iUiglers — valuiible lui- table use, inhabit the salt aud 

 fresh waters, and in some parts the rich and varied 

 deposits are especially allurinjf to the mineralogist. 

 Fei-tilesoil or other hosts give sustenance to thousands 

 of species of plants (flowering and nun-flowering) 

 hence the botanist assures us this is "a Held of milk 

 and honey'' as regards the securing of rare specimens 

 for the herbarium. 



Individuals who desii-e to study the life liistories and 

 economic status of poultry-destroying birds, mammals, 

 or fish, can, by consulting succeeding pages of this 

 chapter, suiely find these creatures — made by Divine 

 hand with some good object in view — which at times 

 are so aggravating to farmers, poulterers and sports- 

 men. 



THE MECCA OF NATURALISTS. 



Pennsylvania, by reason of its peculiar geographical 

 position, its mountain ranges, large area of wild lands, 

 its numerous water courses, and many romantic lakes, 

 is a natural game preserve, and the home of many 

 species of the feathered tribes, which, although un- 

 known to the sportsman who goes in quest of furred 

 and feathered game, are eagerly sought after by th(^ 

 natural history student. The advantiiges which the 

 Keystone State possesses for zoological investigations 

 are manifold. .Many daiiiiy s[)ecies of nimble Warb 

 lers, the sweet-voiced Tlnnshes, cor lain fierce or, on tlu' 

 olher hand, well-disposed members of the raptorial 

 feathered races, as well as several members of the 

 Sparrow family, together with other representatives 

 of avian-life, all of which are attributed to the Cana- 

 ilian launa. make I heir suiiinicr homes in s('(]iies(«M-e<l 

 mountain fastnesses of this Common weal I h. A num 



