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INDEX 
Photographic outfit, 13. 
Pici, figured, 127. 
Picidae, figured, 127. 
Picoides americanus americanus, 326. 
arcticus, 325. 
Pigeon, Homing, 53. 
Passenger, 282. 
Prairie. See Plover, Upland. 
West Indian Scaled, 282. 
White-crowned, 281. 
Wild, 282. 
Pintail, 197. 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni, 407. 
erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus 
406. 
maculatus arcticus, 407. 
Pipit, American, 471. 
European Meadow, 
Sprague’s, 471. 
Piranga erythromelas, 413. 
ludoviciana, 414. 
rubra rubra, 414. 
Pisobia bairdi, 251. 
fuscicollis, 250. 
maculata, 249. 
minutilla, 251. 
Planesticus migratorius achrusterus, 8, 
499. 
migratorius migratorius, 7, 8, 497. 
migratorius propinquus, 8. 
Plataleidae, 217; figured, 122. 
Plautus impennis, figured, 149. 
Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis, 384. 
Plegadis autumnalis, 218. 
guarauna, 219. 
Plover, Black-bellied, 263. 
Chicken. See Turnstone. 
European Golden, 265. 
Field. See Plover, Upland. 
Golden, 264. 
map of, 47. 
migration of, 46. 
Grass. See Plover, Upland. 
Mountain, 268. 
Piping, 266. 
Ringed, 267. 
Semipalmated, 266. 
Snowy, 267. 
Upland, 94, 259. 
Wilson’s, 267. 
Plumage, 84. 
colors of, 87. 
color of and climate, 90. 
color of and concealment, 92. 
color of and season, 88. 
color of and sex, 88. 
wear, 86. 
Podasocys montanus, 268. 
Podilymbus podiceps, 141. 
Poisoning collections, 21. 
Polioptila caerulea cserulea, 491. 
Polyborus cheriway, 307. 
Polygamy, 70. 
Polysticta stelleri, 207. 
Pooecetes gramineus gramineus, 386. 
Porzana Carolina, 234. 
porzana, 235. 
Praecocial birds, 75. 
Prairie-Pigeon. See Gull, Franklin’s. 
Preacher. See Vireo, Red-eyed. 
Procellariidse, 173; figured, 119. 
Progne cryptoleuca, 416. 
subis subis, 416. 
Protonotaria citrea, 439. 
Psittaci, 126, 317. 
Psittacidae, 317. 
Ptarmigan, Allen’s, 275. 
Greenland. See Ptarmigan, Rein- 
hardt’s. 
• Ptarmigan, molt of, 86. 
Reinhardt’s, 276. 
Rock, 275. 
' Welch’s, 276. 
Willow, 274.' 
Puffin, 145. 
Large-billed, 146. 
Tufted, 146. 
Puffinus assimilis, 176. 
borealis, 175. 
gravis, 175. 
griseus, 176. 
lherminieri, 175. 
puffinus, 175. 
Pygopodes, 138; figured, 118. 
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, 347. 
Qua-bird. See Heron, Black-crowned 
Night. 
Quail. See Bob-white. 
Migratory, 271. 
Quail-Dove, Blue-headed, 285. 
Key West, 285. 
Ruddy, 285. 
Quawk. See Heron, Black-crowned 
Night. 
Querquedula cyanoptera, 196. 
discors, 195. 
Quiscalus quiscula aeneus, 368. 
quiscula aglseus, 367. 
quiscula quiscula, 366. 
Rail, Carolina. See Sora. 
Clapper, 232. 
Florida Clapper, 232. 
King, 231. 
Little Black, 235; figured, 105. 
Louisiana, 232. 
Virginia, 233. 
Yellow, 235. 
Rain-crow. See Cuckoos. 
Rallidae, 230; figured, 123. 
Rallus crepitans crepitans, 232. 
crepitans saturatus, 232. 
crepitans scotti, 232. 
crepitans waynei, 233. 
elegans, 231. 
virginianus, 233. 
Range, 103. 
Raptores, 286; figured, 125. 
Raven, 352. 
Northern, 352. 
Reason, definition of, 111, 112. 
Recurvirostra americana, 241. 
Recurvirostridae, 241. 
Red-bird. See Cardinal. 
Red-head, 200, 201. 
Redpoll, 380. 
Greater, 381. 
Greenland, 380. 
Hoary, 380. 
Holbcell’s, 381. 
Mealy. See Redpoll, Hoary. 
