360 
Slender billed Fulmar,~327-. 
Nuthatch, 83. 
Shearwater, 332. 
Small-headed Flycatcher, 109. 
Smew, 206. 
Snake-bird, 305. 
Snake-killer, 189. 
Snipe, 248-9, 252. 
Snowbird, {141. 3 
Snow Bunting, 133. 
Goose, 282. 
Snowflake, 153. 
Plover, 245. 
Solitary Tattler, 259. 
Vireo, 121. 
Somateria, No. 268. 
Song Sparrow, 139. 
Sooty Albatross, 325. 
Guillemot, 34. 
Shearwater, 331. 
Tern, 322. 
Sora, 273. 
South-southerly, 291. § 
Spanish Curlew = White This, 264. 
Sparrow Hawk, 214. 
Sparrows, 127, 135, etc. 
Spatula, No. 258. 
Spatulate, a. Spoon-shaped. 
Species, § 21. 
Spectacled Hider, 292. 
Speculum, n. Mirror; bright col- 
ored area on ducks’ wings. 
Spermophila, No. 82. 
Spheniscide, 333 (in text). 
Spheotyto, No. 150. 
Sphyrapicus, No. 133. 
Spinal, a. Pertaining to the back- 
bone. 
Spine-tailed Swifts, 183. 
Spirit Duck, 290. 
Spizella, No. 73. r 
Spleen, n. A vascular abdominal 
organ, § 2. 
Spoonbills, 262, 264. 
Spotted Sandpiper, 260. 
Towhee, 152. 
Sprigtail, 286. 
Spruce Partridge, 232. 
Spurious, a. See § 58 and § 62. 
Squamous, a. Scaly. 
Squatarola, No. 189. 
Squawk, 269. 
Stake-driver, 269. 
Starlings, 153. 
Starncenas, No. 175. 
St. Domingo Duck, 295 
Grebe, 337. 
Steganopodes, 296. 
Steganopus, No. 198. 
No. 48. 
Stellula, 3 
Stercorarius, No. 280. 
Sterna, No. 291. 
Sternine, 317. 
Sternum, 7. 
Stilt, 247. 
Stilt Sandpiper. 253. 
St. Lucas Sparrow, 136, 352. 
Stone Chat, 76. 
Snipe, 298. 
Storks, 241 (in text). 
Stormy Petrel, 328. 
Stragulum, n. Mantle, § 38. 
Stratum, 2. Layer. 
Strepsilas, No. : 
Breast-bone. 
Strix, No. 139. 
Structure, § 14. 
Sturnella, No. 91. 
Sub- (in composition). 
less than; not quite. 
Sub-basal, @. Near the base. 
Sub-ch n., § 17. 
Sub-typical, a. Between typical 
and aberrant. 
Subulate, @ Awl-shaped. 
Suffrago, n. Heel-joint; tibio-tar- 
sal joint 
Sula, N 73+ 
Sula loxostyla, 349. 
Under; 
273 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 
Suleate, a. Furrowed. 
Sulcus, zn. Furrow. 
Sulide, 298. 
Summer Duck, 288. 
Redbird, 111. 
Warbler, 97. 
Yellowbird, 97. 
Super (in composition), Over, be- 
yond, more than. 
Superciliary, a. Over the eye. 
Supraorbital, a. Over the eye sock- 
ets, § 41, b. 
Surf Bird, 245. 
Duck, 294. 
Surnia, No. 146. 
Swainson’s Buzzard, 217. 
Vireo, 121. 
Warbler, 93. 
Swallows, 112. 
Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, 169. 
Gull, 317. 
Kite, 211. 
Swamp Sparrow, 138. 
Swans, 2580. 
Swifts, 182. 
Swimming Birds, 276. 
Sylbeocyclus, No. 314. 
Sylvia, 77. 
Sylvicolide, 91. 
Sylvicoline, 92. 
Sylviidee, 77. 
Sylviine, 77. 
Symphemia, No. 214. 
Symphysis,n. A growing together. 
Syndactylous, § 59. 
yngnesious, § 8). 
Synthliborhamphus, No. 320. 
Syringeal, a. Pertaining to lower 
larynx. 
Syrinx, n. Lower larynx; the 
vocal organ of birds, situate 
where windpipe forks into bron- 
chi. 
Syrnium, No. 144. 
ibe 
Tachycineta, No. 45. 
Tachypetes, No. 277. 
Tachypetide, 306. 
Tanagers, 111. 
Tanagride, LLL. 
Tantalidz, 262. 
