434 



Index 



Stercorarins, 



Jongicaudus, 11 

 Stercorarius, 

 parasiticus, 



dichromatism of, 10 

 pomarinus, 11 

 Strigiformes, 81, 82 

 distribution, 



Orinoco and New York, 111 

 Steuart, James (Capt.), 

 quoted on : 



Shark, whale, 358 

 Stone, Capt., 

 quoted on : 



Shark, whale. 358 

 Striped Snake, (fig. 87), 216* 

 Storeria, 



dekayi, (fig. 93), 223 

 215, 217 



food of, 217 

 Sun-bittern, 75, 75* 

 Swallow, tree, 70 

 Swallow, 



White-rumped Tree, 99 

 Sylviidae, 

 distribution, 



Orinoco and New York, 111 

 Synallaxis cinnaniomea. 93 

 Synallaxis pudica nigrifumosa, 



(Lawn), 334 

 Syrmaticus, 264, 283, 284 

 females, 283 



Tabulations, 

 Scardafella, 



color variation in outer primaries, 



22 

 color variation in rectrices, 23, 24 

 Scardafella inca, 



color variation affected by Iiumid- 

 ity, 26, 27 

 Tachycineta alhiventer, 99 

 Tachyphonus luctuosus 103 

 Tachyphonus rufus, 103 

 Tail-feathers, 

 motmot, 



new growth, 146, 146,* 147 

 Motmot, Mexican, 



Racket formation begun and com- 

 pleted, 145* 

 Parrot, Racket-tailed, 144 

 Taniandiia tetradactyla, 



swallowed by anaconda, 211 

 Tangara palmarum mclanoptcra, 103 

 Tagwridae, 102-104 

 distribution, 



Orinoco and New York, 111 



Tanager, 326 



Black-faced Gray, 103 



Cardinal ant, 103 



Northern Palm, 91, 103 



Northern Silver-beaked, 103 



Passerini Silver-beak, 343 



White-lined, 103 



White-shouldered, 103 



Scarlet, 



condition due to breeding, 254 

 plumage affected by moult, 253, 

 256, 257 



Summer, 257 

 Tangara larvata larvata, 326 

 Tapera naevia, 88 

 Tarbophis, 



food of, 225 



vivax, 207 

 Taxonomy, 



correlation of coloration with, 36, 37 

 Temperature, 



serpents, feeding habits affected by, 

 197 

 Tern, 69 



Great-billed, 74 

 Tetraonchus. 396 

 Thalurania furcata fissilis, 86 

 Thamnophilus canandensis trinitatus, 



92 

 Thamnophilus doliatus doliatus, 92 

 Thermesia dorsilinea, 125,* 130 

 Thraupis cana cana, 326 

 Thraupis palmarum melanoptera, 326 

 Throat affections, 



primates, 178, 179 

 Timber Rattlesnake (see "Rattle- 

 snake") 

 Thrush, 



Black-capped Mocking, 99 

 Thrush, wood, 



experiments in melanism, 18, 19 

 Thurston, Edgar, 



quoted on : 



Shark, whale, 364 

 Thyonoea (new genus), 127 

 Thyonoea dremma (new species), 



(fig. 41, No. 4), 125,* 127 

 Thyonaea perbella, 127 

 Tiaris olivacea pusilla, 327 

 "Tiburon Ballenas," 358 

 Tiiwmifornies, 71, 72 



Orinoco group, 112 

 Tinamou, 



eggs of, 71,* 72 



nest of. 71,* 72 



great blue, 71, 71,* 72 

 Tinamus tao, 



egg of, 72 



