NOTE 



on territory which he preempts for the pur- 

 pose. I am aware that my claims will be 

 vigorously assailed, but I have verified these 

 discoveries by years of patient observation, 

 and would say to my critics : " You would 

 better investigate carefully before denying 

 the probability of any one of these claims." 



Thanks are due the publishers of Forest 

 and Stream and Youth's Companion for per- 

 mission to republish articles which have ap- 

 peared in these respective journals. 



M. A. WALTON. 



Gloucester, April 5, 1903. 