Tantalinz, 263. 
Tantalus, No. 224. 
Tarso-metarsus, 2., § 72, ¢. 
Tarsus, n. Shank, § 72, e, § 83. 
Tattlers, 251, 255-9. 
Taxonomy, 7. Classification, § 12, 
§ 1. 
Tawny Thrush = Wilson’s T., 73. 
Teal, 287. 
Tectrices, m.; pl. 
or tail, § 59, § 66. 
Teeter-tail, 260. 
Tegumentary, § 11. 
Telmatodytes, No 
Telmatornis afli 
priscus, ¢ 
Tell-tales. See Tattle 
Temminck’s Guillemot, 34. 
Tempora, n.; pl. temples, § 41, b. 
Tengmalm’s Owl, 200. 
Tennessee Warbler, 99. 
Tenuirostral Picarie, 183. 
Tergum, 7. Lower back, § 38. 
Terns, 317. 
Terrestrial Birds, 228. 
Tertiary, n.; pl. tertiaries. Inner- 
most quills of wings, § 64. 
Testis, n. Gland secreting male 
seed. 
Tetradactyle, a. 
Tetrao, No. 178, 
Tetraonide, -inw, 232. 
Texas Cardinal, 150. 
Guan, 231. 
Night-hawk, 181. 
Woodpecker, 193. 
Thalasseus, No. 290. 
Thick-billed Guillemot, 346. 
Thistle-bird, 151. 
Thrasher, 75. 
Three-toed Woodpeckers, 194. 
Coverts of wing 
24. 
Four-toed. 
Thrushes, 71. 
Thryothorus, No. 21. 
ie n. Larger inner leg-bone, 
Tinamide, 229. 
Tinamous, 229. 
Tinker, 339. 
Tip-up, 260. 
Titlark, 90. 
Titmice or Tits, 79. "7 
Tomium, n.; pl. tomia. Cutting 
edge of either mandible, § 49. 
Totanus, No. 215. 2 
Totipalmate birds, 296. 
Towhee Bunting, ll. 
Townsend’s Bunting, 148. 
Flycatehing Thrush, 
117. 
Fox Sparrow, 147, 352. 
Warbler, 98. 
Traill’s Flycatcher, 175. 
Tree Ducks, 28}. 
Sparrow, 142. 
Tridactyle, a. Three-toed. 
Tringa, No. 211. 
Tringoides, No 217. 
Trochilida, 183; -inz, 184. 
Trochilus, No. 121. 
Troglodytes, No. 22. 
Troglodytide, St. 
Trogon, No, 125. 
Trogonide, 186. 
Trogons, 186. 
Tropic Bird, 307. 
Trowbridge’s Surf Duck, 295. 
Trudeaw’s Tern, 322. 
Trumpeter Swan, 281. 
Truncate, a. Cut squarely off. 4 
Truncus, 7. Body without its 
members, § 33. 
Tryngites, No. 220. 
Tufted Titmouse, 80. 
Putin, 340. 
Turdide, 71. 
Turdinae, 71. 
Turdus, No. 1. 
Turkey, 251. 
Turkey Buzzard, 222. 
Turnicide, 229. 
Turnstone, 246. 
ey n.pl. Pads under the toes, 
80. 
Typical, § 24. 
Tyrannide, 167. 
Tyrannine, 168. 
Tyrannus, No. 105. 
Tyrants, 167-8. 
U. 
Uintornis lucaris, 347. 
Ulna, n. A bone of the forearm. 
Ultramarine Jay (Aphelocoma ul- 
tramarina), 165. 
Umbilicus, n. Pit, § 3. 
Under parts, § 36. 
Unguiculate, a. Clawed. 
Upland Plover, 260. 
Upper parts, § 36. 
Uria, No. 327. 
Uropygium, n. Rump, § 38. 
Utamania, No. 317. 
Vv. 
Valley Quail, 238. 
Vane; n. Web of a feather, § 3. 
Varied Thrush, 72. 
Variety, § 22- 4 
Vaseuiar, a. Having many small j 
bloodvessels, § 2. 
Vaux’s Swift, 183, 352. 
Veery, 73. 
Velvet Scoter, 294. 
Venter, n. Belly, § 39. 
Ventral. a. Pertaining to.the belly. 
Vermiculation, n. Very fine cross- 
wise marking, § 41, d (footnote). 
Vermilion Flycatcher, 177. 
Versatile, n. Capable of turning 
either way. 
Vertebrate, a.or n. Backboned 
animal. 
