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429 



Pelican Island flooded by norther, 



History of, 83. 

 Pelicans, l^'ornier distribution ol, 



368. 

 Peter, negro guide, 163. 

 Petrel, Ashy, in Paralloues, 282. 

 J^each's, in Farallones, 282. 

 Phalarope, Northern, at Monterey, 



268-271. 

 Phalarope, lied, at Monterey, 268- 



271. 

 Pnalarope, Wilsons, Actions ol, 

 321. 

 in Wyoming, 241. 

 Nesting habits ot, 321. 

 Notes ol, 321. 

 Pualaropes, reeding habits ot, 268- 



271. 

 Pueasaut, liJnglish, Barren hens ot, 

 destroying nests, 44. 



Concealing powers of, 42. 

 Crow of, 42. 

 Plight of, 42. 

 Plight ot young of, 42. 

 on Gardiner's Island, 42, 43. 

 Possible causes of decrease of, 

 on Gardiner's Island,, 43, 44. 

 Phoebe nesting near "Slabsides, ' 

 22. 



New nesting-sites of, 23. 

 "Physalia," The, goes ashore on 

 Cistern Key shoals, 222. 

 Voyage in, 200. 

 Pigeon, White-crowned, in Ba- 

 hamas, 152. 

 Pigeon, "V^'ood, Abundance of, 400. 



Notes of, 400. 

 Pika in Canadian Rockies, 360. 

 Pimlico in Bahamas, 152. 

 Pipit, Tree, Song of, 401. 

 Piru, Calif., Birds seen at, 259-266. 

 Piru creek. Gold first found in, 260. 

 Plains, Attractiveness of, 337, 338. 



Life of, 33S. 

 Plains of Western Canada, Birds 



of, 337-349. 

 Plover, Mountain, in 'Wyoming, 



241. 

 Plover, Piping, nesting on Gardi- 

 ner's Island, 36, 46. 

 Plover, Wilson, on Cobb's Island, 

 63. 



Plumers, proposed visit to Cuthbert 

 Rookery, 137, 145. 



Poets and English birds, 391. 



Porpoises catching fish in the air, 

 138. 



Poirero, Devil's, in Caliloruia, 261. 



Price, \v. \v ., Camp ol, on i' alien 

 i^eui i^ake, oUo. 



Protection ol rarailone island 

 uuas, ill 6. 



Ptarmigan. Distribution of, 357. 



iroioclue coloraiiou ol, 3^6, 

 o6U. 



I'tarmigan Pass, Birds ol, 355-366. 



j-Larmigan, wmte-tailed, in Cana- 

 dian itocivies, 3uV, 36Z. 

 lameness of, 362-365. 



Jr'uiiias, on coast of Wales, 392. 

 on rarue Islands, i06. 



rumn, i uited, in ii'araliones, 2S1, 



I'yramid Lake, Pelicans on, 376. 

 to go dry by evaporation, 37 9. 



(c^UAlL, Mountain, in the Sierras. 

 306. 



Valley, Notes of, 306. 

 Quebec, Bird Rocks, 36. 

 Bonaventure, 36. 



Ragged Islands, Anchor near, 204. 



Birds seen on, 205. 

 Rail, Clapper, on Cobb's Island, 63, 



74. 

 Rainfall in Bahamas, 167, 176. 

 Rats, Absence of, on Gardiner's 



Island, 39. 

 Reclamation Service, Influence of 



work of, on birds, 379, 380. 

 Recognition of young by White Pel- 

 icans, 382, 387. 

 Reeds, quill, Abundance of birds 



in, 320. 

 Reefs in Shoal Lake, 317. 

 Reserve, Federal, for birds, 84. 

 Ridgway, Robert, Studies of White 



Pelican by, 376. 

 Roadrunner, Notes on, in Arizona, 



246. 

 Robin, Abundance of, 415. 



Nesting habits of, on Gardi- 

 ner's Island, 41. 

 Robin Redbreast, Song of, 398. 



