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SCOPASIS, Scythian sovereign, xxi. 576. SCOPIA, town, Macedonia, xv. 137. SCOPOLI, Giovanni Antonio, on birds,

xvni. 7.

SCOPS, genus of birds, xvni. 91. SCOPUS, genus of birds, XXII. 577. SCORBUTUS, or Scurvy (q.r.), disease,

xxi. 572. SCORESBY, William, English Arctic

explorer and physicist, XXI. 468; xix.

318-

SCORODITE, mineral, xvi. 405.

SCORONCONCOLO, Italian desperado, XV. 789.

SCORPION, arachnid, II. 283.

SCORPION-FLY, insect, xin. 151.

SCORPION-GRASS, plant, ix. 414.

SCORPIONIDEA, order of Arachnida, II. 281.

SCORZONERA, vegetable, xn. 287.

SCOT, Michael, Scottish philosopher and astrologer, xxi. 469, 427; translator of Arabic works, II. 270; on physio gnomy, xix. 4.

, Reginald, English writer on

witchcraft, xxi. 470.

SCOTCH PEBBLE, i. 277.

SCOTER, bird, xxi. 470.

SCOTIA, or Scotland (</.r.), xxi. 477.

, in architecture, II. 472.

SCOTICHRONICON, Fordun and Bower s,

IX. 397; xxi. 540.

SCOTISM, scholastic philosophical system, xxi. 429; vii. 545.

SCOTLAND, xxi. 471 (index, 536); invasion of, by William I. of Eng land, xxiv. 576; by William IT., xxiv. 577; Norman settlement in, XVII. 550; rebellion of 1745, V. 426; Reformation in, xx. 337 ; Stuart family, XXII. 610; union of crown with the crown of England (1603), XXI. 509; parliamentary union with England (1/07), vin. 353; xvni. 308; xxi. 518; in time of Cromwell, vi. 60 1 ; under Edward I. of England, vn. 683; in time of Robert the Bruce, XX. 592; Wallace s exploits in, XXIV. 326 ; agriculture during i6th and 1 7th centuries, I. 298; banking in, in. 332; birds of, xviii. 18; Church of, xxi. 536 ; Episcopal Church in, vni. 489; xiv. 711; xxi. 779; Free Church of, ix. 742; United Presby terian Church, xxin. 727; coalfields, vi. 52; coins, xvil. 656; cotton manufacture, vi. 501 ; fisheries, IX. 257; forests, ix. 399; Gaelic litera ture, v. 313 ; Gaelic topography,

X. 10; Gothic architecture, II. 428; law of landlord and tenant, xiv. 276; land tenure, xiv. 264; statute law, xxii. 470; libraries, xiv. 522, 542; mines, xvi. 467; newspapers, XVII. 422; observatories, xvn. 710; peerage, xviii. 466; police system, xix. 341; Presbyterianism in, xix. 679; school

system, vii. 680; universities, XXIII. 854.

SCOTLAND, Church of, xxi. 536; xxm. 727; Moderatism in, xx. 599; Chal mers s relations to, v. 376. , Literature of, xxi. 540.

YARD, police headquarters, London,

xix. 338.

SCOTOPHILUS, genus of bats, xv. 411. SCOTS, their origin, XXI. 473; xm. 244;

invasion of Roman province of Britain

l>y, iv. 353; vni. 265. SCOTSMAN, Edinburgh newspaper, xvil.

423- SCOTT, Alexander, early Scottish poet,

xxi. 542.

, David, Scottish painter, XXI. 543.

, Sir George Gilbert, English archi tect, xxi. 543.

, John (Lord Eldon), lord chancellor

of England, vii. 828. , or Scot, Michael, mediaeval philo sopher, xxi. 469, 427; 11.270; xix. 4.

, Sir Walter, Scottish poet and

novelist, xxi. 544; his place in Eng lish literature, vm. 433, 434; his home at Abbotsford, I. 26; Lockhart s Life of, xiv. 763. -, William (Lord Stowell), English

judge, xxii. 580. , Winfield, American general, XXI. 551; xxin. 767, 770. -, Mount, Oregon, U.S.A., xvil. 822.

