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INDEX. 



Nesting season, 13, 19, 20. 

 Nests, collecting, 29. 



descriptions of, 38. 



preserving, 31. 

 Netta rutinu, 109. 

 Niglit Hawk, 238. 



Florida, 239. 



Western, 239. 

 Noddy, 85, 87. 

 Nomenclature, 5, 32. 

 Nonionyx dominicus, 119. 

 Nonpareil, 314. 

 Note-books, 21. 

 Nunienius borealis, 170. 



hudsonicus, 170. 



longirostris, 170. 



phseopus, 171. 

 Nuthatch, Brown-headed, 388. 



Florida White-breasted, 388. 



Eed-breasted, 388. 



White-breasted, 387. 

 Nyctala acadica, 217. 



tengniahni richardsoni, 217. 

 Nyctca nyctea, 220. 

 Nycticorax nycticorax naevius, 136. 



violaceus, 137. 



OCEANITES OCEANICUS, 90. 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa, 89. 

 Odontoglossse, 125. 

 Oidemia americana, 117- 



deglandi, 118. 



fusca, 118. 



perspicillata, 118. 

 Old Squaw, 114. 



Wife, 114. 

 Olor buccinator, 1 24. 



columbianus, 124. 



cygnus, 125. 

 Opera-glass, use of, 11. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 267. 



Bullock's, 268. 



Orchard, 266. 

 Ornithology, economic, 6. 



philosophic, 3. 



sentiment of, 8. 



study of, 1. 



systematic, 2. 

 Osprey, American, 212. 

 Otocoris alpestris, 252. 



alpestris praticola, 252. 

 Oven-bird, 365. 

 Owl, Acadian, 217. 



American Barn, 213. 



American Hawk, 221. 



American Long-eared, 214. 



Barn, 213. 



Barred, 215. 



Burrowing, 221. 



Dusky-horned, 22' t. 



Florida Barred, 216. 



Owl, Florida Burrowing, 221. 



Florida Screech, 218. 



Great Gray, 217. 



Great Horned, 219. 



Hawk, 221. 



Hoot, 215". 



Long-eared, 214. 



Monkey-faced, 213. 



Kichardson's, 217. 



Saw-whet, 217. 



Screech, 218. 



Short-eared, 215. 



Snowy, 220. 



Western Horned, 220. 

 Oxeye, Meadow, 160. 



Sand, 161. 

 Oyster-catcher, American, 177. 



European, 177. 



Palmetto Bird, 371. 



Paludicolai, 137. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, 212. 



Paridae, 386. 



Paroquet, Carolina, 222. 



J^arrot, Sea, 60. 



Partridge, 178, 179, 180, 182. 



Spruce, 180. 

 Parus atricapillus, 390. 



bicolor, 389. 



carolinensis, 391. 



hudsonicus, 391. 

 Passer domesticus, 282. 



montanus, 283. 

 Passerella iliaca, 309. 

 Passeres, 242. 

 Passerina ciris, 314. 



cyanea, 313. 



versicolor, 314. 

 Pavoncella puirnax, 167. 

 Peabody-bird, 300. 

 Pediocsetes pnasianellus campestris, 



185. 

 Peep, 160, 161. 

 Pelagodroma marina, 91. 

 Pelecanidte, 95. 

 Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, 95. 



fuscus, 96. 

 Pelican, Brown, 96. 



Wliite, 95. 

 Perisorcus canadensis, 256. 



canadensis nigricapillus, 256. 

 Permanent residents delined, 12. 



list of, 13. 

 Petrel, Black-capped, 89. 



Bulwer's, 89. 



Leach's, 89. 



Scaled, 89. 



Stormy, 89. 



White-bellied, 91. 



White-faced, 91. 



Wilson's, 90. 



