446 



INDEX 



Plover, Field, 251 



" Kill-Deer, 251 

 Pocket-Gopher Family, 68 

 Podilymbus podiceps, 300 

 Polyodon spathula, 429 

 Pomatomus saltatrix, 388 

 Pomoxis annularis, 384 



" sparoides, 383 

 Pompano, Common, 390 

 Porcupine, Canada, 94 



Yellow-Haired, 94 

 Porcupine Family, 68, 94 

 Porpoise, Common, 151 

 Porpoises and Whales, Order of, 



146 

 Porzana Carolina, 257 

 Pouched Mouse and Rat Family, 



68 

 Prairie-Chicken, 245 

 Prairie-" Dog," 6S,76 



" pamphlet on the, 



98 

 Prairie-" Dog" Burrow, 77 

 Prairie-"Dog" and Burrowing 



Owl, 224 

 Prairie-" Dog" Hunter, 29 

 Prairie Wolf, 23 

 Primates, 3, 7 

 Pristis pectinatus, 434 

 Procellaria glacialis, 307 

 pelagica, 295 

 Procyon lotor, 41 

 Progne subis, 193 

 Promops californicus, 64 

 Protean, subterranean, 370 

 Proteus anguineus, 370 

 Protopterus, 381 

 Pseudemys rubriventris, 326 

 Pseudopleuronectes americanus, 



418 

 Psittaci, Order, 175, 216 

 Ptarmigan, 241, 307 



White-Tailed, 249 

 Willow, 249 

 Pteropus edwardsii, 66 

 Puffin, Common, or "Sea Par- 

 rot," 304 

 Puffin, Tufted, 300, 304 

 Puffins, 267, 300, 302, 303 

 Puma, 19 

 Putorius erminea, 29 



" nigripes, 29 



" rixosus, 29 

 Pygopodes, Order, 175, 267, 300 

 Python molurus, 340, 342 



" reticulatus, 341 



Quail, 241 



" California Mountain, 243 



" Common, 242 



" Valley, 243 

 Querquedula cyanoptera, 271 



discors, 270 

 Quisculus quiscula, 202 



Rabbit and Hare Family, 95 

 Rabbit, Jack, 98 

 Raccoon Family, 41 

 Rachianectes glaucus, 148 

 Raiae, 434 

 Rail Family, 257 



Rail, Sora, 257 



" Virginia, 257 

 Rallus virginian us, 257 

 Rana catesbiana, 360, 363 

 " clamata, 360, 362 

 " sylvatica, 360, 363 

 " virescens, 362 

 Rangifer arcticus, 99, 135, 136 

 caribou, 99, 132, 133 

 " granti, 136 

 " groenlandicus, 136 

 " osborni, 134 



pearyi, 136, 137 

 " stonei, 134 

 Raptores, Order, 175, 218 

 Rat and Mouse Family, 68, 83, 



84,91 

 Rat, Cotton or Marsh, 84, 89 

 Coypu, 92 

 Domestic, 84, 93 

 Kangaroo, 84, 91, 93 

 Pack or Trading, 88,93 

 Tree, 93 

 Wood, 84, 88 

 Rats and Rat-like Animals, 92 

 Ratitae, Order, 175,309 

 Rattlesnake, 348 



" Diamond, or Wa- 



ter, 349, 350 

 Rattlesnake, Dog-Faced, 349 

 Edwards', 349 

 Green, 349 

 Ground, 349 

 " Horned, 349, 351 



" Massasauga, 349, 



351 

 Rattlesnake, Pacific, 349 



Prairie, 349, 350, 

 351 

 Rattlesnake, Texas, 349, 350 



" Timber or Banded, 



349, 350 

 Rattlesnake, White, 349 

 Raven, American, 205, 307 

 Ray, Beaked, 434 

 " Devil-Fish, 436 

 " Shark-, 434 

 " Sting, 435 

 Rays and Skates, Order of, 434 

 "Recreation" (magazine), 237, 



276 

 Red Horse, 413 

 Redstart, American, 190 

 Reed-Bird, 199 

 Regulus calendula, 183 

 Reindeer, in Alaska, 138 

 Reithrodontomys leconti, 84, 88 

 Remora, 393 

 Reptile House, 339 

 Reptiles, Food Consumed by, 



339 

 Reptiles, Introduction to the 



Class of, 313 

 Reptiles, Orders of, 314 



" Poisonous Species of, 

 315 

 Rice-Bird, 199 

 Ring-Tail Monkey, 14 

 Rhamphobatis ancylostomus, 

 434 



Rhea, 309 



Rhinobatis lentiginosus, 434 



Rhinodon typicus, 433 



Rhytina gigas, 153 



Road-Runner, 215 



Robin, 181 



Roccus lineatus, 385 



Rodentia, 3, 68 



Rungius, Carl, 143 



Rutter, Cloudsley, 401 



Rynchops nigra, 298 



Sage-Grouse, 247 

 Saimiri sciurea, 15 

 Salamanders, Eel-Like, 370 



Family of, 360 



366 

 Salamander, Free-Gilled, 370 

 " Giant, 369 



Siren, or Mud- 



"Eel," 371 

 Salamanders, Spotted, 360, 366, 



368 

 Salamanders, Two-Legged, 370 

 Salamandridae, 360, 364 

 Salmo clarkii, 396 

 " gairdneri, 398 

 " irideus, 397 

 " ouananiche, 405 

 " salar, 404 

 " sebago, 405 

 Salmon and Trout, Order of, 396 



" Atlantic, 404 



" Blueback or Sockej'e, 



403 

 Salmon, Dog, 403 



" Family of the, 396 



" Groups of American, 400 



" Humpback, 403 



" Ouananiche, 405 

 Quinnat, 401,403 



" Sebago, 405 

 Salvelinus fontinalis, 399 

 Sand-Piper, Least, 253 



Semi-Palmated, 



252 

 San Francisco "Evening Bulle- 

 tin," 417 

 Sapajou, White-Throated, 14 

 Sapsucker, Yellow-Bellied, 213 

 Sarcorhampus gryphus, 236 

 Sawfish, 434 

 Scalops aquaticus, 57 

 Scammon, Capt. C. M., 147, 150 

 Scaphiopus holbrooki, 360, 364 

 Sciuridae, 68 

 Sciuropterus, 68 



<! volans, 80 



Sciurus carolinensis, 70 



" douglasi, 71 



" erythrogaster, 71 



" fremonti, 71 



" griseus, 70 



" hudsonicus, 71 



" ludovicianus, 70 



" malabaricus, 71 



" niger, 70 



" prevosti, 72 

 Scomberomorus maculatus, 388 

 Scoter, American, 269, 278 



