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124; notice of his "Nomencla- 

 ture of North American Birds," 

 164; notice of his " Catalogue of 

 Birds of Illinois," 171; notice of 

 his paper on a Duck new to the 

 North American Fauna, 173: no- 

 tice of his paper on Amazilia 

 yucatanensis, Cabot, 173 ; on a 

 Tropical American Hawk to be 

 added to the North American 

 Fauna, 207. 

 Robin, 5, 24,2s, 50, 51, ^2, 125, 226. 

 Black. 52. 

 Western, 85. 

 Rosthramus sociabilis, 16, 17. 

 Ruff, European, 112, 240. 

 Sage, John II.. birds and windows, 



1 88. 

 Salpinctes obsoletus, 88. 

 Sandpiper, Baird's, 60. 61. 

 Bonaparte's, 19. 

 Buff-breasted, 61, 126. 

 Purple, 120. 

 Red-breasted. 19. 

 Semipalmated, 5. 

 Solitary, 234. 

 Spotted* 142. 234. 

 Sapsucker, 122. [S4. 

 Big, 122. 

 Little 122. 

 Sarcorhamphus papa. 248. 

 Saurothera dominicensis, [54. 



vieilloti, 155. 

 S;m ornis fuscus, 49, 231. 251. 



nigricans, 1 19. 

 S:i sicola oenanthe, 5. 

 Schoemaker, George, abundance of 

 the Hermit Thrush in winter near 

 Washington. I). C, 113. 

 Sclater, P. L., remarks on the pres- 

 ent state of the Svstema Avium, 



28, 73- 

 Scolecophagus cyanocephalus, 12s. 



139- 

 ferrugineus, 231. 

 Scops asio, 2^2. 



asio floridanus. iS. 

 asio kennicotti, 128, 185. 

 Scoter. Black, 2^-^. 

 Velvet. 187. 

 White-winged, 235. 

 Scott, W. E. D., on birds observed 

 in Sumpter, Lew. and Hillsboro' 

 Counties, Florida, 14; occurrence 

 of the Philadelphia Yireo in Mer- 

 cer County, New Jersey, 56 ; some 

 observations on the migration of 

 birds, 97; the White-bellied Swal- 

 low {Tachycineta bico/or) on the 



New Jersey coast in November, 

 115; the Ipswich Sparrow (Pas- 

 serculus prhiccps) at Squan Beach 

 New Jersey, 116; migration of 

 birds at night, 188. 



Selasphorus platycercus, 140. 

 rufus, 140. 



Setophaga picta, 73, 177. 

 ruticilla. 151, 228. 



Shad-spirit, 184. 



Sheldrake, 235. 



Shoveller. 187, 234. 



Shrike. Great Northern. 89, 22S. 



239- 

 Loggerhead, 55. 250. 



White-rumped, 47, 89. 228. 

 Shufeldt, R. W.. notice of his oste- 

 ological memoirs. 109; behavior 

 of Leucosticte tefhrocotis in con- 

 finement. 177: on the ossicle of 

 the antibrachium as found in 

 some North American Hawks. 



197- 

 Sialia arctica. 86. 



sialis. 53, 160, 226. 

 wilsoni. [09. 

 Siskin. 22t). 

 Sitta aculeata, 175. 



canadensis, 12. 226. 

 canadensis aculeata. 1 (2. 

 carolinensis, 12, 157. 226. 

 Siurus auricapillus. 15. 151. 227. 

 ludovicianus, 47. 151. 

 motacilla, 228, 245. 

 naevius. 4. 12. 15, 127. 12S. 

 22S. 239. 

 Skunk-head, 23^. 



Slade. Elisha, note on the Field 

 Sparrow (Spizella pusilla), 116; 

 peculiar niditication of the Bobo- 

 link, 117; the Whistling Swan in 

 Massachusetts, 123: Icterus /><//- 

 timorei and Popnlus tremuloides, 

 181. 

 Slosson, Annie Trumbull, habits 

 of the Swamp Sparrow in con- 

 finement, 179. 

 Smith, G. S., the Red Crossbill 

 I.D\iii curvirostra americana) in 

 Tennessee, 56. 

 Snipe, Red-breasted, xj. 

 Wilson's, 142, 234. 

 Snow-bird, 15, 180. 

 Baird's, 90. 

 Oregon, 90, 128. 

 Red-backed, 90. 

 Slate-colored, 330. 

 White-winged, 90. 

 Solitaire. Townsend's. 86. 



