INDEX 
527 
Red-shank, 257. 
Redstart, 470; map of migration of, 45. 
Red-tail, Western, 296. 
Reed-bird. See Bobolink. 
Reeve, 259. 
Regulus calendula calendula, 490. 
satrapa satrapa, 489. 
Rhodostethia rosea, 161. 
Rhyncophanes mccowni, 386. 
Ricebird. See Bobolink. 
Ring-neck. See Plover, Semipalmated. 
Riparia riparia, 419. 
Rissa tridactyla tridactyla, 155. 
Robin, 7, 68, 73, 74, 114, 497. 
Golden. See Oriole, Baltimore. 
Ground. See Towhee. 
Southern, 499. 
Swamp. See Thrush, Hermit. 
Rocker. See Ptarmigan, Rock. 
Rockweed Bird. See Sandpiper, Purple. 
Rook, European, 355. 
Rostrhamus sociabilis, 291. 
Rough-leg, Ferruginous, 300. 
Ruff, 259. 
Rynchopidse, 172; figured, 119. 
Rynchops nigra, 172. 
Saddle-back. See Gull, Great Black- 
backed. 
Sanderling, 254. 
Sandpiper, Baird’s, 251. 
Bartramian. See Plover, Upland. 
Black-bellied. See Dunlin. 
Buff-breasted, 260. 
Curlew, 253. 
Green, 258. 
Least, 251. 
Pectoral, 249. 
Purple, 249. 
Red-backed, 252. 
Red-breasted. See Knot. 
Semipalmated, 253. 
Solitary, 257. 
Spotted, 261. 
Stilt, 248. 
Western, 254. 
White-rumped, 250. 
Sanitation of nest, 81. 
Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied, 326. 
Saw-bill. See Merganser, American. 
Saxicola oenanthe leucorhoa, 499. 
Sayornis, phoebe, 342. 
saya, 342. 
Scalp Act in Pennsylvania, 101. 
Scissor-bill. See Skimmer, Black. 
Scolopacidse, figured, 124. 
Scolopax rusticola, 245. 
Scoter, American, 208. 
Surf, 209. 
Velvet, 209. 
Whiterwinged, 209. 
Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa, 312. 
Sea-Dove. See Dovekie. 
Sea-Parrot. See Puffin. 
Sea-Pigeon. See Guillemot, Black. 
Sea-Swallow. See Tern, Common. 
Sedge-hen. See Rail, Clapper. 
Seiurus aurocapillus, 460. 
noveboracensis notabilis, 463. 
noveboracensis noveboracensis, 461 
motacilla, 463. 
Senses of birds, 109. 
September, birds of, 36, 39. 
Setophaga ruticilla, 470. 
Sexing Birds, 20. 
Sexual characters, 89. 
Shag. See Cormorant. 
Shearwater, Allied, 176. 
Audubon’s, 175. 
Cory’s, 175. 
Dark-bodied, 49. 
Greater, 175. 
Manx, 175. 
Sooty, 176. 
Shelldrake. See Merganser, American 
and Red-breasted. 
Pond. See Merganser, American. 
Ruddy, 196. 
Shells, for collecting, 14. 
Shore-birds, 238. 
Shoveller, 196. 
Shrike, Loggerhead, 423. 
Migrant, 423. 
Northern, 422. 
Sialia sialis sialis, 499. 
Sickle-bird. See Curlew, Long-billed. 
Sight, sense of, 110. 
Siskin, Pine, 383. 
Sitta canadensis, 484. 
carolinensis atkinsi, 484. 
carolinensis carolinensis, 483. 
pusilla, 484. 
Sittidse, 482; figured, 131. 
Skimmer, Black, 172. 
Skua, 150. 
Skunk-head. See Scoter, Surf. 
Skylark, 348. 
Smell, sense of, 109. 
Smew, 190. 
Snail-Hawk. See Kite, Everglade. 
Snake-bird, 181. 
Snipe, American. See Snipe, Wilson’s. 
Brown. See Dowitcher. 
English. See Snipe, Wilson’s. 
European, 247. 
Grass. See Sandpiper, Pectoral. 
Gray. See Knot and Dowitcher. 
Great, 247. 
Jack. See Snipe, Wilson’s. 
Red-breasted. See Dowitcher, and 
Knot. 
Robin. See Knot and Dowitcher 
Rock. See Sandpiper, Purple. 
Surf. See Sanderling. 
Wilson’s, 94, 245. 
Winter. See Sandpiper, Purple 
Snowbird. See Junco, Slate-colored. 
White. See Snow Bunting. 
Snow Bunting, 86, 100. 
Snowflake. See Bunting, Snow. 
Societies, Ornithological, 23. 
Solitaire, Townsend’s, 497. 
Somateria dresseri, 207. 
molissima borealis, 207. 
spectabilis, 208. 
Song, 62. 
functions of, 62. 
geographical variations of, 64. 
imitation of, 65. 
inheritance of, 64. 
Sora, 234. 
South-southerly. See Old-squaw. 
