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poliocephala, Chloephaga, 183. 

 Porpoises, 69, 162. 

 Port de France, 139. 

 Praslin Island, 130. 

 Puerto Bueno, 176. 

 pugnax, Machetes, 80. 

 punctata, Mabuia, 20. 

 Punta Arenas, 165-169. 



Quail-snipe (Thinocorus rumi- 

 civorus), 167. 



Rafts used in surf, 19. 

 Rails, 66, 102. 



(Rallus abbotti), 108. 



(R. vigilantis), 177. 



Rano Kao (crater), 198, 203. 

 " Rat Island," 18. 



Rats (Mus rattus), 18, 29, 66, 111, 



154, 203, 213. 



Rheas (Rhea americana), 167. 

 Ribbon fish (Regalecus), 80. 

 ridibundus, Larus, 188. 

 ridleyana, Elainea, 18. 

 rubricauda, Phaethon, 210. 

 rufficollis, Pteropus, 228. 

 Ruffs (Machetes pugnax), 80. 

 rumicivorus, Thinocorus, 167. 

 rustica, Hirundo, 80, 83. 



sacra, Demiegretta, 117, 217. 

 Samoan Islands, 226-239. 

 Sanderlings, 118. 



Sandpipers (Prosobonia leucoptera), 

 217. 



(Totanus hypoleucus), 85. 



(T. incanus), 217, 233. 



scapulatus, Corvus, 102. 

 Screw-pines (pandani), 115. 

 Sea-serpent (illust.), 22-26. 

 " Sea-slugs," 217. 

 Sea-urchins, 217. 

 Seychelle Islands, 125-135. 

 sganzini, Alectrcenas, 88, 89. 

 Sharks, 6, 7, 10, 61, 99. 

 Shearwaters (Puffinus creatopus), 



189. 

 (P. gravis), 64. 



(P. griseus), 189. 



white-breasted, 61. 



Shrikes, drongo (Dicrurus aldabra- 



nus), 117. 



sibilans, Coracopsis, 89. 

 Siskins (Chrysomitris barbatus), 167. 

 Skuas (Megalestris chilensis), 162, 



167. 



Skuas, antarctic, 69, 70. 



Richardson's, 189. 



Smythe's Channel, 175-187. 

 Snipe (Qallinago delicata), 33. 

 jack, 33. 



Society Islands, 215. 

 Soufriere (volcano), 140. 

 South Sea Islands, 191. 

 South Trinidad, 37-58. 

 spinicaudata, Oxyurus, 169. 

 St. Paul's Rocks, 1-10. 

 St. Pierre, 139. 

 St. Vincent, 139. 



Starlings (Quiscalus caymanensis), 

 151. 



(Q. gundlachi),151. 



(Q. inflexirostris), 141. 



Steamer-ducks (Tachyeres cinereus), 



163, 164, 170-173, 179. 

 Stelgidopteryx, 31. 

 Stints, little, 83. 

 stolidus, Anous, 4, 9, 40, 50, 60, 80, 



100, 104, 111, 203, 216, 229. 

 Stonechats (Pratincola sybilla), 96. 

 Straits of Magellan, 162-174. 

 strigirostris, Didunculus, 232. 

 8trigosu8, Grapsus, 3. 

 Sucking fish, 99. 

 Sunbirds, 117, 131. 

 (Cinnyris abbotti}, 111, 116. 



(C. mahe'i), 127. 



(Myzomela nigriventria), 228, 



233. 



super -ciliosus, Merops, 91. 

 SwaUows (Stelgidopteryx), 31, 83. 



(Hirundo rustica), 80, 83. 



Swifts (Chaetura fumosa), 32. 



(Collocalia), 216. 



(Cypselus mayottensis), 87. 



(Tachornis gracilis), 91. 



sybilla, Pratincola, 96. 



Table Bay, 70, 71. 

 Tahiti, 215-225. 

 Tanagers, 31. 

 " Tappa," 229. 

 Tautira, 217, 222. 

 Teal (Nettion braailiensis), 33. 

 Tenrecs (Centetes ecoudatus), 90, 98. 

 Terns (Anous stolidus), 4, 9, 40, 50, 

 60, 80, 100, 104, 203, 216, 229. 



(Gygis alba), 14, 40, 51, 56, 



203, 210, 212, 216. 



(G. crawfordi), 44, 45. 



(Micranous leucocapillus), 5, 



8, 61. 



