The Yoitn'J, Ornithologist. 



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Young Ornithologist. 



A Monthly devoted to the promotion of the 

 Sciences of Ornitholo<?y and Oology. 



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ARTHUR A. CHILD, 



64 Federal Street, - BOSTOiNT, MASS. 



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C. W. Swallow, of T^ngsboro, Mass., 

 has gone to Florida to spend the re- 

 mainder of the winter. 



The new association promises to be 

 a perfect success. We publish two 

 of the notes sent in this month from 

 the corresponding members. 



We wish to make our "Rod and Gun" 

 column an attractive feature of our 

 paper and, hope our friends will con- 

 tribute some interesting articles on 

 hunting and fishing. 



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 Monthly," "Harper's Young People" 

 and "St. Nicholas" to any address. 

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as follows: ^^ drams of any good 

 medium quality powder, capped by two 

 pink edge wads, i-J oz. best chilled No. 

 shot and one black edge Eley's wad. 

 If 1 am shooting paper cartridges I al- 

 ways crimp them ; if brass cartridges I 

 always use vvads of from one to two 

 sizes larger than the guage of the gun ; 

 this ensures a snug tit and dispenses 

 with the annoying danger of having the 

 wad work loose and liberate the shot. 

 For close rabbit and quail shooting I 

 use about two-thirds the size oi the 

 above load, and for No. 6 I substitute 

 No. 8 shot. Now this is a fair average 

 of the loads which I shoot most success- 

 fully , but of course the average sports- 

 man must make personal experiments 

 with his individual fowling piece, and 

 thus .satisfy himself just what size and 

 kind of a load can be most successfully 

 used in his gun. A. M. Shields, 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



CORRESPOJ^DEJVCE. 



from KANSAS. 

 On the night of Jan. 13th I secured 

 a fine specimen of the Great Horned 

 Owl in a steel trap, which had been set 

 for several days to catch Crows. I 

 placed upon a post a large piece of pork 

 and put the trap on this and fastened it 

 firmly to the post. The Crows knew 

 too much to get caught. This is the 

 first instance I have heard of Owls eating 

 the flesh of the hog. Hunger must 

 have driven him to it. G. F. B., 



Beattie, Kansas. 



FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



I secured a set of three Black-throat- 

 ed Green Warbler's eggs June 27th, 

 They were creamy white with reddish- 

 brown spots and a few indistinct pur- 

 ple markings. The nest was in a pine 

 tree (juitc high up. C. E. S., 



Peterboro, N. H. 



