Rain-crow, 337, 340. 
Rain-dove, 337. 
Rain Owl, 306. 
Rainfall in Michigan, 2. 
Rallus carolinus, 155. 
crepitans, 152, 742-743. 
elegans, 152-154. 
limicola, 154. 
noveboracensis, 159. 
virginianus, 154-155. 
Rapidity of flight, 23-25. 
Raptores, 254. 
Raven, Common, 417. 
Northern, 417-420. 
Razor-billed Auk, 737. 
Recurvirostra americana, 169-170. 
himantopus, 170. 
occidentalis, 169. 
Recurvirostride, 169. 
Red-backed Dunlin, 187. 
Red-backed Sandpiper, 187-188. 
Red-bellied Nuthatch, 688. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 366-368. 
Red-bird, 530, 539. 
Black-winged, 539. 
Crested, 530. 
Summer, 539, 754. 
Red-breast, 181, 722. 
Blue, 727. 
Red-breasted Merganser, 74-75. 
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 688-692. 
Red-breasted Pigeon, 238. 
Red-breasted Rail, 152. 
Red-breasted Sandpiper, 181. 
Red-breasted Shoveller, 85. 
Red-breasted Snipe, 179-180. 
Red Crossbill, 470-472. 
Red Curlew, 190. 
Red-eyed Greenlet, 565. 
Redhead, 90-91, 364. 
Red-headed Teal, 83. 
Red-headed Woodpecker, 364-366. 
Red-legged Duck, 78. 
Red-legged Plover, 217. 
Red Linnet, 468. 
Red Marlin, 190. 
Red-necked Grebe, 36. 
Red-necked Phalarope, 166-167. 
Red Owl, 320. 
Red Phalarope, 165-166. 
Redpoll, 474-475. 
American Mealy, 474. 
Common, 474 
Greater, 476, 735. 
Greenland, 473-474. 
Greenland Mealy, 473. 
Hoary, 474. 
Holbeell’s, 751. 
Lesser, 474. 
Red-shouldered Blackbird, 439. 
Red-shouldered Buzzard, 274. 
Red-shouldered Hawk, 274-277. 
Redstart, 651-652. 
Redstart Flycatcher, 651. 
Redstart Warbler, 651. 
Redtail, Eastern, 270 
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Red-tail, Western, 747-748. 
Red-tailed Buzzard, 270. 
Red-tailed Hawk, 270-274. 
Red-throated Diver, 42. 
Red-throated Loon, 42. 
Red-throated Sapsucker, 353. 
Red Thrush, 661. 
Red-wing, 439. 
Northern, 442. 
Thick-billed, 442-443. 
Red-winged Blackbird, 439-442. 
Red-winged Starling, 439. 
Reed Wren, 679. 
Reference Books, 29-31. 
Regulus calendula, 704-705. 
cristatus, 701. 
satrapa, 701-704. 
Resident Birds, 20-21. 
Rhinogryphus aura, 254. 
Rhyacophilus solitarius, 193. 
Rice-bird, 430. 
Richardson’s Hawk, 748-749. 
Richardson’s Owl, 314-315. 
Richardson’s Jeger, 48. 
Ring-bill, 97. 
Ring-billed Blackhead, 97. 
Ring-billed Gull, 54-55, 734. 
Ring-neck, 97. 
Pale, 216. 
White, 216. 
Ring-necked Duck, 97-98. 
Ring-necked Loon, 40. 
Ring-necked Plover, 215-216. 
Ring-necked Scaup, 97. 
Ring Plover, 215. 
Ring-tailed Eagle, 284. 
Riparia riparia, 551-552. 
River-snipe, 200. 
Rissa tridactyla, 50-51. 
Robin, 722-727. 
Blue, 727. 
Canada, 722. 
Common, 722. 
English, 450. 
Ground, 526. 
Golden, 450. 
Northern, 722. 
Swamp, 526, 715, 718. 
Wood, 708. 
Robin Redbreast, 722. 
Robin Snipe, 181. 
Rock Duck, 740. 
Rock Ptarmigan, 746. 
Rock Snipe, 744. 
Rocky-mountain Golden-eye, 99. 
Roody, 108. 
Rook, 108. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 532-536. 
Roseate Tern, 738. 
Rough-legged Buzzard, 282. 
Rough-legged Hawk, 282-283. 
Rosy Gull, Bonaparte’s, 56. 
Franklin’s, 55. 
Rough-winged Swallow, 552-553. 
Royal Tern, 59. 
Ruby-crown, 704. 
