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INDEX. 



Pigeons breeding in church towers in 



a half-wild state, 338 

 Pine Grosbeak, 234 

 Pipit meadow, 167 

 „ richard's, 168 

 „ rock, 169 

 ,, tree, 166 

 Plectrophanes lapponica, 181 



,, nivalis, 182 



Tyrrhula enucleator, 234 

 „ vulgaris, 233 



Q 



Quail common, 429 

 „ californica, 437 



R 



Raptores migratoi-y; probable cause of 

 the young predominating, 1, 2 

 „ ditto, predominance of adult 

 females over males, 9, 21, 

 24 

 Raven, 256 

 Reed Pheasant, 1 53 

 „ warbler, 115 

 Red-backed Shrike, 62 

 Redbreast, 90 

 Red-footed Falcon, 1 9 

 Red-legged Partridge, 404 

 Redpole lesser, 230 



„ summer plumage of, not re- 

 assumed in confinement, 231 

 mealy, 228 

 „ ditto, nesting in confinement, 

 229 

 Redstart black, 99 

 „ common, 98 

 ,, female in male's plumage, 370 

 Redwing, 82 



Red-wiuged Starling, 244 

 Regulus cristatus, 134 

 „ fire- crested, 138 

 „ golden-crested, 134 

 ,, iffnicapillus, 138 

 Richard's Pipit, 168 

 Ring-dove, 351 

 „ ouzel, 84 

 Rock Dove, 358 

 Rock Pipit, 169 

 RoUer, 310 

 Rook, 264 



Rose-coloured Pastor, 253 

 Rough-legged Buzzard, 29 

 Royston Crow, 260 



Salicaria locustella, 104 

 „ luscinioides, 1 10 

 ,, phragmitis, 108 

 ,, strepera, 115 

 Sand Grouse, Pallas's, 376 

 Sand Martin, 338 

 Savi's wai'bler, 110 

 Saxicola aiianthe, 102 

 „ rubetra, 101 

 ,, rubicola, 100 

 ScojJS aldrovandi, 42 



,, asio, 44 

 Scop's eared Owl, 42 

 Sea Eagle, 1 

 Sedge warbler, 108 

 Short-eared Owl, 50 

 Shore Lark, 171 

 Shrike great grey, 61 

 „ red-backed, 62 

 ,, woodchat, 64 

 Siskin, 224 



„ breeding in confinement, 225 

 „ cross with canary (mule), 223 

 Sitta europcea, 301 



„ ccesia, 301 

 Skylark, 175 



„ " flown at" with merlins, 14 

 Snow Buntiug, 182 

 Snowy Owl, 57 



Snow, first fall of in winter, 75 

 Song Thrush, 78 

 Sparrow hedge, 88 

 house, 209 

 „ „ takes possession of other 



birds' nests, 249, 330, 

 340 

 tree, 206 

 Sparrow Hawk, 24 



,, pairing with Hobby, 25 

 ,, trained for hawking, 14 

 Spink or Chaffinch, 199 

 Spotted Flycatcher, 65 



„ Woodpecker great, 288 

 „ Woodpecker lesser, 293 

 Starling American meadow, 245 

 ,, common, 247 

 „ red-winged, 244 

 Starna cinerea, 419 



,, palustris, 419 

 Stonechat, 100 

 Stock Dove, 353, 355 

 Strix jlammea, 51 

 Sturnus vulgaris, 247 

 Surlingham Broad, description of, 120, 

 188 



