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INDEX 
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Sibree, on Coua, 357 n.; on Leptosoma, 
379 n. 
Sigelus, 355 
Sigmodus, 532 
Simorhynchus, 316, 818; S. cristatellus, 
318 ; S. pusillus, 318 ; S. pygmaeus, 318 
Siptornis albiceps, 485 ; S. hudsoni, 487 ; 
S. maluroides, 487; S. sordida, 486, 
487; S. striaticeps, 487; S. sulphuri- 
Sera, 487 
Sirkeer, 357 
Siskin, 584 
Sisura, 506, 509; S. inquieta, 508 
Sitella, 537, 5388 
Sitta, 5387, 5388 ; S. caesia, 587, 538 
Sittidae, 494, 536 f. ; habits, 538 
Sittiparus, 508 
Sittosomus, 484, 487 
Siurus, 5738, 574 
Siva, 502 
Skeat, on the name Parrot, 362 
Skeleton, 5 f. 3 appendicular, 5; axial, 5 
f.; of Carinate Bird, 8; 
Falcon, 7 
Skimmer, 3800, 304 
Skin, 2 n 
Skua, 81, 268, 300-303; Arctic, 305 ; 
Buffon’s, 305; Great, 302, 304; Pomato- 
rhine, 305 
Skull, 10 f. ; of Wild Duck, 11 
Slater, bones of Solitaire, 331 
Smew, 115, 116 
Smicrornis, 506, 509 
Smithornis, 506, 509 
Snake-Bird, 79, 465 
Snipe, 268, 270; bill, 11; Common, 
290 = ; Double, 291 ; Full, 290 ; Jack, 
292; Painted, ss ; Pin-tailed, 292; 
Solitary, 291 ; Wood-, 291 
Snow-Cock, 229 ; -Partridge, 230; -Pheas- 
ant, 229 
Solan Goose, 73, 75, 302 
Solitaire, 325 ; habits, 331; of Bourbon, 
330; of Rodriguez, 328, 330 f. 
Somateria, 114; S. dresseri, 118 ; S. mol- 
lissima, 118 f.; S. spectabilis, 111, 118 
f. ; S. v-nigrum, 118 
Sporaeginthus, 579 
Sparrow, 584, 586; -Hawk, see -Hawk, 
Sparrow- ; ‘Hedge, 354, 512,-515-527 ; 
House-, 584 ; Java-, 577 ; Song-, 586 
Spathura, 427, 437 f. 
Spatula, 111; S. capensis, 124; S. cly- 
peata, 124; S. platalea, 124; S. rhyn- 
chotis, 124 
Spatulate, 12, 22 
Species of Binds, 15 
Speculum, 22; in ducks, 114 f. 
Speed of flieht 20 
Spel of Capercaillie, 237 
Speotyto, 398-402 ; S. cunicularia, 400 f., 
409 f., 410 
of trunk of 
Sperling, on Sooty Tern, 312 n. 
Spermestes, 577 
Sphecotheres, 542, 543; S. mawillaris, 543 ; 
Sphenisci, 54 f. - fingers, 9 ; metatarsals, 
10 
Spheniscidae, 54 f., 71, 109; habits, 
Dont. 
Sphenisciformes, 54 f., 59 
Spheniscus, 55; S. demersus, 57 ; 
magellanicus, 57; S. mendiculus, 57°; 8S. 
minor, 56, 57 
Sphenocercus, 326, 349 ; S. formosae, 350 ; 
S. permagnus, 350; S. sieboldi, 350; 
S. sororius, 350; S. sphenurus, 349 f. 
Sphenocichla, 521 
Sphenoeacus, 491 n., 514 
Sphenoproctus, 427, 435 
Sphenostoma, 538-540 
Sphenura, 517 
Sphyropicus, 461 ; S. varius, 458, 461 
Spicules beneath toes—see Toes 
Spiloglaux novae zealandiae, 409 
Spilornis, 154; S. cheela, 154; S. holo- 
spilus, 154 ; S. sulaénsis, 154 ; S. undu- 
latus, 154 
Spinal cord, 5 
Spindalis, 575 
Spiza, 583; S. guiraca, 587 
Spizaétus, 160; S. coronatus, 160; S, 
ornatus, 160; S. tyrannus, 160 
Spiziapteryx, 146 3 S. cirewmcinctus, 174 
Spiziastur melanoleucus, 161 
Spizilauda deva, 496 
Spizizus, 504, 505 
Spodiopsar, 561 ; S. burmanicus, 560 
Spoonbill, 70, 99 f., 104 ; bill, 12 ; habits, 
103 
Sporadinus, 433 
Sporaeginthus amandava, 577 
Spring moult, 4 f. 
Spur-fowl, 218 
Squamosal, 11 
Square, of tail, 22 
Squatarola helvetica, 272 
Squatter, 337 
Stachyridopsis, 503 
Stachyris, 504 
Stactolaema anchietae, 450; S. olivacewm, 
450 
Standard wing, 548 
Starling, 559, 560, 560-562 ; habits, 561 
f.; American, 579; Red-winged, 580 ; 
Tree-, 559 
Starnoenas, 327 ; S. cyanocephala, 335 
Steatornis, 417 ; nest, 419; S. caripensis, 
419 
Steatornithidae, 415, 419 
Steering feathers, 21 
Steganopodes, 70 f. ; nostrils, 
Steganopodous, 71 
Steganopus wilsont, 279 
Stegnolaema montagnii, 197 
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