INDEX 
629 
Stejneger, classification, 14; families of 
Oscines, list, 495 ; on Stercorariinae, 300 
Stelgidopteryx, 522-524 
Stephanophorus, 575 
Stercorariidae, 300 
Stercorariinae, 500 f., 304; habits, 302 f. 
Stercorarius crepidatus, 301, 305 ; S. para- 
siticus, 801, 305 ; S. pomatorhinus, 301, 
305 3 S. richardsoni, 305 
Stereornithes, 25, 43 f., 260; structure, 44 f. 
Sterna, 301, 311; S. albigena, 313; S. 
albistriata, 314; S. aleutica, 312; S. 
anaestheta, 312; S. antillarum, 311 ; 
S. balaenarum, 312; 8. bergti, 312; 8. 
bernsteint, 312; NS. cantiaca, 312; S. 
dougalli, 304, 313; S. elegans, 312; S. 
eurygnatha, 312; S. fluviatilis, 313, 
313 ; S. forsteri, 314 ; S. frontalis, 312 ; 
S. fuliginosa, 312; S. hirundinacea, 
313 ; S.longipennis, 313; S. lorata, 312; 
S. lunata, 312; S. macrura, 313; S. 
maxima, 312; S. media, 312 ; S. melan- 
auchen, 311; S. melanogaster, 314; 8S. 
minuta, 311; S. nereis, 312; S. saun- 
derst, 311; S. sinensis, 8311; S. super- 
ciliaris, 311 f.; S. trudeawi, 311; S. 
virgata, 313; S. vittata, 313 
Sterninae, 300 f., 310 f. ; habits, 303 f. 
Sternotracheal muscles, two pairs in An- 
seriformes, 108 
Sternum, 6, 7, 8 
Stictonetta, 111; S. naevosa, 123 
’ Stictospiza, 579 
Stilt, 277, 278 
Stint, Little, 279 f., 282 ; Temminck’s, 
280 
Stiphrornis, 514 
Stipiturus, 514, 517 
Stirling and Zietz on Genyornis, 38 n. 
Stitch bird, 567, 568 
Stock Eagle, 463 
Stolzmaun on Loddigesia, 437 
Stomach, 12 
Stone-Curlew, see Curlew, Stone-; -Runner, 
Zhen, © 
Stonechat, 511, 516 
Stonehatch, 273 
Stork, 70, 86, 95 f., 105, 148 ; habits, 96 ; 
Black, 99; Saddle-billed, 98; White, 
96, 97, 98, 99 
Strepera, 532 
Strepsilas, 268; S. interpres, 276; 
melanocephalus, 276 
Streptocitia, 561 
Striated feathers, 4 
Strickland, on Aepyornis, 43; on Widow 
bird, 577 n.; and Melville, on Dodo, 
329 n. ; on Solitaire, 331 n. 
Striges, 376, 397 f.; clavicles 
always unite, 8 ; toes, 10 
Strigidae, 398 f. ; habits, 400 f. 
Striginae, 398, 408 
S. 
do not 
\ 
Stringopinae, 362 f., 566 f. 
Stringops, 862, 364; little keel to sternum, 
7, 26; S. habroptilus, 366, 366 
Strix, 398, 399, 402; fossil, 415; S. 
aurantiaca, 404; S.-candida, 404; 8S. 
capensis, 4043; S. castanops, 404; 8S. 
Hlammea, 400, 403 f., 404; S. novae 
hollandiae, 404 ; S. tenebricosa, 404 
Struthidea, 552, 557 f. 
Struthio, toes and claws, 10; S. asiaticus, 
fossil, 27 ; S. australis, 27; S. camelus, 
27 f., 28; S. chersonensis, fossil, 27; S. 
karatheodori, fossil, 27; S. molybdo- 
phanes, 27 
Struthiolithus chersonensis, fossil, 27 
Struthiones, 27 f., 38 
Struthionidae, structure, etc., 27 
Sturnella, 500, 581, 582; S. defilippii, 
500; S. magna, 500, 580 
Sturnellinae, 579 f. 
Sturnia, 559 
Sturnidae, 494, 558 n., 559; 
habits, 561 f. 
Sturnopastor, 559, 
Sturnornis, 559 
Sturnus, 5593; 8. 
geris, 560, 560, 
Subclamatores, 467 
Sub-classes of Aves, 23 
Suboscines, 467 
Sub-regions, 17 
Sugar-bird, 573 
Sula, 70-72; fossil, 86; S. abbotti, 
S. bassana, 73, T4; S. capensis, 
S. cyanops, 74; S. leucogaster, 743 8. 
piscator, 74; S. serrator, 73; S. varie- 
gata, 74 
Sulidae, 70, 73 ; habits, 75 
Sultan-bird, 539 
Sun-bird, 355, 427, 568 f. ; habits, 569 f. ; 
Splendid, 569 
Sun-bittern, 248, 266 f., 266 
Supra-angular, 11 ; -ocvipital, 11 
Surf-bird, 270 
Surnia, 398, 399; S. funerea, 
ulula, 401, 411 
Surniculus, 352, 353; 8S. dicruroides, 
mimicry, 529; S. dugubris, 355 
Suthora, 502, 503 
Swallow, 420, 522 
524 f..3 moult, 575 
448; Bank-, 525; Chimney-, 422 ; 
525 ; Sea-, 303; Wood-, 530 f. 
Swan, 114, 135 f.; habits, 114 ; marks, 
136 ; trachea enters keel of sternum, 13 ; 
young, 135 f. ; Bewick’s, 136; Black, 
135, 186; Mute, 135, 136; Polish, 
135 ; Tame, 135 
Swift, 419 f., 522; breast-bone, 6 f. ; habits, 
421 f.; toes, 10; Alpine, 424; Ameri- 
can Chimney, 421 ; Common, 421, 424, 
425; Palm-, 421, 425 f.; Tree-, 422 
fossil, 496 ; 
562; S. contra, 560 
unicolor, 560; S. vud- 
561 
74; 
73 
. 
411 3 S. 
f., 524 f., 524; habits, 
-tail, 435°; -wing, 
Cliff, 
