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there can be no lack of food for wrena, nor for tattlers. Baltimore 
orioles are much plenlict of late yearn than they Were thirty years ago, 
when the sight of one waa an event in the lives of na youngsters, At 
least half a dozen pairs bnild within thirty rods of our honse evory year 
Jone 1st. —Heard a cuckoo. It. Ei Robinson. 
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A PERSECUTED ORNITHOLOGIST. 
MachiaS, Jnnc 8th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:- 
I write to tell you of the scrape yon have got me into by publishing 
my letter, and also the udvautage of advertising in your columns. Every 
mail I receive, which is once a week, brings me from three to five letters 
from persons wanting eggs. My farm takes up my time so that I am not 
able to get them for them, bnt X have spoken to several fishermen to get 
llmm for me, and will supply them so far ns I am able. But It is too 
late for most kiuds. I believo I wrote something about tbe “flying 
place.’’ 1 have made iuquiry, and can tell more about It, A friend of 
mine was there one day last April, and he said he saw birds enough fly 
through that day to load a vessel of *00 tons. This is a large story, 
but from all I have heard about the place large nnmbers of birds fly 
through. The first that come, they say, are old, strong birds that fly 
high so lhat few are killed. Later in the season the young birds come 
along that do not fly so high and more arc shot. I hear that a party 
from Portland were there a lew days week before laBt, and bagged 310 
birds. One of them, I hear, was President of the Grand Trank Rail¬ 
road. Gilbert Longfellow. 
Recent Arrivals at the Philadelphia Zoological Garden.— 
Eleven gray gophers (SpermophUm Frttnklini). Presented. One screech 
owl {Poops asio). Presented by Rev. Edgar M. Levy, l’hlla. One alli¬ 
gator (A mltsisfippietisls). Presented. One water snake (Ferodla fan- 
data). Presented by Jos. M. Wilson, Washington, D. C. Nine prairie 
dogB (Gynomys tudovuianm). Born in the Garden. One manatee or 
sea-cow (Manatm american’/s). Presented. Forty-eight large bull, 
frogs {Sana pipiens). Presented byJuo. H. Dusenbury, Phila. One 
loon (Colymivt toupiatus). Presented by Adam Matsinger, Phila. Four 
beavers (Castor canadensis). Presented. Arthur E. Brown, 
General Superintendent. 
If a person swallows any poison whatever, or has fallen 
into convulsions from having overloaded the stomach, an 
instantaneous remedy, more efficient and applicable in a 
larger number of cases than half a dozen medicines we can 
now think of, is a heaping teaspoon of common salt, and as 
much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in a teacup of water, 
warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It is scarcely down 
before it begins to come up, bringing with it the remaining 
contents of the stomach; and lest there be any remnant of 
a poison however small, let the white of an egg, or a tea¬ 
cup of strong coffee, be swallowed as soon as the stomach 
is quiet; because these very common articles nullify a larger 
number of virulent poisons than any medicines in the shops. 
£#* znd §iter 
FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
Trout, salmo fontinalis. Shad, Alosa- , 
Salmon, Palino solar. Laud-locked Salmon, Palmo Gloveri. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo eon finis. Grayling, Thymallus tricolor. 
Black Bass, mcropterus nigricans. 
For list of seasonable flies for June see our Issne of June 8lh. 
Fish in Market. —-An inspection of the slabs in our va¬ 
rious markets shows that choice fish of all kinds are in 
great abundance and selling at low prices. The new In¬ 
tercolonial Hallway now brings us salmon direct from the 
Restigouche. The first were received in refrigerator cars 
on Tuesday, coming consigned to E. G. Blackford. They 
were superb fish, weighing 15 pounds each, and as fresh 
as though out of the Penobscot. We quote: Striped bass, 
15 to 20 cents per pound; bluefish, 10 cents; salmon, 18 
cents; mackerel, 10 to 15 cents each; weakfish, 10 cents 
per pound; Spanish mackerel, 25 cents; green turtle, 12£ 
ceuts; terrapin, $12 per dozen;halibut, 15cent3 per pound; 
haddock, 8 cents; kingfish, 25 cents; codfish, 8 cents; 
blackfish, 10 to 15 cents; flounders, 10 eents; eels, 18 cents; 
lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 12 cents; soft clams, 80 to 
60 cents per 100; brook trout, $1 per pound; liard-sliell 
crabs, $4 per 100; soft crabs, $1.25 per dozen; frog’s legs, 
45 cents per pound. 
—Some fair catches of large weakfish have been made 
off Robin’s Reef during the week. Bluefish have en¬ 
tered the Great South Bay in immense numbers, and large 
catches have been made both with squid and chum. 
