ROMANCING SCRIBKS. 



'INic iiuiueof "Catamount" <;iven bv many woodsuuMi 

 lo larijo-sized examples of tlie Wildcat or liav Lajix. 

 has given newspaper correspondents in regions where 

 tliese srcjiking and detrimental animals are plentiful, 

 an opjiortunity to send to the press some most read- 

 able and surprisiugl.v sensational stories when a big 

 "lat" is caiight and killed, of the capture of a ferocious 

 luiau-eating or livestock devoming "pantlier." The 

 writer has, during the ]uist three or four years, taken 

 especial pains to investigate these newspaper panther 

 stories and, withiiut exception, all have proven false or 

 at least they were founded on ernmeous idcntitica- 

 tion. Some people, not versed in natural history mat- 

 ters, consider the names "Catamount," Panthei- and 

 "T'ainter" to be synonymous. This misunderstanding 

 is perhaps the cause of so many wrong statements 

 whieh find their way into the columns of some of our 

 most rej)utahle papers, the managers of which, I am 

 well aware, strive faithfully to guard against all such 

 errors. 



SPECIKS V^-HICH ARE RARE. 



The Hsher and Pine Marten or American Sable, 

 tenants of the pine and hemlock forests, and both of 

 considerable economic value for the warm and attrac- 

 tive articles of wearing apparel their loose blackish 

 or brown coats make when passed through the skillful 

 furrier's hands, are likewise about ready to be elided 

 by the naturalist from the indigenous launa of ilic 

 Keystone Slate. 



Or. Isaiah F. Eveihart, the distinguislietl traveler 

 and naturalist, of Scrantou, about ten years ago ob- 

 tained two Fishers taken in that region by a hunter. 



