AUTHORS' INDEX. IW) 



Ridgway, Robert, i., 19, 389—" The Grouse and Quails of North Anier- 

 ica Discussed in Relation to their Variation with Habitat ;" an inter- 

 esting and vfduable paper on the climatic variation of tliese two fami- 

 lies, giving the ranges of the different races, ii., 1, 14— Review by the 

 Editors of a history of North American birds, by Baird, '^rewer and 

 Ridgway. n., 12, 179— Review by the Editors of Vol. III. ii., 16, 

 244—" The D ido ;" correcting the statement made at ii., 15, 234 that 

 specimens of the Dodo had been brought home from the Navigator 

 Islands, they being specimens of the Little Dodo (Biduncuhis atrigi- 

 7'ostns). iii., 6, 85 — Answers a description of a strange bird in the 

 preceding number by stating it is probably Picicormis cohnnhianus, 

 iii., 20, 809 — Tha", the English Sparrow has driven away all our native 

 birds from the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, vi., 10 148. — 

 Review of his papers on the American Falcom'dm and the ornithology 

 of Guadalupe Island, by Ernest Inger.soll xii,, 16, 307 — Note to Mr. 

 G. B. Grinned concerning specimen of Siurus ncsvius taken at Como, 

 Wyoming, by Mr. S. W. Williston. 



Roberts, Thos. S. v., 19, 292— " New Birds from Minnesota;" an addi- 

 tion of pome twenty species to Dr. Hatch's list of 1874. vi. 10, 148 — 

 OhseTvut'ions on Ampelis garrulus at Minneapolis, ^linn.; "Winter 

 Varieties in Minnesota ;" — note on the Evening Grosbeak and other 

 species, vii., 11, 164 — Lincoln's and Ilarris' Finches common at Min- 

 neap lis, Minn., first week in October, xii., 6, 106 — An interesting 

 paper read before the Linnean Society of New York on the Warblers 

 found near Minneapolis, Minn. 



R(obiiiSOn, R. E.) vi., 7, 100— Winter notes at Fcrrisburgh, Vt. 



Robinson, R. E. vi., 20, 318—" Spring Birds of Vermont ;" notes at Fer- 

 risburgh, Vt. 



Rv'obinsoii, R. E.) ix., 10, 185— Random notes. 



(Robinson. R. F.) " Awahsoose." ix., 18, 346 — A few facts about Ruffed 

 Grouse, x., 12, 215 — Notes on a few species, xi., 16, 321 — Eccen- 

 tricities of the Ruffed Grouse. 



Robinson, R. E. xii., 15, 285— "Unusual in Vermont;" noting a speci- 

 men of the Florida Gallinule (G'. ga'eata) caught in a muskrat trap 

 April 28, 1879, at Ferrisbm-gh, Vt., and stating that one was taken 

 similarly a few years previous, but making the assertion that the Pur- 

 ple Gallinule is not uncommon at the same place, which is without 

 doubt an error. 



Robinson, W. Russell, v., 21, 323—" A List of Albino Birds ;" also gives 

 several instances of melanism ; Editors add a note, xii., 22, 424 — 

 English Sparrows eat grasshoppers, Croton bugs and roaches. 



RockTJ-ell, Cleveland, xi.. 3, 46—" A Tough Young Night Hawk." 



Rogers, I'hilip C. x., 5, 77—" Habits of the Ruffed Grouse." 



Roosevelt, Robt. B. xi., 10, 203— About the English Sparrow. 



Ron sel, Albert C. xii., 1, 6— Quail can be raised in confinement. 



R , S. A. xii., 6, 106—" Hard Times for the Birds," owing to the severe 



cold. 



R , W. H. x., 13, 235— Birds towering when shot. 



"Ramon " is M. Grinned. 



" Redw'ng." vi., 9, 133— " Quails Eat Skunk-Cabbage Seed." vii., 8, 123 

 Gunning notes from Tenaflv. N.J. viii., 6, 80— Spring arrivals at 

 Tenafly, N. J. viii., 19, 307— The presence of English sparrows 

 makes' very little difference with other birds at Tenafly, N. J. 



" Retriever." U., 1, 5—" Do Quail Voluntarily Retain Their Scent ?" 



'* RoaniO!" " is Everett Smith. 



" Ruffed Gfronse." x., 12, 215— Habits of the Ruffed Grouse in New Eng- 

 land—concluded on page 274. 



