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124; notice of his “Nomencla- 
ture of North American Birds,” 
164; notice of his “ Catalogue of 
Birds of Illinois,” 171 ; notice of 
his paper on a Duck new to the 
North American Fauna, 173; no- 
tice of his paper on Amazilia 
yucatanensis , Cabot, 173 ; on a 
Tropical American Hawk to be 
added to the North American 
Fauna, 207. 
Robin, 5, 24, 25, 50, 51, 52, 125, 226. 
Black, 52. 
Western, 85. 
Rosthramus sociabilis, 16, 17. 
Ruff, European, 112, 240. 
Sage, John H., birds and windows, 
188. 
Salpinctes obsoletus, 88. 
Sandpiper, Baird’s, 60, 61. 
Bonaparte’s, 19. 
Buff-breasted, 61, 126. 
Purple, 126. 
Red-breasted, 19. 
Semipalmated, 5. 
Solitary, 234. 
Spotted, 142, 234. 
Sapsucker, 122, 184. 
Big, 122. 
Little, 122. 
Sarcorhamphus papa, 248. 
Saurothera dominicensis, 154. 
vieilloti, 155. 
Sayornis fuscus, 49, 231, 251. 
nigricans, 119. 
Saxicola cenanthe, 5. 
Schoemaker, George, abundance of 
the Hermit Thrush in winter near 
Washington. D. C., 113. 
Sclater, P. L., remarks on the pres- 
ent state of the Systema Avium, 
28, 73 - 
Scolecophagus cyanocephalus, 128, 
139 - 
ferrugineus, 231. 
Scops asio, 232. 
asio floridanus, 18. 
asio kennicotti, 128, 185. 
Scoter, Black, 235. 
Velvet, 187. 
White-winged, 235. 
Scott, W. E. D., on birds observed 
in Sumpter, Levy, and Hillsboro’ 
Counties, Florida, 14; occurrence 
of the Philadelphia Vireo in Mer- 
cer County, New Jersey, 56 ; some 
observations on the migration of 
birds, 97 ; the White-bellied Swal- 
low ( Tachycineta bicolor ) on the 
New Jersey coast in November, 
115; the Ipswich Sparrow (Pas- 
se rculus princess) at Squan Beach 
New Jersey, 116; migration of 
birds at night, 188. 
Selasphorus platycercus, 140. 
rufus, 140. 
Setophaga picta, 73, 177. 
ruticilla. 151, 228. 
Shad-spirit, 184. 
Sheldrake, 235. 
Shoveller, 187, 234. 
Shrike, Great Northern, 89, 228, 
239 - 
Loggerhead, 55, 250. 
White-rumped, 47, 89, 228. 
Shufeldt, R. W. , notice of his oste- 
ological memoirs, 109; behavior 
of Leucosticte tephrocotis in con- 
finement, 177; on the ossicle of 
the antibrachium as found in 
some North American Hawks, 
I 97 - 
Sialia arctica, 86. 
sialis, 53, 160, 226. 
wilsoni. 109. 
Siskin, 229. 
Sitta aculeata, 175. 
canadensis, 12, 226. 
canadensis aculeata, 142. 
carolinensis, 12, 157, 226. 
Siurus auricapillus, 15, 151, 227. 
ludovicianus, 47, 151. 
motacilla, 228, 245. 
nsevius, 4, 12, 15, 127, 128, 
228, 239. 
Skunk-head, 23^. 
Slade, Elisha, note on the Field 
Sparrow (Spizella pusilla ') , 116; 
peculiar nidification of the Bobo- 
link, 1 17; the Whistling Swan in 
Massachusetts, 123; Icterus bal- 
timorei and Pop ulus tremuloides , 
181. 
Slosson, Annie Trumbull, habits 
of the Swamp Sparrow in con- 
finement, 179. 
Smith, G. S., the Red Crossbill 
(Loxia curvirostra americana) in 
Tennessee, 56. 
Snipe, Red-breasted, 19. 
Wilson’s, 142, 234. 
Snow-bird, 15, 180. 
Baird’s, 90. 
Oregon, 90, 128. 
Red-backed, 90. 
Slate-colored, 330. 
White-winged, 90. 
Solitaire, Townsend’s, 86. 
