INDEX. 



Page. 

 A Fish thai Hears its Young in (he Month. ...280 



A. Gigantic Star Bah . ,. IBS 



l«i 



A Heartless Parent 140 



A Large Woodcock Family 112 



Albinos 160 



A Man Crocodile Ill 



Anwrioan Golde i r ■-■ er 49 



AnAdir ■ lAboI Pi that 65 



AnAr: i ■ Fish .121 



AnEadnFigbj 261 



Fish iu Like Chaniplain 17 



A New Pheasant 341 



Another " Pipefish " 113 



Antiquities of take Pepin 129 



t .U"oe 33, 61 



A Queer Cross -Coon and Cat 320 



A Queer Fish. . 121 



Rainbow From the Morn 320 



A -Bare Duck. 65 



Arrivals at Central Park Menagerie. . . .17, 82, 



90, 161, 177, 209, 281, 311(1, oil, 389, 121, 110 

 Arrivals at the Phila. Zoological Garden. . .17, 

 ; , 225. 241. 262. 231, 300. 



321, 311, 261, 401, 421, 441 



A Short Lecturo on Fishes ..176 



A Strange Bud 332 



A Tale of a Coon 97 



A Three-Thousand Pound Fish 65 



Audacity in Hawks 221, 300 



A White Deer 153 



A Woodpecker at Fort Sanders i 



Barn OwIb 300 



Basking and Bone Sharks 17, 65 



Bay of Fundv Notes 100 



Birds of Clark's Island. Mass 96 



Birds of Central New York 160 



Birds of District of Columbia 133, 267 



Birds of Eastern Dakota. .. 176, 192, 221. 211, 261 



Birds of Webster 33, 49, 90, 113, 146 



Black Baas and Oswego Bass 300 



Black Duck in the Book? Mountains 4 



Black Bail of Massachusetts 33, 120 



Bounties For Wild Game in Vermont 203 



Breeding Season For Quail 421 



Carp in Virginia 113, 208 



OatchiiiL ' ii Pish Hooks 6o 



Catfish— Curious Habits of 96 



Cause of the Fish-like Odor in Water 421 



Champlain Pickerel 33 



Chinese Quail and Cal. Pigeons 100 



Clup9a and Correconus 4 



Crow Blackbirds Eat Fish 129 



Distribution of Animals by Swimming 128 



Does tho Osprey Tako Dead Fish? 1, 221 



Do Fish Sleep? ....... *21 



Domestic Life of the Brown Thrasher 145 



Domestication of the Canada Goose .177 



Domesticated Wild Geeso 50, 360 



Do Minks Climb Trees ?................. 177 



Do Woodpeckers Destroy Birds' Nests?. ...195 



Duration of Life of Anim&lB. 280, 4.1 



Dwarfed Maskelonge 241 



Eagle— Capture of a Large One 17 



English Sparrows 261, 360, 379, 420 



FaunTof 'Michigan IK. 2*1, 241 ^61 -SU,^ 



Fauna of Montana JJ7 



Flora of Arizona JJJ 



Firing Squirrels 4 *" 



Florida Notes, by G. A. Bnardman 32 



Food of the BSd Cross-Bill 1*7 



Fresh Water Fish in Salt Water 340 



Fresh and Salt Water Eels 2W 



Game in Southern Wyoming 400 



Golden Pheasants . 33 



Gold Fish Destroyed by Eels 22 



■'- Bear 260 



Green Winged Teal.... Kg 



Growth of NewEina in Fish 83 



Habits of Eels w 



Habits of the Moose 30 



Half Hours With an Aqnarum. . 81 



How Eagles and Fish Hawks Feed tho Poor. .160 



How the Oyster Builds His Shell 260 



Imported Birds Jw 



Indian Graves in Utah M'[ 



Identity of Black Bass *J 



^Sini^erAnimaisV.v;..:..v.::::::::ili 



toL-^lau 4 Ceeso Feathers IV: 



Left Handed Shells 360, 280, 42 



Mammalia and Birds of Scandinavia jj-g 



Mammals of Canada *% 



Migrations of Birds hr Spring 178 



Migration of Deer. ~0b 



Migration of Kingbirds 224 



Migratory Quail jf 



Mesmerizing Animals " ifi 



Mooting Birds... ••• sif 



Moles and Their Habits... 114, 224 



Mollusca of Newfoundland 3bU 



Moose-Habits of 30 



Nashville Notes 360 



Naturalists in Uniform «■■■'» 



WoaKno nf the Bose-Breasted Groabeck 145 



145 



Hiffifcalfanof the American Kinglets 33 



Nomenclature ]f 



Not all an Oyster Mi 



Notes on the Caribou • • ■ ■?? 



