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A CONVENIENT CLASSIFICATION. 



For the convenience of sportsmen or zoological stu- 

 dents who would hunt the poultry and game-devouring 

 animals, the data in the following pages has been 

 dassitied under the diU'erent kinds of game and fish; 

 and, still further, it has been divided into three sections 

 in respect to U'lritorv ; llie lirst section covering tlie 

 territory east of the Susquehanna and its tributaries, 

 Xew Jersey, and the enure Delaware and Virginia 

 Peninsula; the second section covering the territory 

 drained by the Susquehanna, and that lying imme- 

 diately north and south which is reached by the lines 

 of the railroad; the third section covering all the ter- 

 ritory in the State of Pennsylvania west of the sum- 

 mit of the Alleghenies which is reached by the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad. 



The wide scope of territory traversed by the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad system, hereinafter referred to, ex- 

 tends from the broad Atlantic southward to the fine 

 ducking grounds of the renowned Chesapeake with its 

 several large tributaries, which at certain seasons teem 

 with Rail (Sora) and Reed birds, besides numerous 

 other varieties of acquatic birds so eagerly sought for 

 by sportsmen and epicures: and westward to tlie pic- 

 turesque Allegheny Valley. 



A GRAND FIELD FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 



This exi)aiisive and diversified area is, it seems 

 almost needless to remark, a grand field for the student 

 of natural history; forsooth, it matters not what special 

 branch of the systematic natural sciences he pursues. 

 Entomologists claim that probably fully 25,000 kinds 

 of insects find suitable dwelling places here; numerous 

 species of fishes — many of which furnish fine sport to 



