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GENERAL INDEX 



Sparrow, House (Passer domesticus), 



128, II, 124, 131, pi. 27, f. ID 



Java {Mania oryziuora), 130, 131, 



pi. 28, f. 5 

 Tree (Passer montanus), 128, 131, 



pi. 27, f. 9 

 Sparrow-hawk {Accipiter nisus), 56, 



59, 92, pi. 7» f- I 

 Sparrows, 128, 16, 94, 131 

 Sphenisous demersus (Cape Penguin), 



39 

 Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 48, pi. 



4, f- 3 

 Spoonbills, 48 



Sporceginthus amandaua (Avaduvat), 



130, 131, pi. 28, f. 2 

 Spotted Crake (Porzana maruetta), 



70, pi. 13, f. 6 

 Fly-catcher (Muscicapa grisola), 



114, pi. 25, f. 9 

 Spur-winged Goose, 20 

 Spurs, 20 



Squirrels and Owls, 103 

 Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 118, 11, 18, 



108, pi. 30, f. 4 

 STEGANOPODES, 41 

 Steganurus underwoodii (Racket-tailed 



Humming-bird), 100, pi. 22, f. 5 

 Stem of feather, 12 

 Stercorarius parasiticus (Buffon's 



Skua), 85, pi. 16, f. 5 

 Sterna oantiaoa (Sandwich Tern), 84, 



pi. 16, f. 7 

 fluuiatHis (Common Tern or 



Gull-teaser), 83, pi. 16, f. 8 



minuta (Little Tern), 84, pi. 16, f. 6 



Sternum, 21, 22 



Stilt, Black-winged (Himantopus 



oandidus), 75, pi. 14, f. 3 

 Stint, Little (Tringa minuta), 78, pi. 



15, f- 3 

 Stock-dove (Oolumba cenas), 87, pi. 



17, f. 2 

 Stomach, 25, 26 

 Stork, African Adjutant (Leptoptilus 



orumenifer), 48, pi. 4, f. 7 



Stork, White (Ciconia alba), 48, pi. 4, 



f. 2 

 Storks, 48-50, 41 

 Storm -cock or Mistle-thrush {Tardus 



uisciuorus), 119, pi. 29, f. 2 

 Storm-petrel, 38 

 STRIGES, 102 

 Strix flammea (Barn Owl or Screech 



Owl), 104, 20, 103, pi. 20, f. 6 

 Struthio camelus (African Ostrich), 30^, 



7, II, 15, 16, 28, 31, 33-5, pi. I, f. I 

 Study of birds, i 

 STURNIDiE, ii8 

 Sturnus vulgaris (Starling), 118, 11, 



18, 108, pi. 30, f. 4 

 Sula bassana (Gannet or Solan Goose), 



43, 45, pl- 3, f. 3 

 Sun-gem Humming-bird (Heliaotinus 



cornutus), 99, pi. 22, f. i 

 Superstitions relating to birds, i 

 Surface Ducks, 51 

 Swallow (Hirundo rustica), 113, 114, 



73, 128, pi. 21, f. 4 

 Swallows, 113, II, 25, 84, 98 



Sea (Terns), 84 



Swan, Mute (Cygnus olor), 53, pi. 6, 



f. 4 

 Swans, 50, 53 

 Swift, Common {Cypselus apus), 98, 



pi. 21, f. 2 

 Swifts, 97-9, 10, II, 25 

 Sylvia atrioapilla (Blackcap), 122, pi. 



24, f. 10 

 cinerea (White-throat), 122, pi. 



24, f. 9 

 Syrinx, or Voice Organ, no 

 Syrnium aluco i (Tawny Owl), 103, 



104, pi. 20, f. 2 



Taohybaptes fluviatilis (Dabchick), 37, 



pi. 2, f. 7 

 Tadorna cornuta (Sheld-drake and 



Sheld-duck), 52, pi. 5, f. 4 

 Tail, 6, II 



bones, 6 



coverts, 11 



