1256 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



"p ABBIT, SNOWSHOE, Turtle Moun- 



■*-^ tain, 653. 



Rabbit, Snovvshoe, PI. XLII, p. 621; 

 XLIII, p. 624; XLIV, p. 628; XLV, 

 p. 652. 



biography, 621; names, 621, 623; 

 size, 621; colour, 622, 623-624; 

 races, 622; moulting, 623; life- 

 history, range, 624; Range Map 37, 

 625; life, 626; environment, home- 

 range, 627; sociability, games, 628; 

 lantern, 629; voice, mating, 630; 

 gestation, nesting, young," 631; 

 bravery of parents, 632, 633; habits, 

 633; mentality, tracks (fig.), clean- 

 liness, 634; winter habits, non- 

 migratory, torpidity, food, 635; 

 drink, speed, 636; swimming, 636, 

 637, 639; frozen in, 637; poses 

 (figs.), 638; population, 640; Rabbit 

 years, 640, 641, 642; conclusions, 

 643; numbers, 643-644; the plague, 

 645; expert reports, 645, 646, 647, 

 648; parasites, 648; ticks, enemies, 

 649; Weasels, 650; medicine Rab- 

 bit, use to man, 651; fur, snares 

 (figs.), 6s2. 



Raccoon or Coon, PI. LXXXVI, p. 1018; 

 LXXXVII, p. 1024. 



biography, loio; names, loio, 1024; 

 size, mastology (fig.), weight, colour, 

 loii; races, life-history, range, 

 1012; Range Map 54, 1015; in 

 Manitoba, 1012, 1021; other rec- 

 ords, 1014; individual range, en- 

 vironment, 1016; numbers, socia- 

 bility, intercommunication, 1017; 

 den, mating, 1018; young, home- 

 life, 1019; habits, 1021; food, 1023; 

 washing habit, 1024; swimming, 

 running, fighter, as pets, 1025; sani- 

 tation, 1026; tracks (fig.), 1027; 

 PI. LXXXVII, p. 1024; trapping, 

 enemies, uses, 1028; fur returns, 

 1029. 



Radford, Harry V., on Beaver beds, 471. 

 on Beaver Adirondacks, 478. 

 on restoring Moose to Adirondacks, 



152. 

 on Wapiti in Adirondacks, 47. 



Rae, Dr. John, on eating house of Musk- 

 rat, 549. 



Rafinesque and the Bats, 1181. 

 Range, Most animals are changing, 25. 

 Rangifer (genus), 187. 

 arcticus, 189, 192. 

 caribou, 187, 189, 192. 

 granti, 189, 192. 

 gra;nlandicus, 189, 192. 

 montanus, 189, 192, (fig.), 194. 

 osbomi, 189, 192. 

 pearyi, 189, 192. 

 stonei, 189, 192. 

 terraenova;, 189, 192. 

 Rat musque or Muskrat, 538. 

 Raton, see Raccoon, loio. 

 Rat Portage, same as Kenora, Ont. 

 Red-backed Mouse or Vole, PI. XXXIX, 

 p. 506. 



biography, names, size, 506; mastol- 

 ogy (fig.), 527; colour, 506; races, 

 life-history, range, 508; Range Map 

 28, 507; environment, home-range, 

 abundance, 509; sociable, silent, 

 burrows, nest, breeding, young, 

 510; habits, diurnal, food, 511; 

 drink, on ground, enemies, relation 

 to man, 512; prairie race, size, 

 colour, 513; life-history, 514. 

 Red-bat, Northern, see Bat, Red. 

 Red-deer, American, see Wapiti. 

 Red-fox, Prairie or Common, see Fox, 



Prairie Red. 

 Red -squirrel or Chicaree, PI. XXXII, 



P- 3°7- 



biography, names, size, 307; colour, 

 relatives, 308; races, 308, 310; 

 life-history, range, 310; Range Map 

 13, 309; environment, home-range, 

 310; abundance, sociability, 312; 

 voice, singer, mating, pairing, out- 

 rage, 313; nesting, 314; young, 

 mother-love, cat-fostermother, 315; 

 massage, 316; carrying young, 315, 

 316, 317; nocturnal, tender tail, 

 squirrel and trout, 317; leaping 

 power, swimming, 318; paws (figs.), 

 tracks (figs.), nerve-bristles (fig.), 

 319; migration, 321; food, car- 

 nivorous, bird-eater, worm -eater, 

 322; winter-food, 323; cones, 

 poses (figs.), 324; storage. Fox- 

 squirrel, Eskimo trick, 325; mush- 

 room-eater, 326; mushroom (fig.). 



