GENERAL INDEX 



151 



Scarlet Ibis, 48 



Scolopax rusticola (Woodcock), 75-8, 



25, pi. 14, f. 8 

 Scoter, Velvet (ddemiafusca), 50, pi. 



Screamers, 20 



Screech Owl or Barn Owl {Strix 



flammea), 104, 20, 103, pi. 20, 



f . 6 

 Sea Divers, 36, 37 

 Eagle, White-tailed {Haliaetus 



albicilla), 57, 58, pi. 8, f. 4 

 Sea-swallows (Terns), 84 

 Seagulls, 39 

 Seals, under-fur of, 12 

 Secondaries, 11, 23, 124 

 Secretary-bird (Serpentan'us secre- 



tarius), 55, pi. 7, f. 3 

 Sedge-warbler, 123 

 Selection of characters, 34 

 Semi-plumous feathers, 15 

 Serin (Serinus hortu/anus), 128, pi. 28, 



f.g 

 Serinus hortulanus (Serin), 128, pi. 28, 



Serpentan'us secretarius (Secretary- 

 bird), 55, pi. 7, f. 3 



Shaft of feather, 12, 13, 16, 17 



Shank of leg, 3-5, 19 



Sharp-shinned Sparrow-hawk, 56 



Shearwater, Mar\x{Puffinus ang/orum), 

 38, 85, pi. 3, f. I 



Sheldrake (Tadorna cornuta), 52 



Sheld-duck (Tadorna cornuta), 52, pi. 



5' f- 4 

 Short-eared Owls, 113 

 Shoulder, 22 



blade, 21, 33 



girdle, 21, 33 



Shrike, Great Grey (Lanius excubitor), 



114, pi. 25, f. 2 

 Red-backed (/.aw/ws col/urio), 114, 



92, pi. 25, f. I 

 Shrikes, 114, 115, 57 

 Silver Pheasant (Gennceus nyothe- 

 ' merus), 65, pi. 11, f. 4 



Siskin (Carduelis spinus), 127, pi. 28, 



f. 8 

 Sitta ccesia (Nuthatch), 116, pi. 22, f. 9 

 SITTIDiE, 116 

 Skeleton, 2, 8, 21 

 Skua, BufTon's, or Long-tailed (Ster- 



corarius parasiticus), 85, pi. 16, f. 5 

 Skuas, 84, 85 

 Skull, 3, 33 

 Skylark (Alauda aruensis), 126, 132, pi. 



26, f. I 

 Slugs as food for birds, 69 

 Smell, 4 



Smew {IVIergus albellus), 50, pi. 5, f. 5 

 Snails as food for birds, 69, 75 

 Snake-bird or Darter {Plotus anhinga), 



42, 109, pi. 3, f. 9 

 Snakes as food for birds, 55, 61 

 Snipe, Great or Solitary {Gallinago 



major), 76, pi. 14, f. 10 

 Jack {Gallinago gallinula), 76, 



pi. 14, f. 9 

 Snipes, 75-8, 25, 81 

 Snow Bunting (Plectrophanes nivalis), 



133, pi. 27, f. 5 

 Goose (Chen hyperboreus), 53, 



pl. 6, f. 3 

 Petrel, 38 



Snowy Owl {Nyctea niualis), 102, 103, 



pl. 20, f. 5 

 Soft-billed birds, 25 

 Solan Goose or Gannet (Sula bassana), 



43, 45> pl- 3, f. 3 



Solitaire, 86 



Solitary or Great Snipe (Gallinago 

 major), 76, pl. 14, f. 10 



Somateria mollissima (Eider-duck), 50, 

 51, pl. 5, f. I, a, b 



Song-birds, 16 



muscles, in 



South Southerly or Long-tailed Duck 

 (Harelda glacial is), 51, pl. 5, f. 3 



Sparganurasappho (Comet Humming- 

 bird), 99, pl. 22, f. 3 



Sparrow, Hedge (Accentor modularis), 

 124, pl. 29, f. 5 



