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iu June at the breeding-grounds, and found in ail only 

 the remains of fishes. In two or three immature birds 

 talien in August and September, 1 have discovered a 

 few grasshoppers and portions of insects. 



Hon. Hiram Peoples, of New Providence, Lancaster 

 county. Pa., who devotes much attention to fish culture, 

 raising large quantities of Bass and Goldfish for the 

 markets, says he is bothered a great deal by Pish 

 Hawks, Night Herons and Kingfishers. He states that 

 the depredations of these birds in his fish ponds be- 

 came so numerous that he offered a premium of fifty 

 cents for each Fish Hawk o^r Night Heron, and ten 

 cents for every Kingfisher which was killed on his 

 premises. This offer induced several neighbors' boy® 

 to make particular efforts to destroy the feathered 

 fishermen. Mr. Peoples estimates that he lost an- 

 nually from fifty to seventy-five dollar's worth of fishes 

 through the visits of these birds before he began kill- 

 ing them and paying bounties for their heads. 