—The Baited States Centennial Commission announce 
an International Fly-easting Tournament on or about 
August 15lb, to be held on the border of the lake in the 
Centennial grounds. An extended list of prizes, none of 
less value the $20 will be offered under the regulations of 
the New York State Sportsman’s Association. It is pro¬ 
posed to have three separate tournaments, the first with 
single-handed trout rods; the second with two-handed sal- 
mon rods; and the third with the squid or spoon. The 
affair will be in charge of Mr. Fred Mather, Superinten¬ 
dent of Aquaria, Agricultural Department, Centennial 
Commission, who invites correspondence from all inter¬ 
ested. 
Fishing in Canada. —Certain persons in Rochester and 
elsewhere are making much ado, with many disparaging 
reflections upon the Canadians, because the Dominion Gov¬ 
ernment charges one dollar for a permit to fish in Rice 
Lake and the lakes back of Peterborough, in Canada. We 
see no cause of objection to the charge. As Seth Green 
says in a letter to us, we have better fishing in our own 
waters. There will be good salmon-trout fishing in Cay¬ 
uga, Seneca, Hemlock, Canandaigua, Skaneateles, Otsego, 
and Crooked lakes, and many others that have been stocked 
within the last three or four years. If the Canadians deem 
it poiitic <o charge for their fishing they have a right to do 
bo, and outsiders have no just cause of eomplaiut. The 
fact is, that a permit is required by law for fishing in any 
Canadian waters in charge of overseers. A permit is re¬ 
quired for the Nepigon, for instance, although it may not 
always be demanded. But*tlu: real cause for this action is 
lost sight of by the malcontents, namely: to prevent pot 
hunting, which has been carried on to a ruinous extent, in 
season and out of season, even in the far off Nepigon. By- 
bringing all fishermen under surveillance, these abuses can 
he iu part prevented. The regulation is certainly not more 
arbitrary than the laws of Kansas, Florida, and, we be¬ 
lieve, of Maine, which prohibits the carrying of certain 
kinds of game out of the State. We could wish our own 
Government were more alert and efficient in the protection 
of our own rivers. Rice Lake is a charming place to visit, 
but as the muscalonge' and black bass—its only game 
fishes—spawn in spring, they are not in good condition 
until August, and belter in September. 
An AquA-ScuTEM.—A small water-proof cape, such as 
can be folded into a small compass and carried comforta¬ 
bly in the pocket is soinetimes a great comfort while fish¬ 
ing. The lower portion of the body is either wet inten¬ 
tionally or protected by wading stockings; hut in case of 
sudden showers the shoulders suffer. Mr. Wakeman Hol- 
herton, of Messrs. Eaton, Holbcrtou, & Co., has iuveuted 
a water-proof cape which is manufactured by his firm and 
which seems to answer Ihe purpose exactly. 
A Chance for a Prize. —Messrs. Conroy Bissett & 
Mallison offer as premiums for the largest weak-fish and 
striped bass caught with rod and reel (not trolling) in the 
waters adjacent to New York during this season, a hand¬ 
some German silver 200 yard reel, and a fine Germau 
silver bass rod. All fish are to be taken to their store aud 
weighed. The prizes are now on exhibition and gentle¬ 
men are invited to call at No. 65 Fulton street, and register 
their names. 
—Restigouche salmon are finding their way iuto the 
Boston market in large quantities since the opening of the 
Intercolonial Railway. 
—Shad have been very plentiful in the Lower Miramichi 
the present spring. 
—The Key West Dispatch claims that the entire fishing 
trade of that port amounts to $125,000 a year, 
—Black-bass are taken to BOme extent in the Delaware 
at Milford, Pike county, about fifty miles above Easton. 
—The jury on agricultural machinery at the Centennial 
Exhibition have decided to abandon the old practice of 
field trials, believing that no lair estimate of the value of 
machines can be formed from such trials. The quality of 
durability, for instance, which is one of the most import¬ 
ant in a competition of reapers, plows, &c., cannot be as¬ 
certained at all by a single exhibition of their working. 
The jury will therefore merely examine the machines as 
they stand in Agricultural Hall" and will recommend such 
makes as seem to them to combine the most improvements. 
For like reasons it is equally difficult, as we have already 
stated, to determine the superiority of fishing rods by fly¬ 
casting contests only. 
—The schooner Golden West arrived at New London 
the 6tli from the South Sea, with 2,600 South Sea seal skins 
arid 460 Cape Horn skins. Her owners are happy. She 
has been out eleven months, and has not lost a single man 
or met -with a disaster. The South Sea seal skins are con¬ 
sidered equal to the South Shetland skins, and are worth 
$20 each, while the Cape Horn skins only sell from $7 to 
$8. Nearly all the seal skins are exported to London, 
England being the best market. 
