INDEX. 



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Rhoads, S. N., 135, 238. 



Rhythm. Bull-frogs, 207; In bird- 

 sons, 131, 154, 208; Sully, J., 131. 



Richardson, ( ). Oven-bird, 167. 



Ridgway, R., 238, 242; Drumming of 

 partridge, 199 ; Scarlet tanager, 185. 



Ring-ousel, 160. 



Robin (turdus migratoritu), 139. (See 

 also Cat-bird, 52); Burlesque per- 

 formance of, 16; Imitation, 174; 

 Miller, O. T., 169; Nelson, E. W., 

 145; Song of tanager and, 185 ; No- 

 tations, 14; Samuels, E. A. Song 

 of tanager and, 185; Signal for 

 flight, 20; Song, 13; Song of a 

 caged, 174; Spinning girls' song 

 compared with robin's song, 20; 

 Variety of melodies, 18. 



Robin, English, 160, 174, 175, 180. 



Robin, Ground. See Chewink (pipilo 

 erythrophthalrmis). 



Robins in Australia, 210. 



" Rock of ages " and song of chewink, 

 45, 118. 



Romanes, G. J., 142, 238. 



Rooster. (See also Fowl language. 

 Hen music.) Notations 119, 205, 

 Gardiner, W., 212, Weber, Dr. F., 

 225. 



Rose-breasted grosbeak. See Gros- 

 beak (goniaphea Ludoviciana). 



Rossiynol. Notations, 220. 



Royal Society of London. Philos. 

 trans., 129, 238. 



Rudolph, Alex. J., 241. 



Ruffed grouse. See Gronse (bonasa 

 umbellus). 



Russ, Dr. K., of Berlin, viii, 242. 



SAINT FRANCIS D'Assisi, Legend of, 

 170. 



Saint Theresa, Prayer to. Green 

 warbler. White-throated sparrow, 

 150. 



Samuels, E. A., 240, 242; Brown 

 thrush, 159; Black-throated green 

 warbler, 157; Drumming of par- 

 tridge, 197; Hermit thrush, 164; 



Night-hawk, 167; Red-eyed vlreo, 

 190; Rose-breasted grosbeak, 188; 

 Ruffed grouse, 197; Song of robin 

 and tanager, 185; Wood thrush, 

 164. 



Sand, Sonorous, 129. 



Saunders, W. E., 238. 



Savart, ( ), 238. 



Saxby, H. L., 238. 



Scale, minor, Origin of, 135. 



Scarlet tanager. See Tanager (py- 

 ranga rubra). 



Schele de Vere, M. R. B. f 128, 142, 

 238. 



Scops asio. See Owl. 



Screech-owl. See Owl (scops asio). 



Scudder, S. H., 128, 238. 



Seebohm, H., 238. 



Seiurus aurocapillus. See Oven-bird. 



Setophaga ruticilla. See Redstart. 



Seven sleepers (oratorio), Cock crows 

 passage in, 119. 



Sexual selection. Sully, J. Improves 

 voice of birds, 138. 



Shakespeare, 141. 



Sharpe, R. B., 238. 



Sialia sialis. See Bluebird. 



Sidebotham, J., 238. 



Signs from birds, 171. 



Singing and dancing, 136. 



Siskin, 180. 



Sitta Carolinensis. See Nuthatch. 



Skelding, S. B., 238. 



Skylark, 180; Minot, H. D., 193. 



Slater, H. H., 238. 



Sloth. Kircher, A. Notation, 217. 



Smee, A., 238; Blackbird, 223, nota- 

 tions, 222; Difficulty of recording 

 notes of song-birds, 223; Song 

 thrush, 223, notations, 222. 



Smee, F., 223. 



Smithsonian Institution, 238. 



Snakes, Effect of music on, 142. 



Soldier. Notation (No. 12), 210. 



Solitaire (musicapa armillata, Viellot), 

 154, 187; Gosse, P. H. Buffon's 

 organist not same as, 187; Hill, R., 

 187, Buffon's organist same as, 187; 

 Johnston, A. G. Notations, 214. 



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