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INDEX 



Ridged structure of vanes of feathers, 3 

 Eidgway, on Ardea occidentalis, 93 n. ; on 

 Ciconiidae, 95 n. ; on Dissura, 96 n. ; 

 on Humming-birds, 432 ; see Baird 

 Rifleman, 472, 545 u. ; -bii-d, 545 

 Riporre, 238 

 Rissa, 301 ; R. hrevirostris, 303, 306 ; R. 



triductyla, 305 f. 

 Road-runner, 357 

 Robin, 354, 512, 515, 516 ; American, 



510 ; Australian, 511 ; Cape-, 512 n. ; 



Corean, 512 ; Hill-, 503 ; Indian, 512 



n. ; Japanese, 512 ; Persian, 512 ; New 



Zealand, 512 n. 

 Roc, 26, 43 



Rock-hopper, 56, 58, 58 

 Roller, 376 f., 467 ; habits, 377 f. ; Ground- 



376, 378 

 RoUulus, 199, 200 ; R. roulroul, 221 

 Roofed, of tail, 22 

 Rook, 552, 554, 556 

 Rose-sucker, 426 

 Rosenberg, v., on Xasiterna, 372 

 Rost.ratula, 292 

 Rostrhamus, 146. 147, 149 ; R. snciabilis, 



171 

 Rotche, 321 

 Rothschild, on Apteryx, 39 ; on Bird of 



Paradise, 550 ; on Drepanididae, 562 



n. ; on Houbara. 262 n. 

 Roy, on Flight, 61 u. 

 Royal Birds, 136 

 Ridiigula, 505 

 Rue, 43 



Rnff, 234, 270, 285 

 Rump, 20 

 Rupicola, 479, 480 ; dances of, 482 ; nest, 



482 f. ; R. crocea, 480 

 Rupicolinae, 479 f. 

 Rupornis magnirostris, 167 ; R. nattereri, 



167 ; R.. jmcherani, 167 ; ii. ruficmida, 



167 ; R. ridgivayi, 169 ; Fk.. saturata, 



167 

 RuticUla, 509 ; R. moussieri, 512 ; R. 



phoenicurus, 511 



Sabre-wing, 426, 435 



Saddle-back, 558 



Sage-cock, 203, 234 



Sagittarius, 141 



Sagittate, 22 



St. Hilaire, on Aepyornis, 43 



Saker, 179 



Salmon, on Creciscus, 249 n. 



Salpinctes, 521, 522 



Salpornis, 571, 572 



Scdtator, 575 



Salvadori, on Anatidae, 111, 136 ; on Birds 



of Paradise, 543 n. ; on Cassowaries, 33; 



on Cohimbae, 325 ; on Podicij^es, 52 ; 



on Psittacidae, 362 

 Salvador i)M, 113 ; S. icaigiuensis, 116 



Salvin, F. H., on fishing with Cormorants 

 79 ; and Brodrick, on Falconry, 148 n.; 

 see also Freeman 

 Salvin, 0., on Humming Birds, 432 ; on 

 Lammergeier, 151 n. ; on Motmots, 

 380 n. ; on nest of Panyptila, 424 ; 

 on classification of Petrels, 59 u. ; see 

 Sclater 

 Sandeman, on Honey-guide, 452 n. 

 Sanderling, 282 



Sand-Grouse see Grouse, Sand- 

 Sand-Lark, 273 



Sandpiper, 268 ; Bonaparte's, 280; Broad- 

 billed, 282 ; Butt'-breasted, 282 ; Com- 

 mon, 280, 286 ; Curlew-, 280 ; Green, 

 271, 284 ; Marsh, 284 ; Pectoral, 280 f. ; 

 Purple, 281 ; Purple, male incubates, 

 271 ; Semipalmated, 282 ; Spoon- 

 billed, 282 ; Spotted, 286 ; Stilt-, 286 : 

 White-winged, 283 ; Wood-, 284 

 Sap-sucker, 461 

 Sappho, 427, 434 ; S. phaon, 434 ; ^. 



sparganura, 434 

 Sarcidiornis, 111-113 ; fossil, 136 ; S. 



canmculata, 134 ; .S'. melanonota, 134 

 Sarciopliorus tectus, 275 

 Sarcogeranvs, 254 

 Sarcophanops, 468, 469 

 Sai-cops, 559, 561 

 Sarcorhamphidae, 137 f. 

 Sarcorhamphus, 137; S. gryphus, 138- f., 



139 

 Sasia, 464 

 Satin-bird, 549, 549 



Saunders, on Black -headed Gull and allies, 

 308 ; on Laridae, 306 f. ; on Stercora- 

 riidae, 300 

 Saurognathae, 457 

 Sauropsida of Huxley, 1 f. 

 Saurothera, 351, 357 

 Sauzier, bones of Dodo, 330 

 Savannah-blackbird, 359 

 Savery, figure of Dodo, 329 f. 

 Saxicola, 509-511 

 Saxicoline, 516 

 Sayornis, 475, 476 

 Scales, nature of, 2 n. 

 Scaniornis, fossil, 108 

 Scapula, 7, 8, 8 ; unites with coracoids in 



Fregata, 72 

 Scapulars, 20,' 22 

 Scapus, 3 

 Scardafella, 335, 340 f. ; S. inca, 341 ; S. 



squamosa, 341 

 Scaup, 121 

 Sccloglaux, 398, 400, 401 ; S. albifacies, 



408 

 Scenopoeetes, 544, 550 ; .S'. deiitirostris, 



549, 551 

 Schistospiza, 583 f. 

 Schizoeaca, 484 

 Sehizorhis, 360 ; .S'. con color, 361 



