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■writes from Jacksonville, Fla., tliat the rough-billed or 
■white pelican, usually considered an almost exolusively 
Pacific Coast bird, is numerous in many parts of Florida, 
especially at the mouth of the St. John’s River, and on the 
out^j- bars along the coast. He has never known one ta¬ 
ken at Jacksonville. Mr. Ridgway informs him that the 
roughness of Ike bill is only a Summer or breeding orna¬ 
ment_“L. E. L.” tells us t'hatin San Diego, Cal., gulls 
are protected and act as street scavengers, as do the buz¬ 
zards in Charleston, S. C., and are far more picturesque 
and interesting. They sit on tire ridges of the buildings in 
long rows, descending in flocks to dispose of any refuse 
cast out, and sometimes light and scream over the bits like 
gamins over cigar stumps. Some among them arc exceed¬ 
ingly handsome birds, pure while and dove color, and in 
their perfect confidence they are very amusing, as well as 
useful members of the Board of Public Works... .A lady 
in Clifton, Staten Island, has succeeded in capturing a ver¬ 
itable singing mouse, which had for some time made.itself 
heard. 
—The Annual Report of the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology at Cambridge, Mass., shows that the gentlemen 
there are busy iu working up and making available to stu¬ 
dents the vast collections, and that the care of 
no part of them is being neglectgd. No person going to 
Boston or Cambridge should fail to visit this splendid mu¬ 
seum, which is the fittest monument that could ever be 
erected to its immortal founder, Professor Louis Agassiz. 
—There is a very large cat in a store in Boston whose 
coat is exactly tawny in hue. Yellow cats and reddish 
cats are not uncommon, but a perfect lion color is almost 
never seen, and suggests our Tabby’s relationship. There 
used to be in Salem, Mass., an enormous cat which was 
regularly striped, had a short, thick head, and was in all 
respects a miniature tiger. 
—The gale last week came near blowing over the eagle’s 
cage af Central Park and letting the noble birds "free. The 
other out-door houses of the menagerie were badly shaken. 
A Seal in the Delawaue. —A seal was captured iu the 
Delaware River at Trenton, N. J., a few days ago. It is a 
very unusual occurrence, and Dr. Charles C. Abbott, of 
that city, has wrilen to the Trenton Gazette some notes 
concerning it. He says this seal is of the common species 
of the Atlantic coast, that have been simply driven away 
from these waters by civilization. When the Swedes set¬ 
tled in South Jerse y and on the Pennsylvania shore they 
had quite a large seal fishery. Dr. Abbott lias found in 
that vicinity, among what are called "kitchen refuse 
heaps,” consisting of stone implements and pottery, large 
-quantities of the bones of the Beal, showing that they 
were in common use. 
A Lucky Pahtkidge.— The following entertaining little 
story of agrouse was included in a letter from "Gypsey,” 
whose pungent pen has heretofore contributed to these col¬ 
umns. Our readers will notice the similarity of behavior , 
between the partridge before the mirror, and the kinglets 
described by “Mrs. E. I.," in Forest and Stream for 
January Oth. The story reads thus:— 
few evenings ago, just as an artist friend of ours stepped ont of 
his studio, a partridge started from the door stone and fijing against a 
lattice-work screen was captured all alive aud fluttering. She was quite 
unhurt, a fine well-grown bird, and is now domesticated In a suitable 
cage, glass in front, and with a looking glass at the back, and it is in¬ 
teresting to watch theabsnrd antics she indulges iq to attract the attention 
or the other bird, (in the mirror), suchasonty a partridge or a turkey cork 
could venture upon. She has become very tame under the constant 
interviews she is subject to, aud picks up her rations of corn, buckwheat, 
bittersweet hemes, frost grapes, and chopped cabbage in a decidedly 
rntion-al manner; and would, perhaps, take a criiiCal peek at snndiy pic¬ 
tures in oil and water color that have already been done of her, could 
she have the free run of the studio. But how she came’to drop herself 
beside that door on that particular evening is the puzzle. It is true that 
E. S. P. had snapped a couple of caps at a partridge not far from the 
spot on the afternoon previous, and perhaps dame Partlett reasoned, 
like C-apt. Scot’s ’coon, that it was best u> save her pretty plumage and 
come down at discretion. For the present she is well housed and cared 
for, and a useful ‘sitter,’ and when the breeding season comes will be 
turned out to do her eggs -act duty amqng her bivoders and slfseis. 
