Index 



433 



frontal view, (fig. 126), 305* 



habitat, 370, 371 



habits, defensive, 383, 384 



habits, offensive, 383 



historical, 355-370 



internal organs, 378-380 



jaws and teeth, 374-378, (fig. 129), 

 375, (fig. 130), 377,* (fig. 131), 

 378 



lateral view, (fig. 135), 365 



madras specimen mounted, (fig. 124), 

 359 



measurements, comparative, 373 



Miami specimen mounted, (fig. 123), 

 359* 



mouth, size of, (fig. 119), 353,* 354 



mouth and teeth, (fig. 122), 355,* (fig. 

 128, 374,* 374-378, (fig. 129), 375,* 

 (fig. 130), 377* 



names, 386 



size, (fig. 120), 353,* 354, 371, 372, 373 



skin of, 349, 350 



specimens mounted, 385 



teeth, 355 

 Sharp-nosed Snake, 221 

 Sharpe, R. Bowdler, 



quoted on : 



General and Species of Birds, 262 

 Hoatzin, distribution of, 49 

 Yucatan Jay, 153 

 Sheep, big horn or mountain, 



coloration of, 14 

 Sibon, 



food of, 225 

 Silver Pheasants, 307, 310 

 Sinensis, 



Blood Pheasant species, 189 

 Sistrurus, 



food of, 231 

 Sittidae, 



New York group, 112 

 Skimmer, Black-tailed, 74 

 Skuas (see "Jaegers") 

 Smilisca baudini, 328 

 Smith, H. M. (Dr.), 



quoted on : 



Shark, whale, 356, 369 

 Snake (see also "Reptiles," "Serpents") 

 Snake, 



aquatic, 207 



bird, 70 



Black, 218 



Bull, (fig. 91). 220* 



coachwhip, (fig. 89), 218,* 218 



Corn, 198* 

 food of, 220 



De Kay's, (fig. 93), 223* 



economic species, 218, 220 



eggs, 221 



Green, (fig. 92), 223* 



Harlequin, 

 food of, 229 



Indian Rat, 218 



Indian Rat, (fig. 80), 203* 



Indigo, (fig. 90), 220* 



King, 221 



marine, 207 



omni-carnivorous, 232 



Ring-necked, 221 



Sea, (fig. 81), 207* 



scarlet, (fig. 78), 200* 



Sharp-nosed, 221 



striped, (fig. 87), 216* 



Tree, 205 



South American, 207 



Water, (fig. 79), 200* 



Water, (common), (fig. 88), 216* 



Whip, 218 



Worm, 202 



feeding habits, 202 

 Snake-bird, 79 

 Snipe, 9 



Snipe, South American, 75 

 Sotenoglypha, 206 

 Sooty Synallaxis, 327, 334 

 Sparrow, Harris, 



melanism of, 21 

 Sparrow, Richmond, 343 

 Sparrow, tree, 



melanism of, 21 

 Sparrow, white-throated, 



melanism, experiments in, 19-21 

 Sparrow, song, 3 

 Spider, Geoffroy, 327 

 S pilot es, 200 



corais, 327 



corais couperi, (fig. 90), 220* 



food of, 217, 219 

 Spine-tail, Cinnamon, 93 

 Sporophila gutturalis, 101 

 Sporophila niinuta minuta, 101 

 Spisella monticola, 



melanism of, 21 

 Spoonbill, Roseate, 329 

 Sporophila corvina, 327 

 Sporophila morelleti, 327 

 Squirrel, 69, 327 

 Stagmomantis hoorie, 123, 123* 

 Stejneger, Dr., 



quoted on : 



racket formation of tail of mot- 

 mot, 145, 146 

 Stephens, J. F., 



quoted on : 



Hoatzin, 47, 48 



