Nov., 1919 
Piranga ludoviciana, 84, 206 
rubra, 129 
Pisobia bairdi, 172 
maculata, 239 
minutilla, 202 
Planesticus migratorius, 85 
migratorius propinquus, 172, 207 
Plath, O. E., parasitism of nestling birds by 
fly larvae, 30-38 
Plegadis guarauna, 200 
Plover, Black-bellied, 86 
Golden, 86 
Ringneck, 235 
Snowy, 67, 173 
Podilymbus podiceps, 196 
Polyborus cheriway, 125 
Pooecetes gramineus confinis, 205 
Porzana carolina, 201 
Progne subis, 206 
subis hesperia, 76. 
Psaltriparus minimus minimus, 68 
Ptarmigan, White-tailed, 49, 132 
Pterodroma hypoleuca, 60 
Puffin, Horned, 239, 240 
Tufted, 239 
Puffinus cuneatus, 61 
Purdie, Henry, reminiscenses of, 106 
Q 
Quail, Gambel, 67. 
Plumed, 202 
Valley, 67, 202 
Querquedula cyanoptera, 198 
discors, 198 
Quiscalus quiscula aeneus, 86 
R 
Rail, California Black, 238 
Farallon, 57 
Little Black, 123 
Sora, 4, 201 
Virginia, 201 
Rallus saturatus, 166 
virginianus, 201 
Raven, 29, 84, 204 
Ray, Milton S., description of a twenty-year 
series of eggs of the Sierra Junco, 
184-188 | 
Recurvirostra americana, 202 
Redhead, 109, 122, 129, 162, 198 
Redstart, 85 
American, 153 
Red-tail, Western, 203 
Red-wing, Nevada, 205 
San Diego, 68 
Regulus calendula, 85 
calendula calendula, 207 
satrapa olivaceus, 42 
Rhynchodon peregrinus, 89 
Rice and ducks, 89, 175 
Riparia riparia, 206 
Roadrunner, 29 
Robin, 62 
American, 85 
Western, 125, 152, 153, 172, 207 
INDEX TO VOLUME XXI 249 
Roc, 99 
Rook, 94 
Rough-leg, Ferruginous, 127 
Rust, Henry J., a favorite nesting haunt of 
the Merrill Song Sparrow, 145-153 
S 
Sage, Mr. John H., portrait of, 43 
Salpinctes obsoletus, 206 
Samuels, E. A., reminiscences of, 106 
Samuels, Emmanuel, reminiscences of, 106 
Sanderling, 173 
Sandpiper, Baird, 171, 172 
Buff-breasted, 238 
Least, 202, 235 
Pectoral, 239 
Red-backed, 202 
Semipalmated, 235 
Spotted, 82, 202, 226, 228, 229 
Western, 74, 202 
Western Solitary, 202 
Sapsucker, Red-breasted, 83, 172 
Williamson, 204 
Yellow-bellied, 42 
Sayornis nigricans, 29 
sayus, 74, 75, 204 
Scaup, 10 
Scaup, Greater, 199 
Lesser, 199 
Scott, W. E. D., reminiscences of, 167 
Seiurus noveboracensis. 85 
Selasphorus alleni, 212 
platycercus, 41, 204 
rufus, 83, 204 
Setophaga ruticilla, 85 
Sharp, C. S., nesting of the Band-tailed 
Pigeon in San Diego County, California, 
40-41 
Shasta, Solitaires of, 12 
Shearwater, Wedge-tailed, 61 
Shoveller, 4, 9, 63, 112 
Shrike, California, 122, 123 
White-rumped, 206 
Sialia currucoides, 85, 207 
mexicana occidentalis, 172, 207 
Sialis, 37 
Siskin, Pine, 84 
Sitta canadensis, 85, 206 * 
carolinensis tenuissima, 42 
Skylark, 94 
Smith, Austin Paul, notes from Inyo County, 
California, 213-214 
Smith, Franklin J., sea parrots washed up 
on beach at Eureka, 128 
Snipe, English, 221 
Jack, 40, 121 
Wilson, 121, 124, 202, 207-209 
Solitaire, Townsend, 12-20, 63, 125, 207 
Sora, 4, 9, 11, 221 
Sparrow, Brewer, 64, 205, 222 
Chipping, 63, 84, 223 
Clay-colored, 64 
Eastern Savannah, 41 
English, 75, 214 
Gambel, 172, 205 
