400 



INDEX. 



PAGK. 



Scolecosoma; skolexviorm; soma 



body 349 



SCO LOP AC I DJE, . . . ' . 124 



Scolopax: skolopax a snipe, . 126 

 Scops: shops a screech owl, . 108 

 Scotiaptex : skotia darkness ; 



ptesso to frighten, . . . 108 

 Scotophilus : skotos darkness ; 



phileo to love 22 



Scotophis: skotos darkness; ophis 



a snake 178 



SELACHOSTOMI: selachos a shark 



(cartilage); stoma mouth, . 343 

 Semotilns: sema a banner (dor- 

 sal fin), teleis, or some similar 

 word, supposed by Rafinesque to 

 mean "spotted," . . , 304 

 Setophaga : sea a moth ; pTiago 



to eat 69 



Sialia: sialis plump, . . 49 

 SILURID^B : Silurus : silouros 



some river fish, . . . 326 

 Siredon: seiredon & siren (seira 



entangling) 194 



Siren: seiren a siren, . . 198 



SIRENID^E 198 



Sitta: sitter- a nuthatch . . 52 



SITTID^E, 52 



Siurus: sei to wag; oura tail, 66 

 Somateria: soma body ; erion 



wool 144 



Sorex: L., a shrew-mole, . 26-352 

 SORICID^B, .... 25-352 

 Soriciscus; diminutive of Sorex, 352 

 SPALACOPODIDJS : Spalacopus ; 



spalaxa. mole; pous foot, 33 

 Spatula: L.. aspatula, . . 142 

 Spatularia: L., spatula, . . 344 

 Spelerpes: speos a cave; herpes- 

 reptile 193 



Speotyto : speos & cave ; tuto a 



night owl 109 



Spermophilus : sperma seed ; 



philos lover, . . . . 28 

 Sphyrapicus: sphura a hammer: 



pikos a woodpecker, . . 104 

 Spilogale: spilosa, spot; galee a 

 weasel or other musteline ani- 

 mal, 351 



Spizella: dim. of spiza a spar- 

 row, 86 



Sqtiatarola: a vernacular name, 121 

 STEGANOPODES : steganos web- 

 bed ; pous foot, . . 146 



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Steganopus : steganos webbed ; 



pous foot, 123 



Stelgidopteryx: stelgisn kind of 



scraper; pterux wing . . 72 

 Stercorarius: L., stercus excre- 

 ment, ...... 149 



Sterna: L., sterno to spread out, 152 

 Stilbe. stilbe splendor, . . 301 

 Stilbius: same as Stilbe, . . 30 1 

 Stizostethium : stizo to prick; 



gtethion breast, . . . 230 

 Storeria: to Dr. David H. Storer, 176 

 Strepsilas: strepso to turn ; tacts 



stone, 122 



STRIGID^:, 106 



Strix : strigx some night - bird 



with a sharp cry, . . . 107 

 Sturnella: L., sturnus a starling, 9;> 

 Surniarsurnia an owl, . . 109 

 Sylvicola: L., sylvicola living in 



the forest, '60 



SYLVICOLID^E 57 



SYLVIIDJB: L., sylva woodland, 49 

 Symphemia : sun together ; phemi 



to talk 128 



Synaptomys: sunnptos connect- 

 ing; mus mouse (joining Ar- 

 vicola and Myodes), . . 33 

 Synechoglcinis: synecho to com- 

 press; glanis the fish Silurus, 328 

 Syrnium: surnion an owl, . 108 

 Tachycineta: tachus swift; kineo 



to move, 71 



TALPID^E: L., talpa a mole, . 24 

 Tamias: tamias a steward, 28-353 

 TANAGRID^E: Tanagra (tanagra 



a copper kettle?), ... 69 

 TANTAUD^M, . . . . 133 

 Tantalus: a mythological name, 133 

 Tauridea: taura a cow; eldos 



appearance, face, . . . 255 

 Taxidea: Taxus an allied genus; 



eldos appearance, ... 19 

 TEID^E: Tejusa vernacular name,170 

 TELKOCEPHALI: teleos perfect ; 



kephale head, . . . . 215 

 TELEOSTEI: teleos perfect; osteon 



bone 214 



Telipomis : teleis full-grown 



( "spotted") ; poma opercle, 239 

 Telmatodytes: telmatodutes liv- 

 ing in ponds, .... 55 

 Teretulus: L., teres cylindrical, 312 

 TESTUDINATA 159 



