546 Irtinois Natura History Survey BuLLETIN 
Raspberry, 382 
Rat, 397, 398, 458, 469, 478 
Rattus norvegicus, 458; see also Rat 
Red fox, 481—5; see also Fox 
bounties, 452, 483, 484 
catch, 481, 492, 493, 496, 502, 522, 534 
damage and control, 399, 481, 485 
distribution, 481, 520, 532 
fur 
quality, 496, 497, 503 
value, 452, 481, 491, 535 
habitat, 483 
hunting, 483, 502 
income, 481, 493, 494, 496, 502, 523, 535, 536 
laws, 452 
Management, 484, 487 
popularity, 459, 469, 481, 485, 502 
population, 399, 483, 484, 487, 493, 502 
cycle, 521 
use of stripmines, 483 
trapping, 483, 487, 502 
Red maple, 405 
Red-rooted cyperus, 432; see also Cyperus 
erythrorhizos 
Red-shouldered hawk, 398 
Red-tailed hawk, 398 
Red-winged blackbird, 430 
Redhorse ; see Northern redhorse, Silver 
redhorse 
Redmouth buffalo, 360, 364 
Redtop, 379, 381, 382, 383, 384, 388, 389, 392, 
409, 410, 415 
Rice cut-grass, 420, 421, 422, 424, 428, 431, 432 
Ridge Lake, 374 
Rinaker Lake, 370 
Ring-necked pheasant, 399; see also Pheasant 
Ringneck (duck), 418, 427 
River bulrush, 420, 421, 429, 430, 433 
Robber flies, 403 
Rock River, 441, 457 
Rodents, 397, 398, 400, 411, 472, 479, 488; see 
also specific references 
Rosa setigera, 402, 403 
Rose, 391, 404, 405; see also Prairie rose 
Rough-legged hawk, 398 
Roundworm, 401 
Rubus, 406, 461; see also Brambles, Black- 
berry, Raspberry 
hispidus, 406 
villosus, 402, 403; see also Dewberry 
Ruffed grouse, 378 
Rumex Acetosella, 403 
Rye, 405 
S 
Sagittaria latifolia, 427, 432; see also Duck 
potato 
Sago pondweed, 419, 420, 421, 428, 432 
Sangamon River, 527 
valley, 444 
Scarab beetle, 403, 406 
Volume 
Scarabaeidae, 403 
Schilbeodes gyrinus, 365 
Scirpus, 456 
fluviatilis, 430, 433; see also River bulrush 
Sedge, 417; see also Nutgrass 
Semotilus a. atromaculatus, 365 
Setaria glauca, 402, 403 
Shawnee National Forest, 527, 528, 532, 534 
Sheep sorrel, 403 
Sheepshead, 364, 365 
Shell Lake, 360, 361 
Shiner ; see Common shiner, Golden shiner 
Shingle oak, 382 
Short-eared owl, 399 ; 
Short-horned grasshopper, 402, 403, 404, 406 
Short-tailed wildcat, 526; see also Bobcat 
Shoveler, 418 
Silver redhorse, 365 
Skunk, 469—72, 517-8: see also Spotted skunk 
catch, 469, 470, 473, 492, 493, 496, 502, 518, 
534 
damage and control, 392, 398, 437, 469 
disease, 471 
distribution, 469, 478, 517 
fur 
quality, 496, 497, 498, 503 
value, 452, 469, 491, 535 
habitat, 471 
hunting, 470, 472, 502 
income, 469, 470, 493, 494, 496, 502, 518, 535, 
536 
Management, 472 
popularity, 459, 462, 469, 470, 473, 502 
population, 435, 469, 470, 473, 488, 502 
cycle, 471, 472 
trapping, 470, 472, 479, 487, 495, 502 
Small pondweed, 420, 421, 431, 433 
Smallmouth bass, 358, 360, 361 
Smallmouth buffalo, 360, 364 
Smartweed, 420, 424, 426, 428, 432, 456; se 
also Largeseed smartweed, Mars! 
smartweed, Nodding smartweed 
Snake, 392, 398, 400; see also Specific 
references 
Snout beetles, 402, 403, 406 
Soft-winged flower beetle, 403 
Solidago, 402, 403 
Sorghum, 405 
Southern naiad, 420, 421, 430, 431, 433 
Southside Country Club Lake, 360, 361 
Soybeans, 382, 388, 393, 405, 414 
Sparganium eurycarpum, 425, 432; see also 
Giant bur-reed 
Sparrow, 399; see also Specific references 
Spartina Michauxiana, 428, 4323 see also 
Marsh cord grass 
Speckled bullhead, 360, 363 
Spermophile; see Striped spermophile 
Spike rush, 420, 421, 428, 432 
Spilogale, 469; see also Spotted skunk 
Spilogale putorius; see Spotted skunk 
Sportsmen’s Lake, 360, 361 
