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Index. 
Plover, European Ring-necked, 109. 
Field, 149. 
Killdeer, 18, 144. 
Ringed, 91. 
Wilson’s, 185. 
Upland, 18, 181. 
Podiceps californicus, 88. 
dominicus, 91. 
holbolli, 220. 
Polioptila cserulea, 47, 108, 236. 
Poocsetes, 97. 
Pooecetes gramineus, 27, 97. 
gramineus eonfinis, 14. 
Poospiza belli. 56. 
Porphyrio martinicus, 169, 242. 
Porzana Carolina, 19, 211. 
jamaicensis, 60, 117. 
Procellaria wilsoni, 217. 
Progne dominicensis, 166. 
* purpurea, 14, 98, 192. 
rubis, 98. 
Protonotaria citrea, 32, 115. 
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii, 42. 
Pseudogryphus, 79. 
californianus, 82. 
Ptychorhamphus aleuticus, 126. 
Puffin, Common, 33, 126. 
Horned, 33, 35. 
Large-billed, 30. 
Tufted, 35. 
Puffinus auduboni, 178. 
griseus, 218. 
Purdie, H. A., Corvus ossifragus on 
Long and Staten Islands, N. Y., 
240; the Purple Gallinule in New 
England, 242. 
Pyranga ludoviciana, 228. 
rubra, 27. 
Pyrgita m on tana, 121, 191. 
Querquedula carolinensis, 213. 
crecca, 30. 
cyanoptera, 181. 
discors, 19, 213. 
Quiscalus seneus, 40. 
lugubris, 166. 
luminosus, 166. 
fnajor, 44. 
purpureus aeneus, 15. 
Ragsdale, G. H., additional notes 
concerning the Black-capped Vireo 
in Texas, 239. 
Rail, Black, 61, 117. 
Carolina, 19, 192, 211. 
Clapper, 140. 
Rallus crassirostris, 140. 
crepitans, 140. 
elegans, 138. 
elegans obsoletus, 139. 
elegans tenuirostris, 139. 
giganteus, 38. 
longirostris, 140. 
longirostris caribaeus, 140. 
Rallus longirostris crepitans, 140. 
longirostris saturatus, 140. 
obsoletus, 124, 139. 
virginianus, 140. 
Rathbun, F. R., notice of his “ Bright 
Feathers,” 234. 
Raven, 28. 
Recurvirostra americana, 109, 241. 
Redpoll, 27, 75. 
Redstart, 50, 228. 
Regulus calendula, 69, 225. 
Rhamphocinclus brachyurus, 166. 
Rhinogryphus, 78. 
Rhodinocichla rosea schistacea, 41. 
Rhodopeehys phoenicoptera, 97. 
Rhyacophilus solitarius, 169. 
Rhynchophanes maccowni, 97. 
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha, 88. 
Ridgway, Robert, on six species of 
birds new to the fauna of Illinois, 
with notes on other rare Illinois 
birds, 30 ; on current objectionable 
names of North American birds, 36; 
notice of his papers on the genera 
Scops and Tyrannus, 41 ; note on 
Peuccea illinoensis, 52 ; late breeding 
of the Blue Grosbeak, 53 ; description 
of an unusual (?) plumage of Buteo 
hnrlani , 58; notes on the American 
Vultures (Sarcorhatnphidce), with 
special reference to their generic no- 
menclature, 77 ; description of the 
adult plumage of Hierofalco gyrfalco 
obsoletus, 92 ; the Northern Waxwing 
(Ampelis garrulus ) in Southern Illi- 
nois, 118; note on the Green Finch 
( Ligurinus chloris ) in Northern New 
York, 119; on the supposed identity 
of Ardea occidentalis , Aud., and A. 
wiirdemanni , Baird, 122; on the 
moult of the bill, or parts of its cov- 
ering, in certain Alcidce, 126; on 
Rallus longirostris, Bodd., and its geo- 
graphical races, 138; on Macrorham- 
phus griseus (Gmel.) and M. scolo- 
paceus (Say), 157 ; on a new Alaskan 
Sandpiper, 160 ; notice of his “ Revis- 
ion of Nomenclature of North Amer- 
ican Birds,” 177 ; Scops flammeola in 
Colorado, 185; the Little Brown 
Crane ( Grus fraterculus) , 187; de- 
scription of the Eggs of the Caspian 
Tern ( Sterna caspia), 221 ; note on 
Helminthophaga cincinnatiensis, 237. 
Rissa naevia, 88. 
septentrionalis, 88. 
Roberts, T. S., breeding of Fuligula 
collaris in South-eastern Minnesota, 
with a description of its nest and 
eggs, 61 ; notice of his paper on 
“ Convolutions of the Trachea in the 
Sandhill and Whooping Cranes,” 179. 
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