—A great flight of little auks [Mcrffulus (tile) over Great 
Britain has keen chronicled by numerous notes in the Eng¬ 
lish papers. The country peoj?]<*there cull them “rotcli- 
ies.” Here they usually go by the name of “sea-doves,” 
or “dovkies.” It is rare to find more than a few in this 
southern latitude even in winter, and still more rare to find 
them inland; hut iu November, 1871, two individuals were 
-captured after a cold northeast storm at Middletown, Conn., 
thirty miles from the coast. The same storm drove a lot 
of the little auks to Middletown, Mass., and for a few 
days they were taken by collectors in large numbers along 
the const of Massachusetts, particularly at Cambridge and 
Ipswich. ______ 
Jacksonville, Fla., January 1870. 
Gsn^et/Len;—Yonr letter or the 20th inn., together with the box of 
trolling baits, was received yesterday. Believing that your ankles are 
superior to all others in jhe market, I will assist to introduce them to 
those who fish in Southern waters. Will give your new baits a fair trial 
in a day or two. Enclosed herewith you liuve a bunk draft on New York 
lor $10.04, the amonnt of your bill. Very respectfully yours, 
F. E. SrrNNtn. 
Messrs. W. I). Chapman & Son. Theresa, N. Y. 
Thompson & Son. 338 Broadway, use no sugar of lead m waterproof¬ 
ing their suits. Sugar or lead will not; stand washing, aud amongst old 
sportsmen is considered detrimental to health, making them liable to 
rheumatic attacks. Thompson’s suits ore guaranteed to be thoroughly 
waterproof, even after being washed, and me as goon and cheaper than 
guy other suits iu the market.— Advertisement. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
She gimnel. 
A KENNEL. REGISTER. * 
W E liave opened at tills office a Kennel Stud Book, or 
Register, for the pupose of registering the pedi¬ 
grees of dogs of every description, native as welt as for¬ 
eign. With the increased'care and attention that is now 
given to breeding (sporting dogs in particular), a Register 
of this kind has become an absolute necessity. Its advan¬ 
tages, both to the breeder and purchaser, are too apparent 
to require comment. The book is to be a public one, open 
to inspection at any time, and a copy of any pedigree con¬ 
tained therein can be obtained on the payment of a small 
fee to cover the expeuse of copying. No pedigree will be 
received for registration unless properly Authenticated, and 
we shall make it our duty, so far as lies in our power, to 
see that they are correctly given. If coming from a stran¬ 
ger, the attestation of some person known to us will be re¬ 
quired. Upon registering, a pedigree, the owner of the dog 
will receive a certificate signed by us, giving the number 
and folio upon which it is to be found. We shall publish 
each week a list of the dogs registered and’owners' names. 
At the end of each mouth a copy of the index of the book 
will be printed, and at the end of the year, or at shell time 
as may be deemed advisable, the pedigrees will he printed 
in the shape of a handsome book, illustrated with engrav¬ 
ings of Die dogs whose portraits have appeared in our 
paper. 
The question of pedigrees is one which lias so recently 
acquired importance that there are many fi ne dogs, both 
native and imported, in this country, whose' owners have 
given tlio matter but little attention. And yet many of 
'the dogs have attained a widespread reputation. We 
might instance, as eases in point, Mr. Jarvis’ Dick, aud the 
fine (old pointer, Phil, imported by Col. Sam Coll, of 
Hartford; and yet we should desire to sec these dogs and 
their progeny registered as a starting point for future ref-» 
erence. So that at Ihis'early stage it is difficult to deter¬ 
mine what shall, in this country, constitute a pedigree. A 
few years hence we might fix the limit at a certain number 
of generations; now, it will not do to draw tlie line too 
close, and lovers of an ancieut lineage can, if they choose, 
base their estimates of value upon Die-length of the ped¬ 
igree. 
The charge for registering a pedigree wilL be one dollar; 
hut for every dog registered the owner will be entitled to a 
copy of the Kennel Stud Book at half the regular price. 
The Register and certificates are now ready, and we are 
prepared to receive either pedigrees or simply names for 
registration. This plan has received the unqualified ap¬ 
proval of many gentlemen who may he classed as repre¬ 
sentative breeders and sportsmen, aud we do not doubt 
that such a hook, carefully and conscientiously kept, will 
he of immense value to the present as well as future gene¬ 
rations of sportsmen. 
