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INDEX. 



Parrot, 143. 



account of a remarkable, by 

 Goaae, 14a-U7. 



but one member of the family 

 in the United States, 147. 



imitative powers of, 114. 



wide extent of the order, 143. 

 Passenger Pigeon, 189-196. 



Audubon on, 190-195. 



immense flocks of, 190. 



roost of, as described by Audu- 

 bon, 193-195. 

 Partridge, call of, 200. 



Gamble's, 201. 

 Pelican, 249. 250. 



Audubon, ou, 251. 

 Penguin, wing of, 21. 

 Peregrine Falcon, 184. 

 Petrels, 257. 



Pewee Fly-Catcher, 101-103. 

 Pigeons, 189-197. 

 Pinnated Grouse, 202. 

 Piping Fly-Catcher, of Florida, 105. 

 Piping Plover, 213,214. 



its fleetness, 214. 

 Plovers, 213-216. 



not confined to the sea-coast, 

 214. 

 Polytmus of Jamaica, 15"-160. 



description of, from Mai'tin, 162 

 -164. 

 Power of flight denied to some spe- 

 cies, 21. 

 Prairie Hen, 202. 



neet of, 204. 



"tooting" of, how produced, 203. 

 Prince Maximilian's Jay, 67. 

 Ptarmigan, 23, 204, 2U5. 

 Purple "Finch, 86. 

 Purple Martin, 122. 



contests of, with King-Bird, 104. 

 Purple Sand Piper, 217. 



Racket-tail Humming Bird, 159. 

 Kail, 20G-211. 

 Kasores, 17. 



Rattlesnake an enemy of the Block- 

 ing Bird, 72. 

 Eayen, 44^7. 



Audubon's account of, 47. 



bow regarded by the American 



Indians, 44. 

 remarkable instance of affec- 

 tion for a dog, 46. 

 B«d-backed Sand Piper, Audubon's 



account of, 216, 217. 

 Red-headed Merganser, 248. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, 138. 



depredations of, on crops, 139. 

 Red-winged Blackbird, 37-39. 

 Reed-bird, 31. 

 Republican Swallows, 123. 

 Rice-bird, 31. 

 Rock Ptarmigan, 205. 

 Roseate Spoonbill, 224, 225. 



habits of, 226. 



not found north of Georgia, 225, 

 Ruby-throat Humming Bird, nest 



of, 161. 

 Ruby Topaz Humming Bird, 166. 

 Ruffed Grouse, 202. 



Sand Pipers, 216. 

 Scansores, 17. 

 Scarlet Ibis, 222. 

 Scarlet Tanager, 91, 92. 

 Screech Owl, 187. 

 Sea-coast, birds of the, 213. 

 Semi-pal mated Sand Piper, 218. 

 Shrike, Great American, 58. 

 Snipe, 221. 

 Snow Bird, 80, 81. 

 Snow Bunting, 79, 80. 

 Snowy Heron, 229, 230. 

 Snowy Owl, 186. 



dexterity of, in catching fleh, 

 187. 

 Song Sparrow, 81, 82. 

 Sora Rail, 209. 



Audubon on, 209. 

 Sparrow Hawk, 179. 



can be domesticated, 180. 

 Species, 28. 



of birds, hovF distinguished, 16. 

 Speed of the Swallow, 123. 

 Spoonbill, 224-226. 

 Spotted Sand Piper, 218, 219. 



incident respecting, related by 

 Wilson, 219, 220. 

 Stanley, quotation from, on the edi- 

 ble birds'-nests, 124-126. 

 Summer Duck, 243. 

 Swallows, 117. 



Barn and Chimney Swallows 

 widely different, 118. 



sociable disposition of, 121. 



their power of wing, 122, 123. 

 Swans, 238-240. 



their flight, 239. 

 Swiltuess of birds, 25. 

 Sword-bill Humming Bird, 157. 



Tanager, 91. 

 Teal, 243. 



