August 1891.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



11' 



PTARMIGAN SUMMER PLUMAGE). Fron' "( ™es' Key to North Aniprican Birds 



lliisli. (':ili(Min wheeled, ami with a linequniter- 

 iiij; shot dropped it dead. 



A few rods farther on a pair of birds got 

 up and I put light and left at them and both 

 dropped. I was congratulating myself on the 

 fine shot when Cahoon claimed one of them as 

 his bird. I yielded, but I think I shot that 

 bird. 



We uf)W separated, and until we met again I 

 only got two Canada .Jays. On the other side 

 of .Vngus f'ove we raised a large Hook of Ptar- 

 migan which went off wild without giving us a 

 shot. Then two fine birds went up and one 

 came my way. Bang! never touched him. 

 Bang! ! and a charge of No 4's doubled him 

 up like a jack-knife. Cahoon did not start a 

 feather. 



The next flushed to me, the dog having 

 j)assed it, and I put both barrels after him, the 

 second knocking out a few feathers and making 

 bis journey short. I had turned to find him 



when just liehind me sounded " Gohiirk, gri- 

 h((rl,: i/ohack, Hi/iicr-r-r-r-r," and a big bird got 

 up, but a charge of 8's brought him down, and 

 he was my meat. 



Other birds, Shore Larks, Chickadees, small 

 Hawk, Ravens, and a large flock of Koliins, the 

 only ones since September 1st. 

 (To be Continued.) 



Outside " in Winter. 



A very small proportion of those interested 

 in bird ways know anything of the every-day 

 life of those birds that follow the fisherman's 

 trade, and especially is It so in winter when 

 the summer boanlers have deserted tlie hotels 

 and boarding houses at the seaside resorts, and 

 the few, who may by chance reside in local- 

 ities favorable to such observations, imagine 



