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THE OSPREY. 



in 185S for his services to that State. Ami in 



1859 he opened up tlie Aroostook forest re- 

 gion of Maine to agriculture, tlirouyli a sum- 

 mer of investigation, and a series of letters to 

 the New York Journal of Commerce, of which 

 he was then junior editor. The summer of 



1860 was devoted to an exploration of Labra- 

 dor, in company with myself, and from 1S03 to 

 1806 to the JIaritime provinces, including Sa- 

 ble Island, the Mag'delens. and Anticosti. Mr. 

 Hallock was one of the pioneer ])rospectors 

 among the Ontario gold fields, which are now 

 attracting- so much attention, dating back to 

 1872, and in ISSO he and Edward Faye, of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway Survey, brought 

 down to the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce 

 the first ore specimens from the Lake of the 

 Woods. The net objective results of these 

 and many other similar adventures appear in 

 the Hallock collection, ag'gregating a value of 

 several thousand dollars, which he donated to 

 the Long Island Historical Society, of lirook- 

 lyn, in 1883. In 188.5 Hallock went out to 

 Alaska and wrote up its resources and com- 

 mercial possibilities in a work entitled, "Our 

 New Alaska," with the subtitle of "The Sew- 

 ard Purchase Vindicated," every word of 

 which has proved intelligently prophetic and 

 true. 



Not to be prolix in review of a most inter- 

 esting life history, it may be said that four 

 signal achievements of note accentuate Mr. 

 Hallock's record. Kirst, the Forest and 

 Stream, which has had the effect to elevate 

 the tone and status of sport, to disparage 

 whatever was evil in popular pastimes, and to 

 make the new woman possible. Second, his 

 Bcheme to secure cooperative legislation for 

 the protection of game, and to fomiulate a 

 code of laws based upon the distribution of 

 species, and uniform as far as practicable in 

 their application to areas having the same 

 climate and fauna; success to be accomplished 

 through the agency of an international asso- 

 ciation for the protection of game, which he 

 organized in 1874. Third, the incorporation of 



the Blooming Grove Park Association, in 1871, 

 Mr. Hallock being its first secretary, and a 

 most active promoter of the finest existing 

 game preserve on the continent. Fourth, the 

 luiblication of the Sportsman's Gazetteer, 

 which gave to the jnipils he had trained a 

 handbook by which they might stalk the con- 

 tinent of North America, and of which the 

 London Field asserted that "a more complete 

 and comprehensive work had probably never 

 been published by any sportsman;" a gra- 

 cious tribute bestowed in face of the fact that 

 its own chief editor, Mr. Walsh ("Stone- 

 lienge") had already published in England an 

 "Encyclopedia of Kural Sports," and other 

 standard sporting books. 



liriefly, if Mr. Hallock's claim to the grati- 

 tude and good will of American si)orTsmen 

 rested solely upon his labors in behalf of the 

 preservation and pro|iag'ation of game and 

 fish, he would stand deservedly high in the es- 

 timation of those niendiers of the guild who 

 appi'eciate true sportsmanshi]), and believe in 

 giving honor to whom honor is due. In line 

 with this thought, it should be mentioned that 

 away up in the northwest corner of Minne- 

 sota, on the edge of what was once the great 

 Roseau game region, there is a town of 1,200 

 people bearing his name (IT.illock), which is 

 the county seat of Kittson county, the most 

 progressive municipality in the whole Red 

 IJiver ^'alley. lie is the father of this town. 



Mr. Hallock received his degree of Master of 

 Arts from Amherst College, and was of the 

 class of IS.")!. His father was Gerard Hal- 

 lock, of the New York .Tournal of Commerce. 

 His great-grandfather, William Hallock, with 

 his two sons, Aloses and .Jeremiah, were Rev- 

 olutionary soldiers, and others of his kinsfolk 

 served in the struggle for independence. One 

 commanded a privateer, and another the 

 jucket boats on Long Island Sound. In our 

 Civil War, Gen. H. W. Halleck, a relative, was 

 conspicuous on the Union side. The progeni- 

 tor of the Hallock family settled on Long 

 Island, near Southold, in 1640. 



THE PRAIRIE HORNED LARK. 



l!y Rev. P. B. Peabodv, St. Vincent, Minn. 



Dearest of birds is this hardy, restless, 

 blithe-hearted singer, who may be classed as 

 resident in Minnesota, since in winters of 

 scantj' snow he does not altogether leave the 

 State, even in fiercest January. Probably, like 

 Junco, he lingers near the snow line. With the 

 firstindications of spring he ijushes north, and 

 rapidly celebrates his nuptials. The arrowy 

 chase, sportively indulged at all seasons, now 

 takes on a new ardor, and nesting soon be- 

 gins. 



My prettiest set was taken witlt its very 

 thick nest of grass at Macon, Mich., on Marcli 

 9, out of a bed of snow; incubation advanced. 

 For latitude of South Minnesota the earliest 

 date I have is April 9. an incomplete set in a 

 thick nest of grass placed flush with the 

 ground in a stubble field. An incomplete set 

 taken from a nest on the prairie, at Lacon, 

 111., was probably a second laying, while corn 

 field sets, with scant nests of rootlets, found 



at Lake Crystal, Minn., on ,Tuly 9 and 12, were 

 very likely third sets. One of these nests con- 

 tained two Cowbird eggs. Another, probably 

 a second set ,was taken in Stark County, N. 

 11., from a prairie nest on .Tune 3, the parents 

 not being subspecifically indentified. The eggs 

 of this set are heavily ringed, and closely re 

 semble those of the English Skylark. 



At Wilder, Minn., I once enjoyed a whole 

 winter's observation of this bird. A ble"k. 

 blown field on the road to my school was their 

 constant feeding ground and playing haunl. 

 In this environment were three pairs when 

 late JLarch arrived. In earlj' April, noting do- 

 mestic signs, I watched a father bird one 

 morning. Daintily tripping and constantly 

 pecking, he suddenly flew with *he gathered 

 mouthful, and lightlj' dropped amtuig scant 

 weeds, at the margin of a fallow garilen. Tlie 

 four callow things that nearly filUd the nest 

 were marvelously hard to find, so complete 



