INDEX 



627 



Schlegelia, 545, 550 ; respublica, 547 



Schomburgk, on Rupicola, 482 



Scissirostrum, 559, 561 



Scissor-bill, 310 



Sclater, on classification, 14; edits transla- 

 tion of Nitzscli's Pteryloyraphie, 2 n ; 

 on geographical distribution, 15 f. ; on 

 Alectorides and Fulicariae, 243 ; on 

 Anatidae, 113 ; on method of feeding in 

 Cormorant, 78 n. ; on Cotingiclae, 479 ; 

 on Dendrocolaptidae, 484 ; on Forini- 

 eariidae, 488 ; on Galbulidae and Bucco- 

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

 incubation of Ostrich, 29 ; on classifi- 

 cation of Passeres, 467 ; on Penguins, 

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

 Pipridae, 477 n. ; on Khamphastidae, 

 455 ; on Tanagridae, 575 n. ; on Tyran- 

 nidae, 473 ; and Hudson, on Aramus, 

 257 n. ; and Hudson, on Bitterns, 88 

 n. ; and Salvin, on Ptilochloris biickleyi, 

 479 ii. 



Sderoptila, 226 



Sclerurinae, 484 f. 



Sderurus, 486 



Scolephagus, 581 ; fossil, 496 



Scolopaciuae, 268, 269, 271, 289 



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

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

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

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



Scopidae, 70, 86 f., 95 



Scops, 398, 399, 401, 403, 412 ; S. asio, 

 413 ; S. brucii, 413 ; S. capnodes, 413 ; 

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

 ;/i/i/iiif>pus, 398, 413 ; S. icterorhynchus, 

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

 413 ; S. nudipes, 398, 413 ; & 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 ; bouvieri, 414 ; S. 

 peli, 414 ; S. ussheri, 414 



Scotornis dimacurus, 418 



Screamer, Crested, 110 ; Horned, 110 



Scrub-bird, 491 



Scutellae, 10 



Scutellated, 10 



Scutelliplantar, 496 



Scytolopus, 490 ; S. magellanicus, 491 



Scythrops, 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. 



Seebohm, on Sula, 74 a. 



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 

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



548 



Senex, 152, 153 ; S. australis, 152 

 Septum, of nostrils, 11 

 Sericornis, 518 

 Sericossypha, 575 

 Sericulus, 550, 551 ; S. melimts, 549, 551, 



552 



Seriema, 243, 258, 259, 260 

 Serilophus, 469 

 Serin, 584 

 Serinus canarius, 585 ; S. canicollis t 



585 ; S. hortulanus, 584 

 Serpentaviidae, 137, 141 f. 

 Serpentarius 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 Brachypteri 

 and Cisticolae, 513 : on Eudromias, 270 

 n. ; on plumage of Falcouidae, 157 ; on 

 Ortyxdus, 295 n. ; families of Oscines, 

 list of, 495; on Owls, 400; onPodicipes, 

 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 ; Ruddy, 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 Gypselus mdanoleuctts, 421 n. 

 Sialia, 509, 510, 515, 51 7 

 Sibia, 502 