—The herring fishery off the Canada coast this spring 
has been most successful, the fish being more abundeut 
than for many years. Ninety vessels loaded iu a short 
time, thirty-two cargoes being shipped to the United Slates 
and fifly-seven to Denmark. Codfish and mackerel have 
replaced the herring aud are plentiful. 
^ Maine — Maehias, June. —Black fish and brook trout 
plenty. Game Association about pulling black bass in the 
lakes now filled with pickerel. One salmon caught with 
fly at Dennysville last week, several at East Machias with 
dip net. Good season thus iar for grouse, deer signs plenty 
in woods. We hope for more fun iu future, for sports¬ 
men seem now to he interested iu game protection. 
S. B. H. 
Massachusetts — Nm Bedford, June 10/A,—Blue-fish are 
plenty aud our lower harbor affords line sport in taking 
them. Sword fishing is now in season. The smack D. B. 
May hew, brought in seventeen, caught yesterday. The 
Cuttyhunk Club house opens this week and then there 
will be large bass to he seen coming over on the Utile 
steamer that runs from here to Cuttyhunk twice a week, 
y Concha. 
1 Connecticut — Bridgeport, June 16/A.—A friend of miue 
tried the striped bass at Niantie, Ct., a few days since- 
caught five fish—oue four pounds, ODe four and a quarter 
pounds, oue five pounds, aud two six pounds weight each. 
They have not struck in very much yet, but soon there 
will be fine fishiug (here, Tnveo gentlemen went Fri¬ 
day last to Deep Water Rock, near the light house iu 
Black Rock Harbor, lor black-fish. They brought home 
fifty-two fish ranging from one to four pounds. One was 
caught which turned the scales at eight and a half pounds. 
We called this very fair fishing. A blue-fish was caught 
in a seine last week in onr harbor weighing ton and a half 
pounds. This is extraordinary for tilts part of the Sound. 
New Jersey— Barnegat Inlet — Kinsey's Ashley Douse, 
June 12/A.—A Purvis, l'UiladeJphbv, 4 sheepshead, 26 sea 
bass, being first sheepshead of the season. June 18th. A 
Purvis, 66 sea bass aud biaok-flsh, 12 sheepshead; John P. 
Tuaddell, E. B. Tuaddeil, J. L. TuafidelJ, Philadelphia, 
26 bluefish; Joel Ridgeway and party, 55 blue-fish; J. O. 
McCurdy & Co., of Philadelphia, 60 blue-fish; Jr. R. Ag- 
new & Co., Philadelphia, 08 blue-fish. June 14th. A 
Purvis, 13 sheepshead; professional fisherman, from 5 to 
12 sheepshead each. Juue 15ih. A Purvis, 20 sheepshead; 
professiouals, from 5 to 17 eace; blue-fish not biting, best 
boat, West & Co., Philadelphia, 13. June 16th. J. C. 
McCurdy & (Jo., 29 blue-fish, the only catch worth report¬ 
ing; R. S. Laqnior, N. Y., and A. Purvis, 7 sheepshead; 
P. P, Guslinc, Jacob Fries, and 11. Myers, Philadelphia, 
2(1 sheepshead; about 125by professionals, June 17th, W. 
P. Biddle, J. A. Jones, S. Law, and Capt. Grim, 00 blue- 
fish; Jits. Willcox, Philadelphia, 30 blue-fish; R. Laquier, 
N. Y., 7 sheepshead; P. P. Gustine & Co., Philadelphia, 
45 sheepshead; by professionals about 150 sheepshead. 
Mr. John Kinder has established a bulletin hoard at his 
sportsmen’s depot, 2d and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, 
where daily telegrams are received from Barnegat Inlet, 
quoting the catches of fish at that point. It will be of great 
benefit to the Philadelphia sportsmen. B, 
if —As iar as I can learn there seems to he little disposi¬ 
tion to violate the shad fishing law on the Delaware. 1 be¬ 
lieve further lhat this arises from a decided disposition on 
the part of flslx wardens and a few others to make it hot 
for violators. The disposition to enforce the law is 
stronger, I think, iu Jersey than Pennsylvania. Small 
rock and perch bite freely in the streams flowing into the 
Delaware from the Bay to Trenton. Bass are more plenti¬ 
ful in the Schuylkill this year than last, the average catch 
being belter iu numbers and weight. Sculls, 
Canada — Chatham, N. B., June 17/A.—Quite alarge num¬ 
ber cf anglers hav evisited Indiantown within the past 
fortnight for the purpose of killing the famous sea trout 
lhat frequent the waters of the Southwest Miramichi at 
that place. On Friday and Saturday last about a dozen 
rods could he counted within a distance of half a mile 
along the bank of the river. The weather was not favor¬ 
able as there was morejor less rain both days, and Ihe run 
of fish was the poorest that has been known at Indian- 
town for several years at a corresponding date. A good 
many trout and salmon were taken, however, the trout be¬ 
ing of fair average size aud the salmon of mixed quality— 
black and spring. The luckiest rods killed fifteen to 
eighteen trout and one or two salmon a day, while the 
others did not get satisfactory fares. The trout caught 
during the two days ranged from one to three and a half 
pounds in weight, and the salmon, of which Mr. Oir cap¬ 
tured four or five witli ids own rod, averaged about ten 
pounds each. We believe that the comparative scarcity of 
trout at Indiantown is due to the fact that the season lias 
been very backward. 
