444 



Pigeons breeding in church towers in 



a half-wild state, 358 

 Pine Grosbeak, 234 

 Pipit meadow, 167 

 „ richard's, 168 

 „ rock, 169 

 „ tree, 166 

 Plectrophanes lapponica, 181 



„ nivalis, 182 



Fyrrhula enucleator, 234 

 „ vulgaris, 233 



Quail common, 429 

 „ californica, 437 



E 



Kaptores migratory; probable cause of 

 the young predominating, 1, 2 

 „ ditto, predominance of adult 

 females over males, 9, 21, 

 24 

 Raven, 256 

 Reed Pheasant, ] 53 

 „ warbler, 115 

 Red-backed Shi-ike, 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-winged Starling, 244 

 Regulus cristatus, 134 

 „ fire- crested, 138 

 „ golden-crested, 134 

 „ ignicapillus, 138 

 Richard's Pipit, 168 

 Ring-dove, 351 

 „ ouzel, 84 

 Rock Dove, 358 

 Rock Pipit, 169 

 Roller, 310 

 Rook, 264 



Rose-coloured Pastor, 253 

 Rough-legged Buzzard, 29 

 Royston Crow, 260 



Salicaria locustella, 104 

 „ lusciiiioides, 110 

 „ phragmitis, 108 

 „ strepera, 115 

 Sand Grouse, Pallas's, 376 

 Sand Martin, 338 

 Savi's warbler, 110 

 Saxicola cenanthe, 102 

 „ rubetra, 101 

 „ rubicola, 100 

 Scops 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 europaa, 301 



„ casta, 301 

 Skylark, 175 



„ "flown at" with merlins, 14 

 Snow Bunting, 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 Chafiiuch, 199 

 Spotted Flycatcher, 65 



„ Woodpecker great, 288 



,, Woodpecker lesser, 293 

 Starling American meadow, 245 



,, common, 247 



„ red-winged, 244 

 Starna cinerea, 419 



„ pal list ris, 419 

 Stonechat, 100 

 Stock Dove, 353, 355 

 Strix flammea, 51 

 Sturnus vulgaris, 247 

 Surlingham Broad, description of, 120, 



188 