SCOTTISH CHIEFS, Miss Porter s work,

xix. 527.

SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH, its lit urgy, xiv. 711. SCOTTISH GUARD, in France, under

Charles VII., IX. 551. SCOTTISH LITERATURE, xxi. 540. SCOTUS, Johannes (Erigena), medieval

philosopher, vm. 371, 522. , John Duns, scholastic philosopher,

vn. 545; xxi. 429; on evolution, vm.

758. SCOURGING, as a religious discipline, ix.

280.

SCOUT, bird, XL 262; xx. 302. SCOUTI-ALLEN, bird, xxii. 125.

SCRABER, SCRAIB, bird, XXI. 781.

SCRANTON, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., xxi. 551.

SCREAMER, bird, xxi. 552.

SCREECH-OWL, bird, xviii. 89.

SCREEN, in architecture, n. 472.

SCREW, xxi. 552; xv. 754, 759; ma chines for manufacture of, XV. 153, 155; of Archimedes, II. 381.

SCREW-PROPELLER, of a ship, xxi. 823.

SCREW TOOLS, xi. 438.

SCRIBE, Augustin Eugene, French dramatist, XXI. 553.

SCRIBES, Jewish, in. 641; vm. 831; xm. 419.

SCRIBLERUS CLUB, English literary society, n. 325.

SCRIBONIUS CURIO, constructor of first

amphitheatre, I. 774. SCRIPTORIS, Paul us, tutor of Conrad

Pellicanus, xviii. 477. SCRIPTURE, see Bible ; inspiration of,

xm. 154. SCRIVENER, Frederick Henry, on Codex

Bezce, I. 123.

SCRIVENER S PALSY, disease, vi. 543. SCROFULA, disease, xxi. 554; xvni. 405. SCROGGS, John, Arctic explorer, xix.

318- SCROPHULARIACE/E, group of parasitic

plants, xviii. 265. SCRUB-BIRD, xxi. 554. SCUDERY, Georges de, French writer.

XXI. 555. -, Madeleine de, French novelist,

xxi. 555; ix. 659; xx. 659.

SCUIR-NA-GILLEAN, mountain, Skye, Scotland, xxii. 127.

SCULLS, oars, xxi. 30.

SCULPTURE, xxi. 556; as a fine art, ix. 204; as illustrated on coins, XVII. 629, 633; in relation to poetry, xix. 262 ; Pindar s recognition of, xix. 101; in terra-cotta, XXill. 193, 194; in wall decoration, xvil. 34; in wood, xxiv. 645; Assyrian, in. 190; Greek, II. 347; examples by Lysippus, xv. 120; Michelangelo s, xvi. 230; Raphael s, XX. 281 ; on rocks, in Phrygia, xvni. 850; at Selinup, Sicily, XXI. 633; Venetian, xxiv. 156; Veronese, xxiv. 172; academies of, I. 78; Watt s inventions for copy ing, xxiv. 414.

SCUMBLING, in painting, xviii. 138.

SCUPI, town, Macedonia, xv. 137.

SCURVY, disease, xxi. 572; xviii. 377, diet for, vn. 207.

SCUT AGE, knight service, in law, XX I. 572; as military tax, I. 32.

SCUTARI, town, Albania, xxi. 573; i. 448.

, province, Turkey in Europe,

xxin. 653.

, town, Turkey in Asia, xxi. 573.

-, Lake, Albania, xvi. 780.

SCUTCHER, cotton machine, vi. 491, 493. SCUTES, of animals, xxii. 107, 108. SCUTIGERA, genus of Myriapoda, xvil.

119.

SCUTTOCK, bird, XI. 262. SCYLAX of Caryanda, Greek explorer,

xxi. 573.

SCYLES, Scythian king, xxi. 578. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, Legend of,

xxi. 574.

SCYLLIUM, genus of sharks, xxi. 774. SCYMNUS of Chios, Greek geographer,

xxi. 574. SCYPHOMEDUS/E, subclass of Hydrozra,

XII. 555.

SCYROS, island, ^Egean Sea, XXI. 574. SCYRRI, Teutonic tribes, xvn. 726.