INDEX. 



401 



Robin, Wood ( = TVood Thrush), 278. 



Eomaleum atomarium, 123. 



Hose aphis, 125. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, food of, 323. 



Rose- bug, 102,131. 



Rose-slugs, 102, 125, 128. 



Roosts and filth, 40. 



Roosts raided at night, 36. 



Rough -winged Swallow, 80. 



Rougier de la Bergerie, 302. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 80, 95, 277. 



Rumex crispus, 343. 



Russian Empire, Sparrows in, 23. 



Russian millet, 75, 76. 



Rye, injury to, 68, 74, 253, 254, 256, 260, 330. 



In Sparrow"s craw, 74. 

 Sagacity of Sparrows, 181, 235. 

 Saint Louis, House and Tree Sparrows at, 191-194. 

 Salsify, 49, 248, 249. 



Samples of evidence, how selected, 13. 

 Sand Swallow ( — Bank Swallow), 80. 

 Sap-sucker, 80. 

 Sassafras seeds eaten, 250. 

 Savanna Sparrow, 80, 270, 280. 



Food of, 323. 

 Sayornis phoebe, 80, 88, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 276, 



277, 282, 283, 309. 

 Scale insects eaten, 130, 131, 297. 

 Scandinavia, Sparrows in, 23. 

 Scarabaddae, 115. 

 Scarcity of nesting places, 34. 

 Science, extracts from, 305. 

 Scoliidce, 115. 



Scottish thistle in Yan Dieman's Land, 308. 

 Scratching up seed, 64-65, 66, 67, 69, 244, 246, 250, 255. 

 Screech Owl, Mottled Owl, 32, 150, 238. 

 Seasonal variation in food, 124-125. 

 Seasonal variation in insect diet, 105-106. 

 Secale cereale, 146. 

 Sectel pears, 55. 

 Sedge {Car ex), 312. 



Seed-eaters sometimes insectivorous, 99. 

 Seed gardens, injury to, 65. 



Seed oats injured, 74. 



Seed pods eaten, 64. 



Seeds in stomachs. (See Stomach contents.) 



Selandria, 125, 128. 



Setaria glauca, 146, 304. 

 verticillata, 305. 

 viridis, 304. 



Setaria, seed eaten, 67, 76, 145, 146, 304, 305. 



Setophaga ruticilla, 80. 



Seventeen-year cicada or locust, 130, 286. 



Shad flies, 286. 



Shade trees, buds or blossoms plucked, 45, 241,243. 

 Freed from worms, 43. 

 Leaves plucked, 42. 



Shade trees and their insect defoliators, 324, 325. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk, 32. 



Shocked grain injured, 253, 254,255,256,257,258, 

 259, 260. 



Shooting, allowed in city, 38. 

 Expense of, 38. 

 On grain-fields, 74. 

 Restriction by, 179, 236. 



Shooting-clubs, 166. 



8404— Bull. 1 26 



Shooting matches, 166. 



Shoots of vegetables, 61, 62, 63, 64, 244, 245, 246, 247, 



249,250,251. 

 Shore Lark, 80. 



Shrike, Great Northern, 31, 150, 233, 238, 276. 

 Shrikes, 234, 309. 

 Sialia mexicana, 80. 



sialis, 80,81, 82-87,88, 91,93, 94, 96, 97, 126, 

 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 

 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 

 282, 233, 290-291, 297, 320, 327. 

 Sinapis arvensis, 343. 

 Singed insects eaten, 131, 298. 

 Sitones flavescens, 117. 

 Sitta carolinensis, 80, 279. 

 Skylark, English, 341. 

 Slugs on rose-bushes, 102, 125, 128. 

 Small fruits injured, 48, 56-57, 58. 

 Small grain, number of reports on, 68. 

 Smartweed (Polygonum), 304. 

 Smooth caterpillars or worms, 99, 102, 131, 132, 

 285, 286. 

 Replaced by hairy worms, 121-122. 

 Snail in Cuckoo's stomach, 123. 

 Snails, scarcity of, 285. 

 Snapping-bugs in Sparrows nest, 320. 

 Snout-beetles, 111, 112, 117-118, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139 



140, 141. 

 Snow-birds (Junco), 80, 262, 269, 270. 

 Solenopsis, 112, 116. 

 Song of the Sparrow, 149. 

 Song-birds, effects upon, 80, 91, 270, 274, 320. 

 Song Sparrow, effects upon, 80, 81, 94, 264, 267, 270, 

 272, 278, 279, 280, 283, 295, 323. 

 Food of, 295, 323. 

 Killed by Passer, 94. 

 Sonnini's "Dictionaire, " extract from, 301. 

 Sorghum, injury to, 68, 75-76, 259. 



Varieties of, 75. 

 South Australia, distribution of Sparrow in, 348. 

 South Carolina bird-law, 172. 

 Spanish Sparrow in Africa, 302. 

 Span-worms, measuring-worms, 99, 100, 102, 109, 

 110, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 285, 286, 291, 292, 293, 

 294, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 311, 328. 

 Disappearance of, from Philadelphia, 109. 

 Replacement of, by Orgyia, 121-122. 

 Sparrow, Canada Tree, 192. 



Chipping, 80,81,87, 93, 95, 262, 263, 264, 

 265, 266, 267, 2G9, 270, 271, 272, 277, 278, 

 279, 280, 282, 283, 306, 309, 327. 

 Common, 80, 88, 269. 

 English, the term a misnomer, 17. 

 European Tree, 191-194. 

 European House, the proper name of 



Passer domesticus, 17. 

 Field, 80, 267, 270. 

 Ground, 80. 

 House ( — English), 17. 

 House [Chipping!, 264. 

 Indian House, 303. 

 Native, 80, 90, 276. 

 Old-field, 279. 

 Savanna, 80, 270, 280, 323. 

 Song, 80, 81, 94, 264, 267, 270, 2?2, 278, 279, 

 i 280, 283, 295, 323. 



