INDEX. 



243 



Reed warbler, nest of, 138. 

 Rhea, wings of, 82, 188. 

 ,, primitive nature of, 



212. 



,, toes of, 213. 



Robin, eggs of, 155. 



,, migration of, 172. 

 Ruff, fighting of, 114, 116. 

 ,, frills of, 115. 



Sand-grouse, 29. 



,, nest of, 122. 



,, eggs of, 155. 



,, migration of, 



182. 

 ,, affinities of, 



215-217. 

 Sand-martin, nest of, 125. 

 Sand-piper, nest of, 123. 

 Scissor-bill, beak of, 42, 

 Screamer, singing of, 93. 



,, wing-spurs of, 26, 



120. 

 ,, affinities of, 214. 

 Sea-gull, food of, 56. 

 Secretary-bird, affinities of, 



215. 

 Sheldrake, nest of, 123. 

 Shoveller, duck, beak of, 45. 

 Shrike-drongo, 33. 

 Shrike, food of, 55. 

 Sight of gannet, 53. 

 ,, kingfisher, 53. 

 ,, eagle, 53. 

 ,, vulture, 51. 

 Skua-gulls, piracy of, 56. 

 Skylark, soaring of, 62. 



,, song of, 89. 

 Snipe, beak of, 52. 



,, instrumental music of, 



96. 

 „ eggs of, 155. 



Solitaire, flightlessness of, 74, 



76. 

 Song, 90, 95. 



Sparrow, Baya, nest of, 141. 

 Specialisation, 13, 14. 

 Spoon-bill, beak of, 43. 

 Spoon-bill plover, 43. 

 Spurs, 26. 



,, of chauna, 120. 

 Starling, feathers of, 25. 

 ,, plumage of, 37. 



,, eggs of, 152. 



Steamer-duck, flightless, 78. 

 Stone-curlew, migration of, 



172. 

 Stork, nestling of, 161. 

 ,, affinities of, 255. 

 Sun-birds, tongue of, 46. 

 Swallow, food of, 55. 

 ,, speed of, 63. 



nest of, 131, 133, 

 143. 

 ,, migration of, 172. 

 ,, winter quarters of, 

 179. 

 Swans, moulting of, 23. 

 Swan, nest of, 149. 



,, young of, 161. 

 Swift, beak of, 13, 14. 

 ,, food of, 54. 

 ,, nest of, 134. 

 ,, nestling of, 161. 

 ,, affinities of, 221. 

 Swiftlets, edible nest of, 133. 



Tail, Japanese foAvls, 214. 

 Tailor-bird, nest of, 139. 

 Tern, nest of, 122, 143. 



,, eggs of, 152. 

 Thick-knee, nest of, 122. 

 Thrush, food of, 56. 

 song of, 89. 

 ,, eggs of, 152. 



migration of, 172. 



