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INDEX 
Ridged structure of vanes of feathers, 3 
Ridgway, on Ardea occidentalis, 93 n. ; on 
Ciconiidae, 95 n.; on Dissura, 96 n. ; 
on Humming-birds, 432 ; see Baird 
Rifleman, 472, 545 n. ; -bird, 545 
Riporre, 238 
Rissa, 301; R. brevirostris, 303, 806; R. 
tridactyla, 305 f. 
Road-runner, 357 
Robin, 354, 512, 515, 516; American, 
510; Australian, 511; Cape-, 512 n.; 
Corean, 512; Hill-, 503; Indian, 512 
n. ; Japanese, 512; Persian, 512; New 
Zealand, 512 n. 
Roc, 26, 43 
Rock-hopper, 56, 58, 58 
Roller, 376 f., 467 ; habits, 377 f. ; Ground- 
376, 378 
Rollulus, 199, 200; R. roulroul, 221 
Roofed, of tail, 22 
Rook, 552, 554, 556 
Rose-sucker, 426 
Rosenberg, v., on Nasiterna, 372 
Rostratula, 292 
Rostrhamus, 146, 147, 149; R. sociabilis, 
al7/at 
Rotche, 321 
Rothschild, on Apteryxz, 39; on Bird of 
Paradise, 550; on Drepanididae, 562 
n. ; on Houbara, 262 n. 
Roy, on Flight, 61 n. 
Royal Birds, 136 
rubigula, 505 
Rue, 43 
Ruff, 284, 270, 285 
Rump, 20 
Rupicola, 479, 480; dances of, 482 ; nest, 
482 f. ; R. crocea, 480 
Rupicolinae, 479 f. 
Rupornis magnirostris, 167 ; R. nattereri, 
167; R. pucherani, 167 ; R. ruficauda, 
167; R. ridgwayi, 169; R. saturata, 
167 
Ruticilla, 509; R. 
phoenicurus, 511 
moussiert, 512; R. 
Sabre-wing, 426, 435 
Saddle-back, 558 
Sage-cock, 203, 234 
Sagittarius, 141 
Sagittate, 22 
St. Hilaire, on Aepyornis, 43 
Saker, 179 
Salmon, on Creciscus, 249 n. 
Salpinctes, 521, 522 
Salpornis, 571, 572 
Saltator, 575 
Salvadori, on Anatidae, 111, 136 ; on Birds 
of Paradise, 543 n.; on Cassowaries, 33; 
on Columbae, 325 ; on Podicipes, 52 ; 
on Psittacidae, 362 
Salvadorina, 113; S. waigiuensis, 116 
Salvin, F. H., on fishing with Cormorants 
79; and Brodrick, on Falconry, 148 n.; 
see also Freeman 
Salvin, O., on Humming Birds, 432; on 
Lammergeier, 151 n.; on Motmots, 
380 n.; on nest of Panyptila, 424 ; 
on classification of Petrels, 59 n.; see 
Sclater 
Sandeman, on Honey-guide, 452 n. 
Sanderling, 282 
Sand-Grouse—see Grouse, Sand- 
Sand-Lark, 273 
Sandpiper, 268 ; Bonaparte’s, 280; Broad- 
billed, 282 ; Buff-breasted, 282 ; Com- 
mon, 280, 286; Curlew-, 280; Green, 
271, 284; Marsh, 284; Pectoral, 280 f. ; 
Purple, 281; Purple, male incubates, 
271; Semipalmated, 282; Spoon- 
billed, 282 ; Spotted, 286 ; Stilt-, 286 ; 
White-winged, 283 ; Wood-, 284 
Sap-sucker, 461 
Sappho, 427, 434; S. phaon, 434; S. 
sparganura, 434 
Sarcidiornis, 111-113; fossil, 136; 8S. 
carunculata, 134 ; S. melanonota, 134 
Sarciophorus tectus, 275 
Sarcogeranus, 254 
Sarcophanops, 468, 469 
Sarcops, 559, 561 
Sarcorhamphidae, 137 f. 
Sarcorhamphus, 137 ; S. gryphus, 138 f., 
139 
Sasia, 464 
Satin-bird, 549, 549 
Saunders, on Black-headed Gull and allies, 
5308 ; on Laridae, 306 f. ; on Stercora- 
rlidae, 300 
Saurognathae, 457 
Sauropsida of Huxley, 1 f. 
Saurothera, 351, 357 
Sauzier, bones of Dodo, 330 
Savannah-blackbird, 359 
Savery, figure of Dodo, 329 f. 
Saxicola, 509-511 
Saxicoline, 516 
Sayornis, 475, 476 
Scales, nature of, 2 n. 
Scaniornis, fossil, 108 
Scapula, 7, 8, 8; unites with coracoids in 
Fregata, 72 
Scapulars, 20, 22 
Scapus, 3 
Scardafella, 335, 340 f. ; S. inca, 341; 8. 
squamosa, 341 
Seaup, 121 
Sceloglaux, 398, 400, 401; S. albifacies, 
408 
Scenopoeetes, 544, 550; S. dentirostris, 
549, 551 
Schistospiza, 583 f. 
Schizoeaca, 484 
Schizorhis, 360; S. concolor, 361 