Fishing Movements. —We notice considerable activity 
in tlie mackerel market the past week, the number of ar¬ 
rivals being 22, with fares ranging from 50 to 300 barrels. 
Mackerel have put in an appearance off shore, and opera¬ 
tions were quite lively the first of this week. The receipts 
for the week have been about 2,000 bbls., with a lively de¬ 
mand and a competition among commission buyers that 
gave a healihy tone to the market, prices ranging from $8 
to $11 per bbl., as to quality. The receipts of Bank fish 
have been small, Ihe number of arrivals reported being 5 
from Grand aud 1 from Western Banks, with a total catch 
of 65,000 lbs. cod and 820,000 lbs. halibut. Prices have 
been well maintained. Georges have been in fair receipt, 
but the weather has been unfavorable for curing. We 
notice a slight downward tendency in prices, but no break 
of any consequeuce yet, and shipments are made daily at 
former quotations. The number of Gnomes arrivals for 
the week has been 62, and the receipts 930,000 lbs. cod-fish 
aud 130,000 lbs. halibut. One"vessel has arrived from the 
Magdalen Islands, with a full fare of pickled herring. 
Total number of fishiug arrivals for the week, 91 .—Cape 
Ann Advertiser, June 10/A. 
COCK-ROACHES FOR BASS BAIT. 
Washington, D. C., Jane 16tb, 1876. 
Editor Forest and 8tream:— 
Tiiinking you would like to hear a good joke, I send the following: 
While fishing for baas near Washington, a gentleman who I think never 
Ashed Tor bass before, asked if we ever used roach Tor bait. We answered 
yes, and forthwith tie palled ont of bis pocket a bottle filled with 
cock-roaches. Well, if we dld’ntyell, you bet. He asked why we were 
laughing. We told him, aud showed him the difference. He wiped, but 
face aud packed np, and went home to whip some one. G. W 
Jf7/p fennel. 
RETRIEVING. 
A MONG the most important matters in the breaking of 
dogs to shoot over is, that they should be properly 
find and retrieve the fallen birds. Nothing mars the plea¬ 
sure of a day’s shooting more than to be compelled to leave 
behind us a dead or wounded bird; and this trouble would 
very rarely arise if proper judgment is exercised in break¬ 
ing. The mistake that most shooters make is, that in their 
haste to secure the fallen bird they will walk directly over 
the ground where it has fallen with game about them 
which fills the air with the scent, and consequently the 
dog at once becoms confused with it, aud may run directly 
over the dead bird without findiug it. 
A skillful sportsman never makes au attempt to secure a 
fallen bird until he has reloaded his gun, and then he 
never walks over the ground to help his dog find it, but 
will keep him down, or standing quietly near him until he 
is ordered to ‘‘seek dead.” If the bird is shot directly 
down wind, the shooter should, by all means, get to lee¬ 
ward of the shot before he sends his dog for it. And then, 
too, lie should be very careful by no word or movement to 
excite his dog to quick action. When a dog is near the 
place whoao the bird has fallen the slower he moves the 
sooner he will find it; we mean with dogs which have been 
properly broken to this accomplishment. No one can 
ever have a first-class retrieving dog who will walk over 
the ground and help his dog look for the bird, because a 
dog thus improperly worked will soon neglect to use his 
nose, aud depend, iu a great measure, upon his master to 
find his birds. And then again, another very great mistake 
is frequently made by shooters which is, while the dog is 
trying to find the bird, to pick it up and walk off with it, 
leaving the dog looking for it. We have seen this done 
over and over again. No dog thus managed ever becomes 
a first-class retriever. We have owned many settors and 
pointers who would Dever fail to find a dead or wounded 
bird, unless it got under a rack, stump, or some place 
where the dog could not go, Anothor great mistake is 