RANGER. 
T HE subject of our illustration this week is the win¬ 
ner of the first premium for pointers at the Chicago 
Bench Show, just concluded. We regret to say that the 
picture does not dq Ranger justice, not through any fault 
of artist or engraver, hut from the fact that it was drawn 
from a picture which is faulty in outline, and no dog can 
be more perfect and curve in outline than he is. Ranger’s 
pedigree may he summarized as follows:— 
"Tiie original pointer bitch Nell was owned by Douglass, audiraported 
from Scotland about the year 1850. While oil tire way, the hitch Jennie 
was whelped. Tills Jennie was visited by the pointer dog Driver, also 
noted for liia good qualities, and owned by E. D. Eldridge. Color, v\ kite 
aud liver. Jennie whelped but one pup, Fannie, and she was visited by 
Dime; color, white and liver; owned by David Cratf. Dime was sired 
by the imported English pointer dog Snot, owned by E. F. Saddler, Esq., 
of McGregors, Iowa. From Dime aud Fannie was whelped the pointer 
bitch Kate, owned by Win. B. Lutz, Esq., of Lake City. Kate was 
visited* by Rake, an imported English pointer, owned by Col. N. E. 
Geener, of Lake City, Mtnn. Rake was liver and while ticked, ‘ and from 
that issue Ranger was whelped” on the 27th of December, 1872, making 
him a little over three years old, 
To give a tithe of Hanger's exploits in the field would 
occupy more space than we can spare. His owner, Mr. S. 
B. DilJy, of Lake City, Minn., has alone shot fully a thou¬ 
sand birds over him during the past three seasons. He 
writes us:— 
“I hunted Ranger for the first time on piunated grange the 1st of 
August, 1873, and killed forty-four, and uiy friend Fait field twenty-three 
over him the first day lie pointed the first scent he got fully twenty 
rods away, and very cautiously approached within about fifteen yard* 
and it was almost mi possible to get him further, and, as the day warmed 
up, he would work elouer. It was tedious, for his scent aud caution* 
were wonderful. As the season wore along he did much bctLer. and at 
the close of hunting, late in the season, he was perfection on late and 
wild birds iu stubble and short cover. From the beginning he was a 
swift and exceedingly fine ranger, covering Ills ground perfectly, and 
obedient to the whistle, or command. lie dropped to shot from the first 
us if lie had been trained to It for years. I killed that year over him 
between three and four hundred birds. Ilis second year in the field 
was wonderful, he pointed his birds at first scent, and would not stir 
nntll 1 cume up, when he would walk up to his birds and point with a 
decision and fairness that was pleasing and beautiful. No matter whether 
on a break-neck speed down wind, his uuse was so fine that not a bird 
was Hushed, and right here I will May that I have never known him to 
flush a bird, and I challenge any one to say that he ever has.” 
.Id confirmation of this we Lave a letter from Mr. C. A. 
Zimmerman, the well-known sportsman, of St. Raul, to 
the same effect, describing Ranger as tLc Lest ranging dog- 
it Las ever been Lis privilege to meet or shoot over. Mr. 
Sloan M. Emery, of Lake City, also writes to the same ef¬ 
fect, aud says emphatically that, after Laving been under 
Lis observation and shooting over him for tUree years, “J 
have never human him to flush a bird," Hia stock, of which 
•there are two litters that were shot over last season, all par¬ 
take of his peculiar qualities, and not a poor one has been 
turned out. 
We selected RaDger as the representative pointer to be 
cast in a solid figure for tbe base of our Chicago. Cup, the 
principal ptize at that show; a portrait of RaDger also or¬ 
namented the salver which formed a portion of the service 
presented by us at the Memphis Bench Show and Field 
Trials, and as we liave received inquiries from several gen¬ 
tlemen in that direction for information regarding Ranger, 
they now have the matter in detail. 
BREEDING OF SETTERS AND POINT¬ 
ERS. 
