INDEX 



627 



SchhgeUa, 545, 550 ; S. respuhlica, 547 

 Schomburgk, on Rupicola, 482 

 Scissi rostrum, 559, 561 

 Scissor-bill, 310 



Sclater, on classification, 14; edits transla- 

 tion of Nitzscli's I'terijhKfnqMe, 2 n ; 

 on geographical distribution, 15 f. ; on 

 Alectorides and Fulicariae, 243 ; on 

 Anatidae, 113 ; on method of feeding in 

 Cormorant, 78 n. ; on Cotingidae, 479 ; 

 on Deudrocolaptidae, 484 ; on Fornii- 

 3ariidae, 488 ; on Galbulidae and Bucco- 

 nidae, 445 n. ; on Icteridae, 579 ; oru, 

 incubation of Ostrich, 29 ; on classifi- 

 cation of Passeres, 467 ; on Penguins, 

 56 n., 57 n. ; on Picariae, 376; on 

 Pipridae, 477 n. ; on Rhamphastidae, 

 455 ; on Tanagridae, 575 n. ; on Tj^ran- 

 nidae, 473 ; an<l Hudson, on Aramus, 

 257 n. ; and Hudson, on Bitterns, 88 

 n. ; and Salvin, on Ptilochloris buckleyi, 

 479 n. 



Scleroptila, 226 



Sclerurinae, 484 f. 



Sderurus, 486 



Scoleplmijus, 581 ; fossil, 496 



Scolopacinae, 268, 269, 271, 289 



Seolojmx, 268-270 ; drumming, 272, 291 ; 



S. megala, 270 ; S. minor, 270 ; S. 



rochnsseni, 290 ; S. rusticula, 289 f., 



290 ; S. saturata, 290 ; S. stenura, 270 



Scopidae, 70, 86 f., 95 



Sco2]s, 398, 399, 401, 403, 412 ; ,S'. asio, 

 413 ; S. hriicii, 413 ; S. capnodes, 413 ; 

 S. flammeola, 413 ; *S'. giu, 412 f. ; ,S. 

 gymnopus, 398, 413 ; S. icterorhynchus, 

 413 ; <Si. leucotis, 413 ; S. magicus, 411, 

 413 ; S. nudipes, 398, 413 ; S. rutilus, 

 413 ; S. semitorques, 412 



Scoptelus, 397 



Scopus, 86, 87, 265 ; habits, 95 ; S. um- 

 bretta, 94, 95 



Scoter, 119 ; habits, 120 ; Surf, 120 ; Vel- 

 vet, 119 



Scotopelia, 398, 400 ; S. bouvieri, 414 ; S. 

 peli, 414 ; S. ussheri, 414 



Scotornis dimacttrvs, 418 



Screariier, Crested, 110 ; Horned, 110 



Scrub-bird, 491 



Scutellae, 10 



Snntellated, 10 



Scutelliplantar, 496 



Scytcdopus, 490 ; S. magellanicus, 491 



Scythrojjs, 351 ; S. novae hollandiae, 356 



Sea-Eagle, habits, 163 f. ; -Hen, 305 ; 

 -Pheasant, 125 ; -Pie, 276 ; -Swallow, 

 303, 311 



Secondaries, 20, 22 



Secretarius, 141 



Secretary- Bird, 137, 141, 141, 258 ; 

 habits, 142 f. 



Seebohui, on Sula, 74 n. 



Seed-Snipe, 268, 296 



Seena aurantia, 314 



Selasphorus platycercus, 438 ; S. rufus, 



427, 438 

 Selenidera, 454, 456 ; S. piperivora, 456 ; 



S. spectabilis, 456 

 Seleucides, 544, 550, 551 ; S. ignotus, 



545 

 Semi-rings of bronchi, 21 

 Seiiiioptera, 545, 550, 551 ; S. wallacii, 



548 

 Senex, 152, 153; .S^. uustralis, 152 

 Septum, of nostrils, 11 

 Sericornis, 518 

 Sericossypha, 575 

 Sericuius, 550, 551 ; S. melinus, 549, 551, 



552 

 Seriema, 243, 258, 259, 260 

 Serilophus, 469 

 Serin, 584 

 Serinus mnarius, 585 ; iS^. canicollis, 



585 ; S. hortulanus, 584 

 Serpentariidae, 137, 141 f. 

 S&rpentarius secretarius, 141, 141; habits, 

 142 f. ; S. robustus, fossil in France, 

 143 

 Serpophaga, 475-477 

 Serrated bill, 12 

 Serresius, 326 ; S. galeatus, 346 

 Setophaga, 573, 574 ; S. ruticilla, 512 n. 

 Settler's Clock, 386 

 Shag, 75, 77 

 Shaheen, 179 

 Shank, 9 



Sharpe, on genus Ardea, 91 n. ; on Birds 

 of Paradise, 543 n. ; on Brachypteii 

 and Cisticolae, 513 ; on Eudroinias, 270 

 n. ; on plumage of Falconidae, 157 ; on 

 Ortyxdus, 295 n. ; families of Oscines, 

 list of, 495; 011 Owls, 400; on Podicipes, 

 52 n. ; on Sturnidae, 559 ; on Strix, 404 ; 

 on Thamnobiae, 510 ; on Timeliidae, 502 

 Sheartail, Peruvian, 438 

 Shearwater, 61-63, 65, 66; Manx, 68 

 Sheath-bill, 268 ; bill, 11 

 Sheld-Drake, 114, 128. 128 ; Euddy, 129 

 Shell-Ibis, 97 



Shelley on Capitonidae, 449 ; on Cuculidae, 

 351 ; on Promerops (Nectariniidae), 

 568 n. ; on Weaver-birds, 576 n. 

 Shield, frontal or on bill, 12 

 Shikra, 157 

 Shoe-bill, 93, 94 

 Shoulder-girdle, 8 

 Shoveller, 114, 124 



Shrike, 473, 531 f. ; Cuckoo-, 525 f.; Great 

 Grey, 534, 534 ; Grey Coly-, 527, 527 ; 

 Lesser Grey, 534 ; Red-backed, 535 ; 

 Wood-, 535 ; Woodchat-, 534 

 Shufeldt, on Cypselus mdanvleucus, 421 n. 

 Sialia, 509, 510, 515, 517 

 Sibia, 502 



