The Canadian Spohtsm/n and I^atui." 



No. (.. 



MONTI: I. A I,, 1 1 \ I , i 



WILLIAM COUPER, Editor. 



TO HEALTH AND PLEASURE SEEKEU8. 



This journal is the beat medium to advertise 

 Sea Bathing localities and healthy inland 

 Summer liesoits, especially where good shoot- 

 ing and fishing can be obtained. Our sub 

 acribers are generally gentlemen of means, 

 and just Hie parties who visit new places 

 annually to enjoy themselves. 



THE CANADA LYNX. 

 (Jji/hx Canadensis.) 



A subscriber writes to say " that Mr. Gamier 

 is wrong in stating that the above-named 

 Quadruped have never been seen in the Penin- 

 sula (of Ontario I suppose) south of the 

 Ottawa River! " He informs us ' that they are 

 still to be found in the County of Simcoe, and 

 that he has found them in his own woods on 

 Lake Simcoe. A remarkable line specimen 

 measuring very nearly forty-three inches from 

 nose to tail was sent to him by one of his sons, 

 shot in the County of Frontenac, near Skunk 

 Lake, about three months ago. The two 

 species, the Red Lynx (Lynx rufus) and the 

 Lynx Canadensis, though resembling each 

 other in many respects, yet have such distinc- 

 tive characteristics, that they cannot well be 

 mistaken for each other. " 



Notk. — The Canada Lynx was not uncom- 

 mon when we resided in Toronto about thirty 

 years ago, and although its fur is used lor 

 robes, &c, and many are annually destroyed, 

 it is not possible that it is annihilated in 

 Ontario. The two species are arboreal, and 

 as the woodlands are being cut down and farm 

 lands extending, these animals, like many 

 others, are pressed back to the mountain soli- 

 tudes, where they can procure food and bring 

 forth their young. This accounts for /,. Cana- 

 densis being more abundant north of the City 

 of Quebec, where large tracts of woodland are 

 almost as primitive to-day as they were one 

 hundred years ago, Our fur-bearing animals 

 are doubtless decreasing, especially in the 

 more cultivated and open portions of Canada. 

 At one time, the Hudson Day Co., although 

 traders in furs only, protected these animals 

 by a proper system, ordering the Indians to 

 procure certain species during the season. 



therefore allowing othei 



thus thej kepi up tin 



lint ot late year*, hunterw and 



the grounds which forn 



held withm themsi 



animals are trapped I 



Labrador coast at all -■ 



seeing his white broth* • 



matter ol course, follow* h 



result will be ultimate!] disa 



hunter and quadrupeds I h 



should certainly Btop p i pie from I 



bearing animal- oiil o( seasoi . 



pleased to notice thai the new Qame I 



provides thai •■ the Lieutenai 



Council maj . in hie discretion, prohib I 



hunting or killing of any game or I 



animals, for a period not exceeding • 



This is sensible, bul at the - 



have no objection t<> the musk rat I ■ 



destroyed at all seasons when thej 



havoc on a tarmer's land by burrowing under 



creeks and rivers on his property, bul martin, 



otter, mink and beaver should no) I* 



out of season. 



The editor of this journal -..ii- 



sible for matter sent by correspondents. \\ 

 manuscript is placed in our hand- for publi- 

 cation, any statements therein, ol which 

 have a doubt, will be invariably i 



before the compositor receives it, 

 not tor our long absence from Ontario, 

 Gander's remarks regarding the Canada I 

 would have been noted at the time thej « 



published. — C. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL QOERJ 



The Canada Jaj (Pa isot ■ ■ ■ ' 

 Agreal deal has been written regarding 



habits of this bird, I 'in very little t<\' : - 



is given during its nesting season.- Ii- 

 was found iii Nova Scotia, Mr. Dick - 

 Springfield, Ma--., says he ha- eggs fn in 

 latter Province. It must nest about the same 



time as the Crossbills, as on mj 



Labrador, specially to obtain tin this 



bird, I noticed the young in May, a' 

 called Watchshesho. They were follow 

 their parents, flying from tree to : 

 their heads were covered with white downy 

 feathers, therefore. I must have found them 

 in the vicinity of their nest. Can an 