W ITHIN the past five years quite an impetus has been 
given to the importation of Setters, pointers, and 
other dogs for field purposes, by gentlemen, with the laud¬ 
able object of producing, if possible, a better quality of 
such dogs than we already have in this country. This 
effort certainly is commendable, and every unprejudiced 
sportsman will be thankful to those gentlemen for their 
enterprising liberality. But as a very old and careful 
breeder of setters and pointers, let us suggest that there is 
great danger of running the tiling into the ground, by 
breeding indiscriminately with dogs of unknown qualifica¬ 
tions because they are imported front widely-advertised 
English kennels. When we first turned our attention to 
shooting, selecting, and breeding setters and pointers, full 
fifty years ago, such matters were considered by most of 
the community rather beneath the attention'of a gentle¬ 
man, and when almost any oue was seen with a gun on his 
shoulder, he was pretty sure to be looked upon as an idle 
fellow who never would amount to much in the end. 
And litis reminds us of an instance allowing the fallacy of 
such views. Full thirty years ago, when we were resid¬ 
ing at Trenton, N. J., there came to that city Mr. B., then 
a young gentleman who had just graduated at Princeton 
College, who had, like ourself, a perfect infatuation for 
dog and gun; but in consequence of close application to 
his studies and the want of proper exercise, his health be¬ 
came considerably impaired, and in order to regain that, 
and to indulge in his favorite sport before commencing the 
study of the law, lie devoted much of his time with us iu 
the field, and it soon become a common remark among his 
friends and others that Mr. B., although a very promising 
young man, never would amount to. anything, as he was 
too fond of ltis dog and gun. But, although he shot much 
with us forfull fifteen years, and is now certainly one of 
the most skillful and accomplished field sportsmen itt 
America, he is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the State of New Jersey, and among the foremost in the 
legal profession in this couutiy. 
But notwithstanding the absurd views so mauy persons 
had in those dajs about field sports and tbe breeding 
of dogs for that purpose, we continued to pursue it.. And 
as every skillful sportsman knows that a good day’s sport 
depends upon good, well-broken dogs, we liave ever 
since that time devoted our best judgment in order to se¬ 
cure tbe best strain of dogs for tbe purpose; and then, too, 
we have availed ourselves of the judgment of such geu- 
tlempn as Mr. G. \V. McKelnay, of Trenton, N. J.; Mr: 
R. A. Drake, of Hopewell, N. J.; Mr. Theo. Morford, of 
Newton, N. J., and many other practical, unprejudiced 
skillful field sportsman who, instead of making wonderful 
bags of game around Die fire at home, and writing up their 
knowledge of field sports by reading books upon the sub¬ 
ject, arc just such men as know what a good desirable 
strain of dogs is when they come to shoot over them. And 
for many years those gentlemen and ourselves gave much 
attention to the different strains of dogs of the day, but 
found no better than llie descendants of the old setter 
Grouse, sontellitng of the history of whom we gave in a 
late number of our paper. But when the latter strain of 
dogs began to wane, we secured Bruce, Don, aud a bitch of 
the Gildersleeve strain; but with this strain wo found no 
betlerdogs for service in the field, yet we found dogs pos¬ 
sessing more desirable qualifications than any others we 
have tiled. The Giklorsleeves, when properly bred, are 
very easily broken, liave good dog scent, naiurally staunch 
on game, good tempered, easy of control, never gun shy, 
and with all are generally handsome, well-formed, orange 
and white dogs of great industry and endurance, and we 
have had no ditfioulty in raising the pups. 
One of the most important matters tc be observed in 
breeding is to" breed from both dog and bitch which are 
good, steady, well broken dogs, and the more worn they 
have had on game the better; and then, too, we have found 
that working the bitch moderately while she is with pup is 
advantageous. We do not presume to say that good does 
cannot be bred from a thoroughbred dog and bitch which, 
had never been hunted, hut we know that pups thus bred 
require far more skill uml attention to make good dogs of 
them. 
Mr. Theo. Morford, of Newton,.N. J., has recently be¬ 
come the possessor of tbe famous red Irish setter Ranger, 
imported by Mr. Jenkins, oF Baltimore, and being asked if 
lie intended to cross him with his own slock, bis answer 
was: “I certainly will not breed to him at all, unless be 
shall turn out to be a good, staunch, well-broken dog, wiih 
good uose and free from timidity,” If all breeders would 
pursue this course there would be far less complaint about 
timid, inferior dogs. The Laverock setter Pride of ilia 
Bolder, imported by C- II. Raymond, Esq., lias proved ta 
be a good, staunch, well-broken dog, with fine nose and 
great endurance. We therefore bred a few American-bred 
