THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALI8T. 



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E. C. Barber, Esq., ami It. II. Kilby, Esq. are 

 the Judges, who will be guided by the Veto 

 Shaw Standard of excellence. A properly 

 organized association of thin kind was really 

 required in Montreal, and the men at its head 

 are just those who will strenuously adhere to 

 the Constitution and By-Laws. A sportsman 

 is nowhere successful unless he is followed by 

 a well-trained dog, and without an institution 

 of this nature, that class of dogs required for 

 the chase, will never be more .than a series of 

 mongrels. Under the new organization, we 

 anticipate an attractive exhibit with beneficial 

 results. — C. 



THE GODBOUT RIVER SALMON SCORE. 



On an average, three rods were employed on 

 the above river this season. The total catch 

 being 384 salmon. In one day, Mr. Manuel 

 of Ottawa, landed thirty-one fish. Consider- 

 ing the scarcity of salmon for three years past 

 in the Gulf rivers, the old Godbout still holds 

 good for a month's surface fishing. Its 

 Salmon and Sea Trout spawning-grounds are 

 far in the interior, and although the mountain 

 Indians may occasionally traverse along the 

 tributaries in which the fish are lying, they do 

 not interfere with them. Extreme want alone 

 will cause these people to disturb salmon 

 while in their mountain waters. The aborigines 

 of the district are generally well treated by 

 Allan Gilmour, Esq., the proprietor, and they 

 have therefore great respect for him. — C. 



Deanery, Kingston, Ont. 



11th August. 1882. 

 Dear Sir, — Many thanks for your interest- 

 ing and instructive " Naturalist," which I 

 have taken since the beginning. 



On my son's farm near this city, I saw 

 some gamy birds, very like Quail, but with a 

 dark yellowish breast. Upon securing a 

 specimen and taking it to an expert, he called 

 it a " Meadow Lark ;" is it the " Eremophila 

 comuia" or what? 



Faithfully yours, 



James Lyster, LLD 

 Note — The breast of the Meadow Lark 

 (Sturnella magna) is a clear yellow when it 

 visits the North in Spring. It may be found 

 in fields as far east as Kingston. The Ameri- 

 can Sky Lark (E. comuta) is smaller than 

 the Meadow Lark and its breast is differently 



marked. Oi late y< 

 Ontario and Qui 



are cla 



at the Bfeadovi Lai I 



the gamy colour of iie back, and •- peculiar 



mode of locomotion during 



We shall l" pleased to hear iron, 



again, as enquiries of this oatur 



tendency t>> encouragi th< 



delightful study of Ornithol I 



COLEOPTBllA FOUNI> IN I II 8 

 PROVINCE OK Ql BBEC. 

 By William Coli-kk. 

 Tachims 1 fimbriatus, Orao. 

 2 fumipeonis, 8ay. 

 T uiiYi'onrs 1 jocosuB, 

 2 acauduc 

 Conosoma basale, Bricks. 

 Boletobius 1 cinctus, G 



2 cincticollis, Say. 

 ."> bimaculatns, Coupt t 

 The type ol this species is in th<- I.;i\.i! 

 University Cabinet. 

 Queuii's 1 melochinus, G 



2 fulgidus, Fubr. 



3 capucinus, 

 Creophilus villosus, Great. 

 LEisToTROPHca cingulatus, Grav 

 Staphylinus I maculosus 



2 bai 1 i | tee , Lee 



'.\ cinnamopterus, Greso, 



I violaceus, 



5 capitaia. Bland. 



6 fossator, Grav. 



7 tomentosus M 



s varipes, Sachsc. 

 Owns ater, Gfrav. 

 PfilLONTHDS 1 cvanipennis. t\ibr. 



2 aeneus, Itosse, 

 'A blandu8, Grew. 

 t ventral is, Say. 

 5 promptus, Wricks, 

 t! loniatus. 



7 fulvipesj Fabr. 



8 longipennis, , r. 

 Is this specific name appropriate f 

 Xantmolim s 1 cephalus, Say. 



2 obsidianus, I 



."? hamatus, Say. 

 Baptolinus melanocephalus, Nord, 

 Cryptobium 1 bicolor, Greto. 

 '2 pallipes, ' 



