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Oliase aud iSteuimei's Kuu, BuUiuiore coiiuiy, Mary 

 luiid, t>u the Westeru shore of iho Chesapeako. Guides 

 are liaidlv needed, but tliev can be secured if desired, 

 liengies aud Steuimers Uuu atfoid uo liotel accom- 

 uiodatious. 



KAIL BiKDS.. 



Tile Carolina Kail, also uaiued Sora, aud ofteu iui 

 l)ropej'l3 called "Oriolan," is ver,v abuudaui ou ibe ex- 

 leusive u\arslies of tlu' J'atuxeut iu ihe uiontb of Sep- 

 tember. The best places to shoot these birds, iu seti- 

 sou along this river, are at Bristol, aud Nottiuyham, 

 iMarvlaud. These points are best reached by the 

 Tope's Greek Branch of tlie Baltimore aud I'otomac 

 Uailroad. At both of these localities sportsiiieu and 

 naturalists can find poultrydestroyiug Hawks and 

 other auimals; good hotel acoomuiodatious and first 

 class pushers (boatmen) at reasonable rates can be so 

 cured. In September, 18!)7, fully fifteen thousand 

 Hails, besides large numbers of Keed Birds, aud a 

 goodly number of wild ducks and snipe were shot on 

 the marshes around JJristol. .\s many as 150 Rails 

 were credited to one boat in a day; but the average 

 was about fifty of these toothsome birds to a tide. To 

 reach Bristol from I'liiladelphia go lo .Marlboro by the 

 cars and drive to the river; and to visit Nottingham 

 procure a ticket for (^rtwme and take horse aud wagon 

 to the desired point. .Vrrangemeuts can be made iu 

 advance by mail for pushers, hotel accommodations 

 and conveyance (o and from the railroad stations. For 

 such information address Wilson Owens, T^^on (name 

 of postoffice at BrislolV Md., or nai>t. -lohn MaK^uhbin, 

 Xot'ingham. Md. 