Osprevs Taking D«id Fish H-o, o 



Our Winter Visitors 1» 



Our „~ 



( hvla, the Burrowing, of Texas. . . . 

 ine Falcon 



Phveis \: . 



laskal'ouge'. .177, 212, 320, 351! 



50 



a Sea Serpent... 



Pi 



Wt< 



Prir 



I'rol. nwiui u.. iu~ j 



Pugilistic Beavers «" 



Bare Buds of tho Tropics j^O 



ae Million 380 



Blue Birds 147 



Bednsh of the Northwest ™ 



Bed-Headed Woodpeckers. ... • ■ -120 



„j L.I. Historical Society 



■ Bird. 280 





: Habits., 



"''>£» 



tn 



! """ ™J 



-r; 



"S 



■ osed Salmon ur, 



Some Klorida I mIi . ;„; 



Southern Mammals sigrj .■■, 



Southern W , .jm 



Spring Arrivals of Common Birds,! ... .'.'...'.4QC 



ii i 1 '-, 880 



8 i' m3 B : is nf the Mississippi ' 17 



Sfnped Bass in Fresh W iter 285 



Ti.me Wu:1 G-ar. 3E m 



Taurup vs. the Trout. 380 



The Cisco ' "179 



The Ciam Dissected 224 



rr. '.....'. ..".'.'.:m 



Tlio ETeubsn-ier and His Habits '.'.'. '.320, 400 



The Peabody Museum .860 



The Staked Plaius " 'gel 



The Wuxwing '...'.'.'. '.'.'.'.".'." 50 



The Wild or Canada Goose 17 



Treeing a Fox .'....'..... ..177 



tea 024 



Sharks '.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'." '.".320 



Wet Weather Birds 201, 326 



What Becomes of Our Foreign Song Birds 129 



Wintellsh of the Osweaatnhie 113 



Wild Geese Domesticated.. .. 96 



Wild Turkeys— Their Introduction 'iii'Eng- 



„ Jana .;226 



Wild Geese in Confinement 208 



Woodcock in Florida 1 29 



Where Thev Breed 82 



Yellow Pool Wood Warbler 129 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 

 Abroad Again 365 



Adirondack Tales ,.,, 251 



A Mad World and its Inhabitants ' 25 



American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting. ..165 



Annual Record of Science and Industry 331 



Bulletin of Essex Institute 3:11 



Canadian Birds of Prev 265 



Canada Cricketer's Guide 365 



Domesticated Trout 179 



Friend Fritz 73 



Fruit and Bread, a Scientific Diet ......... Y.'itS 



Guide to Bichardson and Rangelev Lakes. . . .365 



Harry 331 



Helmiek's Hard Times Treasurv ... .147 



Herbert's Works 147 



How to Camp Out 165 



How to Baise Fruits 179 



How to Teach 179 



Law and Practice of Euchre 73 



Life of Gen Custer 147, 179 



Log Letters from the Challenger 331 



My Home in Florida in 



Norston's Rest 331 



Ornithologist's Directorv 147 



Phelan's Checker Player 147 



Plains of the Great West 25 



Practical Hints on Dog Breaking 448 



Scientific Publications 65 



Self Love 445 



The Centennial Exposition 10 



The Great West and the Pacific Ooaat 163 



The Heiress in the Familv 331 



The Nnttall Bulletin 431 



Theory of Transverse Strains, etc 73 



The Pocket Geologist 411 



The Practical Kennel Guide 165 



The Two Americas 165, 227, 368 



The Yellowstone National Tark 25 



Magazines 10, 25, 73, 87, 104, 115, 147, 



179, 227, 365, 411, 431 



POETRY. 



