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INDEX. 



Rails, 1, 208, 209, 211, 212, 214, 216, 224, 334, 487, 579. 

 Rallus crepitans crepitans, 205. 



elegans, 202, 612. 



virginianus, 207. 

 Ralph, W. L., 131. 

 Reagh, A. L., 204. 

 Recurvirostra americana, 231. 

 Redback, 282. 



Red-breast, 262, 266, 267, 284. 

 Red-heads, 4, 14, 16, 28, 79, 89, 127, 129. 

 Redlegs, 359. 

 Reed, C. A., 76. 

 Reeve, 314. 

 Reforms, needed, 592. 

 Remington, Howard, 88. 

 Reservations, game and bird, 591. 

 Rice, James Henry, Jr., 77, 239, 250, 514, 553. 

 Rich, W. E., 128, 140, 149, 155, 182. 

 Richard, William, 315. 

 Richardson, John, 417. 

 Ridgway, Robert, 218, 230, 409, 492. 

 Ring-neck, 113, 352, 353, 357. 

 Robbins, W. W., 141. 

 Robin-snipe, 262. 

 Robinson, Edward B., Jr., 538. 



W. R., 216. 

 Rock-bird, 268. 

 Rock-plover, 268. 

 Rock-snipe, 268. 

 Rodgers, John G., 206. 

 Roney, H. B., 446, 453. 

 Roosevelt, B., 107. 



Theodore, 558. 

 Rosier, James, 11, 484. 

 Ross, August B., 441. 



Lucretius H., 613. 

 Rosser, J. G., 462. 

 Ruff, 314, 614. 

 Russell, Richard M., 613. 



Sage, John H., 461, 522. 



Samuels, E. A., 77, 90, 92, 96, 103, 108, 114, 132, 

 136, 138, 149, 171, 181, 184, 235, 256, 263, 269, 

 283, 285, 292, 296, 311, 317, 321, 327, 328, 331, 

 332, 343, 349, 355, 421, 442. 

 Sand-bird, 274, 279. 

 Sanderling, 226, 272, 290. 

 Sanderlins, 291. 

 Sand-lark, 322. 

 Sand Oxeye, 286. 

 Sand-peep, 277. 

 Sandpiper, Baird'.s, 277, 499. 



Bartramian, 315. 



Bonaparte's, 275. 



Buff-breasted, 320. 



Curlew, 284. 



Least, 18, 278, 287, 288, 498. 



Pectoral, 270, 277, 498, 499, 614. 



Purple, 268. 



Red-backed, 226, 281, 282. 



Semipalmated, 275, 277, 278, 279, 286, 

 293, 498. 



Sandpiper — Con. 



Shintz's, 275. 

 Solitary, 306, 322. 

 Spotted, 306, 307, 322. 

 Stilt, 260. 

 Western, 289. 

 White-rumped, 274, 277. 

 Sandpipers, 1, 18, 19, 31, 226, 263, 268, 269, 278, 



287, 307, 319, 322, 323, 324, 353, 498. 

 Sanford, Leonard C, 29, 116, 120, 199, 256, 266, 



279, 296, 304, 311, 328, 337, 421, 430. 

 Saunders, ¥. H., 379, 383. 

 Savage, James, 158, 436. 

 Scape-grace, 57. 



Scaup, 4, 113, 121, 126, 127, 572, 575. 

 American, 122. 

 Black-head, 125. 

 Greater, 124, 125. 

 Lesser, 121, 122, 124, 128, 571, 572. 

 Ring-necked, 127. 

 Schaff, Morris, 455. 

 Schoenebeck, A. J., 615. 

 Schoolcraft, Henry R. L., 463, 464. 

 Scoldenore, 139. 

 Scolder, 139. 



Scoter, 111, 153, 161, 165, 166, 500, 501, 576. 

 American, 153. 

 Surf, 163. 



White-winged, 158, 160. 

 Scott, W. E. D., 254, 336. 

 Scudder, Bradford A., 620. 

 Sea-crow, 221. 

 Sea-goose, 225, 227. 

 Sea Mouse, 144. 

 Sea-quail, 359. 

 Sea Robin, 64. 

 Sears, Geo. W. (Nessmuk), 490. 



William R., 552. 

 Sea-snipe, 227. 



Seeds eaten by Bob-white, 583. 

 Sennett, George B., 197, 198, 551. 

 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 91, 456, 462. 

 Sharpies, J. J., 119. 

 Sharrock, Richard J., 265. 

 Shaw, Albert, 611. 

 Henry, 345. 

 Louis A., 430. 

 Sheldon, Israel R., 88, 104, 116, 136, 141, 161. 

 Sheldrake, 59, 60, 63, 64, 66, 130, 500. 

 Freshwater, 60. 

 Hooded, 67. 

 Long Island, 64. 

 Mud, 67. 

 Pond, 60. 

 Spring, 64. 

 Swamp, 67. 

 Winter, 60. 

 Wood, 67. 

 Shelduck, 64. 

 Shell-bird, 64. 

 Shore birds, food of, 498. 

 Shoveller, 95, 99, 572. 



