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Ins. viii., 16, 341— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell) 

 ix., 26, 488— Several talcen on board a vessel at sea- Wm. K. Lente. 

 xi., 3, 47— Rare at, Peotone, JU.; seen only in spring— D. H.Eaton, 

 xii., 4, 66— Common throughout the year in Nova Scotia— J. Matthew 

 Jones, xii. , 16, 307^Specimen liilled at Spottsylvania, Va. , in Marcn, 

 1879, and identified by Editors. 



Bhynchops ni^;-a. Black Skimmer, x., 13, 335— A pair sho^ by a gunner 

 at Rockaway, L I., July 36', 1876, and now in my possession; two 

 others observed Sept. 3, 1876 ; one young bird procured in Fulton 

 Market, and yet Mr. Geo. N. Lawrence informs me they used to be 

 very numerous here — N. T. Lawrence. 



Rice Bird. See DolicTwnyx oryzivorus. 



Richardson's Owl. See Nyctea tengmalmi richardsonii. 



Sing-billed Gull. See Lotus delawm-enm. 



Ring-necked Duck. See Fuligulacollaris. 



Ring-necked Plover. See ^gialitis aemipalmatua. 



Robin. See Titrdus migratorius. 



Robin ^nipe. See Tringa canutut. 



Rock Pigeon. See Ovlumba scMmpiri. 



Rock Plover. See Tringa mavitima. 



Rock Ptirmigan. SeeLagopus mutus rapeatni. 



Rock Wren. See Sa pinctea obsokius. 



Rocky Mountain Blue Bird. See Sialia arctiea. 



Roseate Spoonbill. See Platalea ajaja. 



Roseate Tern. See Sterna pa/radiacea. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. See OoniapJiea hidmiciana. 



Bostrhamus sociabilis. Everglade Kite. ii., 4, 50— Both adtdt and 

 young specimens taken, and probably the eggs will be secured goon 

 in Florida— Fred. A. Ober. 



Rough-legged Hawk. See Arehibuteo lagopus sancti-johannii. 



Rough- winged Swallow. See Stelgidopteryx serripennis. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. See Begulus calendula. 



Ruby-throated Humming Bird. See Trochilus eobtbrU 



Buddy Duck. See Erismatura rubida. 



Ruff. See Philomaehus pugnax. 



Ruffed Grouse. See Bonaaa umbellus. 



Rusty Grackle. See ScoUcopTiagus ferrugineua. 



Sage Grouse. See Oentrocercus urophasianus. 



Salulnctes obsoletus. Rock Wren, i., 3, 85— Specimens taken m Colorado 

 among the Rocky Mountains — J. H. Batty, v., 17, 360 — Pound only 

 among the bad lands along the Little Missouri in the Black Hills by 

 Geo. Bird Grinnell in 1874— Ernest IngersoU. xii., 16, 307 — Common 

 about Como, Wyoming, appearing about the first of May, 1878 — S. W. 

 Williston. 



Sanderling. See Calidris arerutria. 



Sandhill Crane. See &nis canadenm. 



Sandpiper. Baird's, See Tringa bairdii. 



Sandpiper. Bonaparte's, See Tringa bonapartei.' 



Sandpiper. Buff-breasted, See Tryngitea rufeaaeni. 



Sandpiper. Curlew, See Tnnga aubcurquMa 



Sandpiper. Least, See Tringa minutilla. 



Sandpiper. Pectoral, ■ See Tringa maaulata. 