A New Legend of the Forget-me-not 13 



Apostrophe to Spring 65 



"Bide a Wee" 93 



Birch Bark 357 



Clam Soup 29 



. 77 



' "3 §£ 







. i\Vinl ...... 



I 



320 



"Even as Thyself 109 



Friendship 237 



Kingsley'a Fox Chase 118 



Jack's Vision 257 



Legend of Yosomile Valley 417 



Making the Harbor Light 377 



Old Cazador'a Dream 20B 



Questions for the Higher Pantheism 61 



Sentiment and Humor 337 



Song of Bait, the Hunter 189 



Sowing 97 



Spring HI 



Tacking Ship Off-Shore 277 



The "Eastern Shore" 45 



The Guileless Guide .173 



The Mountain Lake .' 157 



The Silent Pool 125 



The Trout Brook _ 121 



Trout Fishing 221 



Under the Sod 297 



WeBtern Wild Fowl Shooting 317 



RATIONAL PASTIMES. 



A Plea For Walking 271 



Archery 371, 431 



Athletics in Canada 411 



Athletic Games at Rodger Williams Park 330 



Athletics in Michigan , JgJ 



Base Ball 25, 83, 121, 137, 153, 163, 271, 



390, 445 



Standard Works on Base Ball. S3 



Bermuda Hunt Club 271 



Bicycling lis 



Brooklvn Caledonian Club 390 



Coaching Club 271 



Coursing ."117, 210 



Cricket 104, 271, 304, 351, 390, 411, 431, 445 



Curling S3, 321 



Hudson Caledonian Games 389 



New York Athletic Club 191, 389, 431 



New York Schntzen Corps Festival 352 



Old Greek Athletics 444 



Origin of Handicapping 41-1 



Orion Club Athletics 279 



Bavenswood Athletic Club 431 



Seotti-h Amorican Club 390, 445 



College Athletics 153 



ia 210 



Athletics at, University of Peun 271 



vs. Cambridge si Tulle Shooling. . 



legists Athl_i,.L- Association 390 



dqI Ball 304 



LBm 



FuX Hunting 



ism 7, 1 



ii, ism of Past Ages 



Polo 225, 111, 431 



, Ladies : 



tting 

 thing, 



...10, 25, 104 



Wrestling.. 



RIFLE. 



Amateur Ride Club 134, 192 



American Team of 1S77 308, 448 



Australian Rifle Notes 389 



Berdan Sharpshooters 869 



Capt. Coleman, "the Blind Rifleman" . .347 



Causes of Recoil 150 



Central New York Sportsmen's Club 182 



Dittmar Powder for Biflee 1 19 



English Rifle Shooting 166, 429 



Explosive Bullets 369, 449 



Flat Trajectories 1™ 



Good Targets 70 



Judging Distances 135 



Long Range Rifles »88 



Long Range Shooting Condemned 8 



Mooting of Irish Riflemen 86 



Mr. Hepburn's Wonderful Score 409 



Muzzle vs. Brooch-Loaders 182 



National Rifle Association 22, 134 



Northwestern Rifle Association 248 



"Old Rifleman's" Letter 22 



O range Judd's Experience 264 



Positions in Shooting 329 



Rifle Association of France 166 



Recoil 213,249 



Remington vs. Whitney 70 



Rifle Matches. 



International Match 32, 39, 102, 113, 



263, 310, 368, 408, 428 



Inter-State Matches ..810, 428 



Matches at Creedmoor 166. 182, 22fi, 



218, 263, 261, 265, 283, 399, 310. 329, 



347, 369, 385, 310, 408, 428, 448 



Matches in California 150, 166, 182, 



288. 330, 347 



Matches in Canada 71, 86, 166, 429 



Canada vs. New York 409 



Matches io-Oonnecticnc. ... . 213, 249, 264, 



329, 347, 369, 389, 409 



Matches in Colorado 449 



Matches at Frogmoor, La 264, 289. 



