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INDEX 



Ornithology, of no service, 403. 

 Oven-bird (Golden-crowned Thrush, 



"Night-warbler"), 366-368; 404, 



426. 

 Owl, Barred, 171, 172. 

 Owl, Great Homed (Cat), 183-189 ; 



415, 416. 

 Owl, Long-eared, 169, 170. 

 Owl, Saw-whet, 172. 

 Owl, Screech, 173-183; 432. 

 Owl, Short-eared, 170, 171; 417. 

 Owl, Snowy (White), 417. 

 Owls, eggs of, 176 and note; fitted 



to withstand the winter, 183. 



Parrot, 441. 



Partridge. See Grouse, Ruffed. 



Peabody, W. B. O., his Report on the 



Birds of Massachusetts cited, 64, 



103, 321. 

 Peetweet. See Sandpiper, Spotted. 

 Pe-pe. See Flycatcher, Olive-sided. 

 Petrel, Wilson's, (Mother-Carey's- 



Chicken), 18. 

 Pewee. See Phoebe. 

 Pewee, Wood, 220-223 ; 379. 

 Phoebe (Pewee), 218-220. 

 Pigeon, domestic, 440-441. 

 Pigeon, Passenger (Wild), 110-118. 

 Piper grass, 280 and note. 

 Pipit, American, (Titlark), 360. 

 Plover, 93. 

 Plover, Upland, 91. 

 Plymouth, 67 note. 

 Pokelogan, 219 and note. 

 Pratt, Miss Caroline, 246. 

 Pratt, Minot, 212, 338. 

 Protection of birds, 428, 429. 

 Puffer, of Concord, 103. 



Quahog, a duck caught by a, 434. 

 Quail. See Bob-white. 



Rabbit, 432. 



Rail, Carolina, 82. 



Rail, Virginia, (Meadow-Hen), 81. 



Railroad, partridge run over on, 107, 



108. 

 Rails (unidentified), 82 ; 3. 

 Redpoll, Lesser, (Linaria), 269-272 ; 



417; the wonder of their presence 



in winter, 419-421. 

 Redstart, American, 368, 359. 

 Rice, Israel, 16, 115, 433. 

 Rice, Reuben, 117, 276, 433. 



Rice, William, 276. 



Ricketson, Daniel, 287 note, 309. 



Robin, American, 385-394; 14, 298- 

 300, 343, 399, 403, 406, 413, 416, 418, 

 419, 425-427, 429. 



Robin, Golden. See Oriole, Balti- 

 more. 



Rockport, 116 and note. 



Sanborn, F. B., 56. 



Sandpiper, Solitary, 90, 91. 



Sandpiper, Spotted, (Peetweet), 91- 

 93. 



Sawyer, E. J., 103 note. 



Seringo-bird, 254. See also Sparrow, 

 Savannah. 



Shadows, of birds, 165. 



Shattuck, Henry, 94. 



Shattuck, Lemuel, his History of 

 Concord, quoted, 261. 



Sheldrake. See Merganser, Ameri- 

 can. 



Shrike, Northern, 341-344;; 416, 

 417. 



Skinner, the bamess-maker, 38, 188, 

 189 



Skinning and stuffing a bird, 23. 



Sky, birds seen in, 412. 



Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, 118. 



Snares, 106. 



Snipe, Wilson's, 86-89; 84, 159. 



Snow, tracks in, 99-102, 108, 232-235, 

 282-284, 321, 431; the great be- 

 trayer, 291, 430, 431. 



Snowbird, Slate-colored. See Junco, 

 Slate-colored. 



Sora, 82. 



Sparrow, Chipping, (Chip-bird, Hair- 

 bird), 298, 299; 286, 349; shivering 

 on an apple twig, 318. 



Sparrow, Field, (Rush Sparrow, 

 Huckleberry-bird), 299-301; 406, 

 414; Nature's minstrel of serene 

 hours, 403. 



Sparrow, Fox, 311, 312; 260, 320, 

 321, 324, 391. 



Sparrow, Savannah, (Seringo-bird), 

 290,291; 167. 



Sparrow, Song, 306-311; 14,324,387, 

 390, 391, 393, 398-400, 405, 406, 413, 

 418, 425-427; a true ground-bird, 

 323; rills of song from, 413. 



Sparrow, Tree, 291-297; 14, 260, 

 285, 309, 310, 320, 321. 323, 324, 391, 

 415, 418. 



