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429 



Pelican, selecting island as home, 

 3T1, 384. 

 Wariness of, 373, 37S, 381. 

 Young of, 378, 386. 

 Weight of, 370. 

 Pelicans, Former distribution of, 



368. 

 Phalarope, Northern, at Monterey, 



26S-271. 

 Phalarope, Red, at Monterey, 26S- 



271. 

 Phalarope, Wilson's, Actions of, 

 321. 

 in Wyoming, 241. 

 Nesting habits of, 321. 

 Notes of, 321. 

 Phalaropes, Feeding habits of, 26S- 



271. 

 Pheasant, English, Barren hens of, 

 destroying nests, 44. 



Concealing powers of, 42. 

 Crow of, 42. 

 Flight of, 42. 

 Flight of young of, 42. 

 on Gardiner's Island, 42, 43. 

 Possible causes of decrease of, 

 on Gardiner's Island., 43, 44. 

 Phcebe nesting near "Slabsides," 

 22. 



New nesting-sites of, 23. 

 "Physalia," The, goes ashore on 

 Cistern Key shoals, 222. 

 Voyage in, 200. 

 Pigeon, White-crowned, in Ba- 

 hamas, 152. 

 Pigeon, Wood, Abundance of, 400. 



Notes of, 400. 

 Pika in Canadian Rockies, 360. 

 Pimlico in Bahamas, 152. 

 Pipit, Tree, Song of, 401. 

 Pirn, Calif., Birds seen at, 259-266. 

 Piru creek, Gold first found in, 260. 

 Plains, Attractiveness of, 337, 338. 



Life of, 338. 

 Plains of Western Canada, Birds 



of, 337-349. 

 Plover, Mountain, in Wyoming, 



241. 

 Plover, Piping, nesting on Gardi- 

 ner's Island, 36, 46. 

 Plover, Wilson, on Cobb's Island, 

 63. 



Pliimers, proposed visit to Cuthbert 



Rookery, 137, 145. 

 Poets and English birds, 391. 

 Porpoises catching fish in the air, 



138. 

 Potrero, Devil's, in California, 261. 

 Price, W. W., Camp of, on Fallen 



Leaf Lake, 305. 

 Protection of Farallone Island 



birds. 278. 

 Ptarmigan. Distribution of, 357. 

 Protective coloration of, 358, 

 360. 

 Ptarmigan Pass, Birds of, 355-366. 

 Ptarmigan, White-tailed, in Cana- 

 dian Rockies, 357, 362. 

 Tameness of, 362-365. 

 Puffins, off coast of Wales, 392. 



on Fame Islands, 406. 

 Puffin, Tufted, in Farallones, 2S1, 



282. 

 Pyramid Lake, Pelicans on, 376. 

 to go dry by evaporation, 379. 



Quail, Mountain, in the Sierras. 

 306. 



Valley, Notes of, 306. 

 Quebec, Bird Rocks, 36. 



Bonaventure, 36. 



Ragged Islands, Anchor near, 204. 



Birds seen on, 205. 

 Rail, Clapper, on Cobb's Island, 63, 



74. 

 Rainfall in Bahamas, 167, 176. 

 Rats, Absence of, on Gardiner's 



Island, 39. 

 Reclamation Service, Influence of 



work of, on birds, 379, 3S0. 

 Recognition of young by White Pel- 

 icans, 3S2, 387. 

 Reeds, quill, Abundance of birds 



in, 320. 

 Reefs in Shoal Lake, 317. 

 Reserve, Federal, for birds, 84. 

 Ridgway, Robert, Studies of White 



Pelican by, 376. 

 Roadrunner, Notes on, in Arizona, 



246. 

 Robin, Abundance of, 415. 



Nesting habits of, on Gardi- 

 ner's Island, 41. 

 Robin Redbreast, Song of, 398. 