310, 329, 348. 369, 389, 409, 428, 449 



Matches in Mass 213, 226, 264, 288, 



329, 369, 339, 409, 428, 449 



Matohesin New Jersey 213, 264, 288, 



310, 408 

 Matches at other New York Ranges ... .57, 

 71, 86, 166, 192, 213, 249, 261, 288, 309, 



310, 327, 329, 348, 308, 389, 408, 449 



Miscellaneous Rifle Notes 22, 56, 71, 



87, 102, 118, 134, 189. 193, 226. 249, 

 264, 289, 308, 330, 347, 369, 389. 409 

 Matohesin Rhode Island.... 193, 213, 329, 369 



Long Island vs. New Jersey 347 



hi Gauleries. 



Oonliu's 71, 84, 102, 134, 150, 166, 



193, 213, 226, 248, 264, 310, 329 



Creedmoor, Jr 22, 86 



Helwig's 118. 213, 248, 289, 310, 329 



Miley's 8, 22, 39, 57, 102, 150, 166, 182 



Hentz & Carson's Gallery 8 



Gallery Championship 86 



Zettler's Gallery 449 



Sporting Rifles for the Plains 70 



Southern vs. Northern Riflemen 39 



Sub-Calibre Rifles 102,135 



Swiss Match 150 



Target Rifles 226 



The Dittmar Powder 388 



Russians at the Target 87 



The Remington Rifle 213, 830 



The Rifle in Canada 39 



The Sanford Protest 428 



The Scienoe of Shooting 247 



Dnaocountable MisseB 86, 135, 166 



Wiilowbrook Match 347 



What the Riflemen are Doing 39 



Wonderful Shooting that Rev. Mr. Murray 



saw 39 



Walnut Hill Rauge Shoots 128 



Shooting at Zettler's 118, 213, 248. 261, 



310, 329, 368. 408 

 Positions in Shooting 118 



SEA AND RIVER FISHING. 



Alligator Gar Fish 82 



Angling for Trout with Worms 410 



Artiflcial Angle Worms 82, 136 



Battle with a Salmon 185 



Black Bass in the Reservoirs 185 



Buiei' Fishing Notes : 



Alabama 185 



California 209 



Connecticut..,. 209, 209, 2S4, 303, 325, 344, 



388, 409 



Canada 303, 313, 371, 409, 444 



Delaware 179 



Dist. Columbia 167 



Florida IS, 167, 303 



Illinois 1 324 



Maine 209, 213, 303, 324, 344 



Mass 152, 167, 193, 219, 231, 284, 203, 



371, 409, 429, 444 



Michigan 284, 324, 344, 388 



Minnesota 429 



New Hampshire. 18 



New Jorsey. . . .167, 231, 243, 284, 303, 325, 



344, 409, 429 



New York 50, 73, 193, 209, 243, 269, 



284, 303, 325, 344, 429, 444 



Oregon 325 



Pennsylvania. 209, 243, 269, 278, 303, 



324, 325, 410, 444 



Vermont 73, 152, 429 



Virginia 121, 167, 269. 303, 444 



Wisconsin 185, 243, 344, 429, 444 



Cape Fear Notes 244 



Catching Sharks 31 



"Chumming" for Sharks 144 



Coney Island Notes 338 



Curious Fishing Incident 41 



Deep Trolling in Lake George 98 



Dobsimas Bait 444 



Do Ohio Salmon and Perch Take the Fly ? ... 147 



E'isinmTj.v [.ships of Canada " 285 



toggle's CM 121,108 



Pine Trout 152 



Fenton's Number Four 152 



First Shad 136 



1 and Moths 11 



Flies and Flv Fishing 41. 50, 82, 99, 120, 



152', 168, 184, 191, 268. 311, 325, 371, 444 



Fish in Market 9, 18, 40, 50, ■■ 



121, 136, 152, 107, 181, LI I. I0S 

 243. 208, 28!, 3" , 



■ JO, 444 



Fishing for Dram Fish 



Pag a 

 FISHING P.ESORTS— 9, 41, 93, 152. 167 1S5 

 180, 191 



284, 285, 324, 379 



Adirondack Notes 136, 153; 231 371 



Ashland, Like Superior, Route to.. '. ' 388 



Angling in Ovster Biv "ogg 



Black Bans Fishing 93, 136, 175 17ft " " 



t, t.- , • ■ r , „ 1H ' m - m > SS*. 391 



Bass Fialunt; hi Lake George 269 



Bass Fishing at Halifax Inlet, Fla.. ...... 167 



Black Bass of tho Potoi 



..194 



Black Bass Fishing in Southern Waters', " 



