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Index. 
Passerella iliaca schistacea, 7. 
“ “ townsendi, 7. 
Pelodes surinamensis, 141. 
Pennock, C. J., relaying of Hawks in 
the same nest when robbed, 41. 
Perisoreus canadensis, 53. 
Perissoglossa tigrina, 60. 
Petrochelidon lnnifrons, 63, 105, 135. 
Peucma cassini, 144. 
“ ruficeps, 188. 
Phienopepla nitens, 65. 
Phsetusia elegans, 142. 
“ trudeauii, 143. 
“ bicolor, 142. 
Phalarope, Northern, 40, 54, 151, 152. 
Phalaropus, 150. 
“ fnlicarius, 86. 
“ hyperborens, 151, 152. 
Philohela minor, 17, 151. 
Picoides americanns, 53, 200. 
“ arcticns, 53, 180. 
Picus nuttalli, 67. 
“ pnbescens, 67, 71, 179. 
“ “ p gairdneri, 67. 
“ villosus, 179. 
“ “ harrisi, 179. 
Pinicola enncleator, 116. 
“ p canadensis, 66. 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus, 41, 122, 164. 
“ aberti, 93. 
“ chlorurus, 93. 
“ fnscns, 93. 
“ megalonyx, 93. 
“ oregonus, 93. 
Planetis guttatus, 143. 
Platalea ajaja, 184. 
“ rosea, 184. 
Plectrophanes nivalis, 86. 
“ ornatus, 92, 118. 
“ pictns, 92. 
Plegadis falcinellus, 152. 
Plover, Piping, 94. 
“ Ringed, 51. 
Podiceps cristatus, 47, 52. 
Polioptila cserulea, 19, 45, 146, 170. 
Pooecetes gramineus, 66, 174. 
“ “ p confinis, 66. 
Porzana jamaicensis, 85. 
Procellaria glacialis, 86. 
Protonotaria citrea, 22, 139, 153, 172. 
Ptarmigan, Rock, 38. 
“ White, 38, 41. 
Ptychorhamphus aleuticus, 87. 
Puffin, Arctic, 87. 
Puffi nus (Nectris) nativitatis, 81. 
Purdie, H. A., the Lark Pinch ( Chon - 
destes grammaca) again in Massachu- 
setts, 44 ; the Black-throated Bunting 
( Euspizaamerieana ) in Massachusetts, 
45 ; capture of the Yellow-throated 
Warbler in Massachusetts, and notes 
on other rare Massachusetts birds, 
146 ; nest and eggs of the Yellow- 
bellied Flycatcher ( Empidonax fiavi- 
ventr is), 166. 
Pyranga aestiva, 164, 174. 
“ rubra, 62, 174. 
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, 122. 
Quiscalus purpureus, 176. 
Ragsdale, G. H., the Painted Lark 
Bunting ( Plectrophanes pictus ) in 
Texas, 92. 
Rail, King, 146. 
Rallus crepitans, 85. 
“ elegans, 85, 146. 
“ virginianus, 17. 
Rathburn, F. B., notice of his Cata- 
logue of Birds of Central New York, 
34, 85. 
Redbird, Cardinal, 131. 
“ Summer, 164, 174. 
Redstart, 70, 174. 
Regulus calendula, 170. 
“ satrapa, 19, 65, 170. 
Reichenow, Ant., notice of his “ Sys- 
tematische Uebersicht der Schreit- 
vogel ( Gressores)” 183. 
Ridgway, Robert, description of a new 
Wren from the Tres Marias Islands, 
10; eastward range of Chondestes 
grammaca , 43 ; notes on some of the 
birds of Calaveras County, Cal., and 
adjoining localities, 64 ; notice of his 
Report on the Ornithology of the For- 
tieth Parellel, 81 ; notes on birds ob- 
served at Mount Carmel, Southern 
Illinois, in the Spring of 1878, 162 ; 
notice of his “ Studies of the Ameri- 
can Herodioncs, Part I.” 182. 
Rissa tridactyl a, 86. 
Rhodostethia rosea, 187. 
Rhyacopliilus solitarius, 197. 
Robin, 17, 47, 97, 103, 104, 169. 
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., and Minot, H. 
1)., notice of their List of the Sum- 
mer Birds of the Adirondacks, 36. 
Rowley, G. D., notice of his Memoir 
on the Pied Duck, 79. 
Sagmatorrhina lathami, 87. 
Sandpiper, Baird’s, 140. 
“ Green, 49. 
“ Solitary, 50, 197. 
“ Stilt, 102, 147. 
Saunders, Howard, notice of his Review 
of the Sternince, or Terns, 140 ; notice 
of his Review of the Larince , 185. 
Saxicola oenantha, 139. 
Sayornis fuscus, 176. 
u nigricans, 66. 
Scolecopliagus ferrugineus, 105, 176. 
Scolopax borealis, 105. 
Scops asio var. macealli, 94. 
Scoter, American Black, 54, 148. 
“ Velvet, 148. 
Sea-mew, European, 50. 
Selasphorus alleni, 11. 
