, Oxyurua, 169, 

 St. Paul's Rocks, 1-10. 

 St. Pierre, 139. 



St. Vincent, 139. 



Starlings {Quiscalua caymanenaia), 

 151. 



(Q. giindlachi),151. 



{Q. inflexiroatris), 141. 



Steamer-ducks (Tachyerea cinereus), 



163, 164, 170-173, 179. 

 Stelgidopteryx, 31, 

 Stints, Httle, 83. 

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



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

 Stonechats (Pratincola aybilla), 96. 

 Straits of Magellan, 162-174. 

 strigirostris, Didunculua, 232. 

 strigosua, Grapaua, 3, 

 Sucking fish, 99. 

 Sunbirds, 117, 131. 



[Cinnyria abbotti). 111, 116. 



(C. mahei), 127. 



{Myzomela nigriventria), 228, 



233. 



aupercilioaua, Merops, 91. 

 Swallows (Stelgidopteryx), 31, 83. 



(Hirundo rustica), 80, 83. 



Swifts (Chaetura fumoaa), 32, 



(Collocalia), 216. 



(Cypselus mayottensia), 87. 



(Tachornis gracilis), 91, 



sybilla, Pratincola, 96. 



Table Bay, 70, 71, 

 Tahiti, 215-225, 

 Tanagers, 31. 

 " Tappa," 229. 

 Tautira, 217, 222. 

 Teal (Nettion braailienaia), 33. 

 Tenrecs (Centetea ecaudatua), 90, 98. 

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

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



(Oygis alba), 14, 40, 51, 56, 



203, 210, 212, 216. 



(O. crawfordi), 44, 45. 



(Micranoua leucocapillua), 5, 



8, 61. 



