INDEX 
Red-shank, 257. 
Redstart, 470; map of migration of, 45. 
Red-tail, Western, 296. 
Reed-bird. See Bobolink. 
Reeve, 259. 
Regulus calendula calendula, 490. 
satrapa satrapa, 489. 
Rhodostethia rosea, 161. 
Rhyncophanes mecowni, 386. 
Ricebird. See Bobolink. 
Ring-neck. See Plover, Semipalmated. 
Riparia riparia, 419. 
Rissa tridactyla tridactyla, 155. 
Robin, 7, 68, 73, 74, 114, 497. 
Golden. See Oriole, Baltimore. 
Ground. See Towhee. 
Southern, 499. 
amp. See Thrush, Hermit. 
Rocker. See Ptarmigan, Rock. 
Rockweed Bird. See Sandpiper, Purple. 
Rook, European, 355. 
Rostrhamus sociabilis, 291. 
tart i Ferruginous, 300. 
Ruff, 2. 
ara ontis: 172; figured, 119. 
Rynchops nigra, 172. 
Saddle-back. See Gull, 
backed. 
Sanderling, 254. 
Sandpiper, Baird’s, 251. 
Bartramian. See Plover, Upland. 
Black-bellied. See Dunlin. 
Buff-breasted, 260. 
Curlew, 253. 
Green, 258. 
Least, 251. 
Pectoral, 249. 
Purple, 249. 
Red-backed, 252. 
Red-breasted. See Knot. 
Semipalmated, 253. 
Solitary, 257. 
Spotted, 261. 
Stilt, 248. 
Western, 254. 
White-rumped, 250. 
Sanitation of nest, 81. 
Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied, 326. 
Saw-bill. See Merganser, American. 
Saxicola cenanthe leucorhoa, 499. 
Sayornis, pheebe, 342. 
saya, 342 
Scalp Act in Pennsylvania, 101. 
Scissor-bill. See Skimmer, Black. 
Scolopacide, figured, 124. 
Scolopax rusticola, 245. 
Scoter, American, 208. 
Surf, 209. 
Velvet, 209. 
White-winged, 209. 
Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa, 312. 
Sea-Dove. See Dovekie. 
Sea-Parrot. See Puffin. 
Sea-Pigeon. See Guillemot, Black. 
Sea-Swallow. See Tern, Common. 
Sedge-hen. See Rail, Clapper. 
Seiurus aurocapillus, 460. 
noveboracensis notabilis, 463. 
noveboracensis noveboracensis, 461 
motacilla, 463. 
“Great Black- 
Senses of birds, 109. 
September, birds of, 36, 39. 
Setophaga ruticilla, 470. 
Sexing Birds, 20. 
Sexual characters, 89. 
Shag. See Cormorant. 
Shearwater, Allied, 176. 
Audubon's, 175. 
Cory’s, 175. 
Dark-bodied, 49. 
Greater, 175. 
Manx, 175. 
Sooty, 176. 
Shelldrake. See Merganser, 
and Red-breasted. 
Pond. See Merganser, American. 
Ruddy, 196. 
Shells, for collecting, 14. 
Shore-birds, 238. 
Shoveller, 196. 
Shrike, Loggerhead, 423. 
Migrant, 423 
Northern, 422. 
Sialia sialis sialis, 499. 
Sickle-bird. See Curlew, Long-billed. 
Sight, sense of, 110. 
Siskin, Pine, 383. 
Sitta canadensis, 484. 
carolinensis atkinsi, 484, 
carolinensis carolinensis, 483, 
pusilla, 484. 
Sittide, 482: figured, 131. 
Skimmer, Black, 172, 
Skua, 150. 
Skunk-head. See Scoter, Surf. 
Skylark, 348. 
Smell, sense of, 109. 
Smew, 190. 
Snail-Hawk. See Kite, Everglade. 
Snake-bird, 181. 
527 
American 
Snipe, American. See Snipe, Wilson’s. 
Brown. See Dowitcher. 
English. See Snipe, Wilson’s. 
European, 247. 
Grass. See Sandpiper, Pectoral. 
Gray. See Knot and Dowitcher. 
Great, 247 
Jack. See Snipe, Wilson’s. 
Red-breasted. See Dowitcher, 
Knot. 
Robin. See Knot and Dowitcher 
Rock. See Sandpiper, Purple. 
Surf. See Sanderling. 
Wilson’s, 94, 245. 
Winter. See Sandpiper, Purple 
Snowbird. See Junco, Slate-colored. 
ite. See Snow Bunting. 
Snow Bunting, 86, 100. 
Snowflake. See Bunting, Snow. 
Societies, Ornithological, 23. 
Solitaire, Townsend’s, 497. 
Somateria dresseri, 207. 
molissima borealis, 207. 
spectabilis, 208. 
Song, 62 
functions of, 62. 
geographical variations of, 64. 
imitation of, 65. 
inheritance of, 64. 
Sora, 234, 
South-southerly. See Old-squaw. 
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