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INDEX 



Ridged structure of vanes of feathers, 3 

 Ridgway, on Ardea occidentalis, 93 n. ; on 



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



on Humming-birds, 432 ; see Baird 

 Rifleman, 472, 545 n. ; -bird, 545 

 Riporre, 238 

 Rissa, 301 ; R. brevirostris, 303, 306 ; It. 



tridactyla, 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 



Rollulus, 199, 200 ; R. roulroul, 221 

 Roofed, of tail, 22 

 Rook, 552, 554, 556 

 Hose-sucker, 426 

 Rosenberg, v., on Nasiterna, 372 

 Rostratula, 292 

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



17 1 



Rotche, 321 

 Rothschild, on Apteryx, 39 ; on Bird of 



Paradise, 550 ; on Drepauididae, 562 



n. ; on Houbara, 262 n. 

 Roy, on Flight, 61 n. 

 Royal Birds, 136 

 Rubigula, 505 

 Rue, 43 



Ruff, 234, 270, 285 

 Rump, 20 

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



482 f. ; R. crocea, 480 

 Rupicolinae, 479 f. 

 Rupornis viagnirostris, 167 ; R. nattereri, 



167 ; R. pucherani, 167 ; R. ruficauda, 



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



167 

 Ruticilla, 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 



Sattator, 575 



Salvador!, on Anatidae, 111, 136 ; on Birds 



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



on Columbae, 325 ; on Podicipes, 52 ; 



on Psittacidae, 362 

 Salvadorina, 113; S. ivaigiuensis, 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 n. ; 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 ; Buff-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 ; S. 

 sparganura, 434 



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

 carunculata, 134 ; S. melanonota, 134 



Sarciophorus tectus, 275 



Sar cog er amis, 254 



Sarcophanops, 468, 469 



Sarcops, 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 



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



. 408 



Scenopoeetes, 544, 550 ; S: dentirostris, 

 549, 551 



Schistospiza, 583 f. 



Schizoeaca, 484 



Schizorhis, 360 ; S. concolor, 361 



