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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



thorn bush by the road-side, six eggs, and 

 on the Gth, from another nest in a small 

 balsam, a set of seven eggs ; another set of 

 six, was collected on the 20th near the former 

 place. I will not tresspass on your space, 

 further at present but will continue this sub- 

 ject another month. 



t ¥m. L. Kells. 



Listowel, May 29th, 1882. 



TIT LARK. 



(Anthus ludovicianus.) 



I recollect having found the nests of these 

 birds on a Common near Gait, Ont. They 

 were placed in a hollow in the ground just 

 large enough to contain the nest. The place 

 selected was always on a hillock or rise in the 

 ground. I often wondered they were not 

 destroyed by the cows, that fed over the 

 common, stepping on them, as they were so 

 exposed. I have seen them with eggs and 

 with the brood. The young are little, grey, 

 fuzzy-headed fellows. The eggs were not 

 unlike the cow-buntings. I think it was in 

 May I found them. Of this or the appearance 

 of the eggs I am not certain, as it is several 

 years since I saw them. 



Chas. J. G. Fraser. 

 Punta Rassa, Florida, 



FISHING AT ST. ANN'S. 



The fishing at St. Ann's this season as else- 

 where, especially in the Ottawa, is later than 

 usual, owing to the high water and continued 

 cold, bleak north and east winds. Occasion- 

 ally however, there was a warm balmy day, 

 one of these days that a fisherman " sees 

 game" and if so situated as to be able to take 

 his rod, boat and a few white minnows at the 

 "biting hours" and quietly slipping his 

 anchor in the lee of a point, or in the eddj 7 

 between two currents, he will not wait long 

 before there is the gentle nibble, then the 

 whiz of the reel, and a good fish is hooked. 

 On such a day last month, a gentleman of 

 Montreal, residing at St. Ann's for the summer 

 succeeded in taking three black bass, weighing 

 respectively 3.}, 4} and 5} lbs. in an eddy, 

 ami on a similar occasion, while trolling with 

 the rod, struck a maskalonge weighing 35 

 lbs., and aaain another weighing 15 lbs. The 



bait used was a white phantom minnow. To 

 take a maskalonge on the rod, is the highest 

 ambition of most of our local fishermen, but 

 many are lost in the capture, the cause being 

 chiefly defect in tackle or bad management on 

 the part of the boatman. We are informed that 

 5£ lb. black bass are scarcer at St. Ann's 

 than large sized maskalonge, and as much if 

 not more careful play is necessary to kill the 

 former than the latter. For a good day's fish- 

 ing, we know of no better place than St. Ann's 

 in the immediate vicinity of which there is 

 excellent fishing, and it is midway between 

 Lakes St. Louis and Two Mountains. Mine 

 host Routhier of the Clarendon, the fisher- 

 mens quarters will furnish boats and boatmen 

 if notified in season. 



Spell Maskinonge. 

 Montreal, June 27. 



BALD EAGLE. 



(Ilalicctus leucocephalus.) 



I made enquiry of Messrs. Howard & 

 Kennedy, who have been collecting ornitho- 

 logical specimens on this coast, for six years 

 or more, and they say they have never seen a 

 Gray Eagle paired with a Bald. During this 

 time on the coast, they have probably seen 

 fifty nests, and both Eagles were similar in 

 their markings. I found a nest a few weeks 

 ago; it was in the top of a tall black nnu- 

 grove. I visited it several times and always 

 found an Eagle with white head and tail on 

 the nest. I removed the eggs and placed them 

 in arymt-hill to be cleaned ; though they were 

 protected by a box and boards, a Raccoon 

 dug under everything and destroyed them. 



Chas. J. G. Fraser. 

 Punta Rassa Florida, 

 24th May, 1882. , 



Note. — The Anthus referred to by our 

 correspondent, is doubtless the Tit-lark. He. 

 says, " it has a very sweet note and sings as 

 it rises in its flight. It mounts to a height of 

 perhaps fifty feet, then suddenly closing its! 

 wings drops towards the ground as if it waal 

 shot. The nests of this Lark were found neaq 

 Gait, about fifteen years ago." 



We think there is no duty on objects oCi 

 Natural Histoiy, brought to Canada from the 

 United States. The specimens being for your 

 private study. — C. 



