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grouse as observed in Northern N. Y. — "Ladoc." ix,25, 469 — 

 ♦♦Habits of the Knffed Grouse" near New Haven, Conn. — R. T. 

 M.(iirris). ix., 25, 469 — " Hahit8|of the Ruffed Grouse " near Rutland, 

 Vt.— S. E. Burnham. ix., 26, 489 — From observations made atElkbart, 

 Ind., he finds not over one-third killed are males — "Sangfr." x., 5, 76 — 

 Account of their habits in White County (Iowa). — "Monon." 

 ♦♦x., 5, 76— Account of their drumming habits in Minnesota — B. x., 

 5, 76 — Account of their drumming habits in Connecticut — ♦' Yankee." 

 X., 5, 76 — Habits and Drumming in New York State — M. A. B. x., 5, 

 76 — O'oncerning their habi'. of alighting in a tree — Philip C. Rogers. 

 X., 7, 117 — Habits as observed in Vermont — ' S^instead." x., 7, 117 

 — Account of their driiniMimg— J. P. x., 7, 117 — They will alight 

 ontrees^Jos. Scott, x.. 7, 117 — Shot a large specimen which they 

 call King Partridgr — T. S. S. x.,7, 117— More about King Pari ridges 

 — M. X., 9, 156 — Habits a3 observed in Conn — W. H. W.(illiam»). x., 

 13, 315— Habi s of this species in New England — " Ruffed Grouse" 

 (Continued at p. 274). x., 12, 215 — A.bout their drumming habitaasdo- 

 ticed in Vermont — "Awahsoose." x , 12. 215 — A female shot in the 

 act of drumming — D. C. M. x., 14, 2o6 — Have been shot in the 

 Brown Sand Hills in the centre of the Staked Plain?, Texas ; they 

 have only apoeared there within two years, as obseived by an army 

 officer. X., 26, 503— Two nests found at Elmira, N. Y., April 2, 1878, 

 one with 11 the other 13 eggs — E. B. Gleason. xi., 3, 47 — Rarest 

 Peotone, III.; a few taken in winter — D. H. Eaton xi., 7, 131 — 

 Concerning their drumniing — " Penobscot." xi., 16, 321 — Eccen- 

 tricities of the ruffed grouse — " Awahsoose." xii., 6, 106 — Drumming 

 on a log all throueh summer — C. Hart Merriam. xli., 7, 126 — Seen 

 during a trip this winter ('78' 79) through the Province of Quebec, Can- 

 ada — Everett Smith, xii., 10, 185 — Noting i hat many birds are affect- 

 ed by vermin, wrongly called grouse ticks, xii., 18, 245 — Very common 

 in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones, xii , 15, 285 — Respecting their 

 drumming— "Antler." xii., 17, 326— M. W. Clark, of Danville 

 Junction, Me., has three (2 female and 1 mile) domesticated, that have 



laid eggs and are setting . xii., 18, 347 — Very few anywhere 



in the Cherokee region, Northern Ga. — Maurice Thompson. 



Botanrus minor. Bittern, i., 7, 105 — Short account of this species by the 

 Editors, ii , 7, 103 — ^his tpicies has the peculiar under tuft of fila- 

 ments on the breast by which it probably giy-s f )rth the light atnight — 

 ♦♦Homo" (Chas. S. Westcott). iii., 13, 196— The only member of the 

 family that visits Newfoundland, where they are calltd "corker" 

 from the resemblance of their note to the noise of driving oakum — M 

 Harvey, iii., 23, 357 — One shot about Jan. 5, 1875, in an orchard in 

 Salem, Mas«. — " Ttal " (R. L. Newcomb). vi., 9, 132— Arrive in Mass. 

 between April 1 and 10 — J. A. Allen, vi., 15, 239 — Cjmmon at 

 Salem, Mass., May 7, 1876.—" Teal" (R. L. Newcomb). vi.,21,338— 

 Found a nest with seven eggs at Peotone, III., June 3, 1876 — D. H. 

 Eaton, vi., 23, 354- A.rrivf'd at Hollis, N. H., May 13, 1874; April 

 17,1875; April 13. 1876— W. H. Fox. vi., 24, 386— Arrived in 

 Riverdale, N. Y., May 13, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 24, 387— 

 Known at Peotone, 111., as the "Thunder pump" — D. H. Eaton, 

 vi., 36, 418— Noticed at Salem, Mass., May 7. 1876— "Teal" (R. L. New- 

 comb). vii., 2, 20 — Common on the meadows near Trenton, N. J., 

 Juno 5-30, 1876 — C. C. Abbott. vii., 4, 52 — Common in S'lmmcr in 

 Central N. Y., and breeds. — H. G. Fowler, vii., 10, 147 — Very com- 

 mon Bt Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives April 1-10; eggs are laid from 

 June 1-10; nest placed in bushes about four feet from the ground; 

 begin to depart about -ept. 1, and all are gone by the last of Oct. — A. 

 B. Covert, vii., 14, 212— Called " Plunkett " by the gunners in Ply- 

 mouth Biy, Mass. — F. C. Browne, vii., 25, 389 — Taken in South- 

 eastern Wyominar, April 23 1875— A. G. Brackett. viii., 10, 146 — 

 Common in summer at Webster, N. H.; probably breeds — Chas. F, 



