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ins. viii., 16, 241— Found in Michigan— " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell) 

 i\-., 26, 488— Several taken on board a ves?el at sea— Wm. K. Lentc;. 

 xi., 3, 47— Rare a^ Peotoue. 111.; seen only in spring— D. H. Eaton, 

 xii., 4, 66— Common throughout the year in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew 

 . I ones xii., Ki, 307— Specimen killed at Spottsylvauia, Va., in March, 

 1879, and identified by Editors. 

 llhynchops nigra. Black Skimmer, x., 13, 235— A pair shot by a gunner 

 at Rockaway, L I., July 26, 1876, and novi' in my possession ; two 

 others observed Sept. 3, 1876 ; one young bird procured in Fulton 

 Market, and yet Mr. Geo. N. Lawrence informs me they used to be 

 very numerous here — N. T. Lawrence. 

 Rice Bird. See DolicTionyx oryzivorus. 

 Richardson's Owl. See Nyctea tengmalmi ricTuirdsonii. 

 Ring'-billed Gull. See Lams delncarensix. 



Ring'-necked Dnck, See Fuligulacollaris. 



Riug'-necked Plover. See ^gialitis semipalmattta. 



Robin. See Turdus migratorius. 



Robin Snipe. See Tringa canutus. 



Rock Pigeon. See Columba schimpiri. 



Rock Plover. See Tringa ma/ritima. 



Rock Pt irniigan. See Lagopus mutics rupeatri$. 



Rock Wicn, See Sa pinctes obsoletus. 



Rocky Mountain Blue Bird. See Sialia arctica. 



Roseate Spoonbill. See Platalea ajnja. 



Roseate Tern. See Sterna paradiscea. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. See Goniaphea Ivdoviciana. 



Rostrhamus sooiabilis. Everglade Kite. ii., 4, 50— Both adult and 

 young specimens taken, and probably the eggs will be secured soon 

 in Florida— Fred. A. Ober. 



Rough-legged Hawk. See ArcMbtUeo lagopus sancti-johanni*. 



Rougli-winged Swallow. See Stelgidopteryx serripennis. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. See Regulus calendula. 



Ruby-throated Humming Bird. See Trochiltts cohiMf 



Ruddy Duck. See Ensmatura rubida. 



Ruff'. See Philomachiupugnax. 



RulTed Grouse. See Bonasa umbellus. 



Rust}' Grackle. See Scolecoplutgus fermgin^tis. 



Sage Grouse. See Centrocercibs urophasianus. 



Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren, i., 3, 35— Specimens taken m Colorado 

 among the Rocky Mountains— J. H. Batty, v., 17, 260 — Found only 

 among the bad lands along the Little Missouri in the Black Hills by 

 Geo. Bird Grinnell in 1874— Ernest Ingersoll. xii.. 16, 307 — Common 

 about Como, Wyoming, appearing about the first of May, 1878 — S. W. 

 Williston. 



Sanderling. See Calidris arenaria. 



Sandhill Crane. See Cfrus canadensis. 



Sandpiper. Baird's, See Tringa bairdii. 



Sandpiper. Bonaparte's, See Tringa bonapartei.' 



Sandpiper. Buff-bre;!sted, See Tryngites rufescena. 



Sandpiper. Curlew, See Tringa subarquata 



Sandpiper. Least, See Tringa minutilla. 



Sandpiper. Pectoral, See Tring'i maculata. 



