INDEX 
Schlegelia, 545, 550; S. respublica, 547 
Schomburgk, on Rupicola, 482 
Scissirostrum, 559, 561 
Scissor-bill, 310 
Sclater, on classification, 14; edits transla- 
tion of Nitzsch’s Pterylographie, 2 n; 
on geographical distribution, 15 f.; on 
Alectorides and Fulicariae, 243; on 
Anatidae, 118 ; on method of feeding in 
Cormorant, 78 un. ; on Cotingidae, 479 ; 
on Dendrocolaptidae, 484; on Formi- 
zariidae, 488 ; on Galbulidae and Bucco- 
nidae, 445 n.; on Icteridae, 579; on 
incubation of Ostrich, 29; on classifi- 
cation of Passeres, 467 ; on Penguins, 
56m, O Det on Picariae, 376): on 
Pipridae, 477 n.; on Rhamphastidae, 
455; on Tanagridae, 575 n.; on Tyran- 
nidae, 473; and Hudson, on Aramus, 
257 n.; and Hudson, on Bitterns, 88 
n.; and Salvin, on Ptilochloris buckleyt, 
479 u. 
Scleroptila, 226 
Sclerurinae, 484 f. 
Sclerurus, 486 
Scolephagus, 581; fossil, 496 
Scolopacinae, 268, 269, 271, 289 
Scolopax, 268-270; drumming, 272, 291; 
S. megala, 270; S. minor, 270; S. 
rochussent, 290; S. rusticula, 289 f., 
290; S. saturata, 290 ; S. stenwra, 270 
Scopidae, 70, 86 f., 95 
Scops, 398, 399, 401, 403, 412; S. asio, 
4135 8S. brucii, 4138; S. capnodes, 413 ; 
S. flammeola, 413; S. giv, 412 f.; 8S. 
gymnopus, 398, 413; S. icterorhynchus, 
413; S. lewcotis, 413 ; S. magicus, 411, 
413; S. nudipes, 398, 413; S. rutilus, 
415; S. semitorques, 412 
Scoptelus, 397 
Scopus, 86, 87, 265; habits, 95 ; S. win- 
bretta, 94, 95 
Scoter, 119 ; habits, 120 ; Surf, 120; Vel- 
vet, 119 
Scotopelia, 398, 400; S. bouviert, 414; S. 
peli, 414; S. wsshert, 414 
Scotornis climacurus, 418 
Screamer, Crested, 110 ; Horned, 110 
Serub-bird, 491 
Scutellae, 10 
Scutellated, 10 
Scutelliplantar, 496 
Scytalopus, 490; S. magellanicus, 491 
Scythrops, 851 ; S. novae hollandiae, 356 
Sea-Eagle, habits, 163 f.; -Hen, 305; 
-Pheasant, 125; -Pie, 276 ; -Swallow, 
303, 311 
Secondaries, 20, 22 
Secretarius, 141 
Secretary- Bird, 
habits, 142 f. 
Seebohm, on Sula, 74 n. 
141, 141, 258; 
o- 
137, 
627. 
| Seed-Snipe, 268, 296 
Seena aurantia, 314 
Selasphorus platycercus, 438; S. rufus, 
427, 438 
Selenidera, 454, 456 ; S. piperivora, 456 ; 
S. spectabilis, 456 
Seleucides, 544, 550, 551; S. 
545 
Semi-rings of bronchi, 21 
Semioptera, 545, 550, 5513; S. wallacii, 
548 
Senex, 152, 153; S. australis, 152 
Septum, of nostrils, 11 
Sericornis, 518 
Sericossypha, 575 
Sericulus, 550, 551 3 S. melinas, 549, 551, 
552 
Seriema, 243, 258, 259, 260 
Serilophus, 469 
| Serin, 584 
| Serinus canarius, 585; S. 
585: S. hortulanus, 584 
Serpentariidae, 137, 141 f. 
Serpentarius secretarius, 141, 141; habits, 
142 f.; S. robustus, fossil in France, 
143 
Serpophaga, 475-477 
Serrated bill, 12 
Serresius, 826; S. galeatus, 346 
Setophaga, 573, 574; S. ruticilla, 512 n. 
Settler’s Clock, 386 
Shag, 75, 77 
Shaheen, 179 
Shank, 9 
Sharpe, on genus Ardea, 91n. ; on Birds 
of Paradise, 543 1.3; on Brachypteri 
and Cisticolae, 513 ; on Hudromias, 270 
n.; on plumage of Falconidae, 157 ; on 
Ortyxelus, 295 n. 3; families of Oscines, 
list of, 495; on Owls, 400; on Podicipes, 
52n.;0n Sturnidae, 559 ; on Stria, 404 ; 
on 'Thamnobiae, 510; on Timeliidae, 502 
Sheartail, Peruvian, 438 
| Shearwater, 61-63, 65, 66; Manx, 68 
Sheath-bill, 268 ; bill, 11 
Sheld-Drake, 114, 128, 128; Ruddy, 129 
Shell-Ibis, 97 
Shelley on Capitonidae, 449 ; on Cuculidae, 
351; on Promerops (Nectariniidae), 
568 n. ; on Weaver-birds, 576 n. 
Shield, frontal or on bill, 12 
Shikra, 157 
Shoe-bill, 93, 94 
Shoulder-girdle, 8 
Shoveller, 114, 124 
Shrike, 473, 531 f.; Cuckoo-, 525 f.; Great 
Grey, 534, 534; Grey Coly-, 527, 527 ; 
Lesser Grey, 534; Red-backed, 534 ; 
Wood-, 535 ; Woodchat-, 534 
Shufeldt, on Cypselus melanoleucus, 421 n. 
Sialia, 509, 510, 515, 517 
Sibia, 502 
ignotus, 
canicollis, 