Black Bass Season in the Schuvlkill ' ' 345 



Black Bass , the Fish of the Future 18 



Brook trout Fishing at Lake George. ... .168 



Blue Fishing ["" g^ 



Chilli Fishing in Virginia ."..",!,'. ' " 73 



Fishing in Alabama.. "."l85 



Fishing in California .270 



Fishing in Central Park ! . ' " *410 



Fishing in Florida .'.'.'...' 41 



Fishing in Maina '. .'.'332 'ggg 



Fishing in Southern Michigan '.'.'. '.'270 



Fishing Resorts in Pennsylvania.. 137, 278,'324 



Fishing in Trinity River. Texas 168 



Game and Fish of Green River, Ky ls5 



Porter's Lake and Vicinity '.'.'.'" *ls5 



Eangeley Lakes 153 28 4 



Salmon Fishing 9, 41, 213, 259, 254, 



418 444 



Salmon Pishing in Nova Sootia .'.243 



Salmon from Round Lake '.!.." 9 



Salt-water Trout Fishing on 



Shad Fishing '.'.'.'.'.'.','. 191 



Striped Bass of tho Mississippi 17 



Trout Fishing 15. 83, 122,"l25,'l52" 



184, 189, 190, 209. 238, 244, 278 284 



298, 324, 344, 3(5, 378,' 385, 410 ' 429 



Trout Fishing in Iceland f# 



Troutiog Around Malone g£| 



Trout Fishing in Nevada ' 131 



Trout Notes from Virginia 410 



Trout Streams of the Aroostoc .'344, 379 



Trout Streams of Pennsylvania 278,324 



Winter Fishing in LeJre Michigan .....',. .'. 152 



Hudson River Sturgeon ' ' 233 



Keeping Angle Works '.'.'.' ','.',[" " J44 



King of Lobsters - "429 



Landlocked Salmon ' . ' .' 4*4 



My First Reel 152 



Norway Coast Fisheries , 99 



Notes from the Maine Lakes ' '244 



On Sharks and other Matters 2«9 



Opening of the Trouting Season \. 98 



OquoBSOo Angling Assoc 167 268 



Orvis Reel .4^4 



Pasque Island Club 18 325 



Piseco's Big Trout ' 2Si 



Playing a Snappiug-Turtle '.'..'..'. ! 152 



Rio Grande Trout 4-39 



Rattlesnakes as Fish Bait Lf>n 



Seth Green's Needle Points 152, 168 



Steele's Fish Pictures 153 



Steamboat on the Upper Saranac 19 



Tasmanian Trout .'232 



Tests of Hooks and Leaders ... 371 



The Fisheries.... 9, 18, It. 51, 73, 82,'l2l" 

 136, 152, 167, 185, 194, 209, 243, 284, 



303, 324, 338, 409, 429, 444 



Three Trout at One Cast ,871 



Water Bailiffs and Salmon Poaehera 41 



Webster's "Beautifully Good" Trout 40 



Yellow Perch of Owaaoo Lake 99 



WOODLAND, FARM AND 

 GARDEN. 



A CoaBack and His Horse 443 



Analysis of the Onion 225 



A Botanical Garden For New York .2-12 



A Card from Mrs. Bridge , 146 



A Keen Old Farmer [[ _'_ 34 



A New Variety of Cotton iOl 



Annuals 129, 225 



Answers to Enquirers 301, 321 



Agaves 41 1 



Arranging a Stumpery m 



Autumnal-Tinted Vine Leaves 97 



Ayrshire Cows— Value of 114 



Azaleas „] 344 



Beauty in Architecture (Illustrated). ■'..'.'.'.... 79 



Beet Root Crop of France 34 



Belgian Pears , '.,'.',', 79 



Bermuda as a Winter Resort \ '. 34 



Bulbous Roots 4 243, 361 



Blue Glass for Vines 301 



California " Whips" !"..!l61 



Changing the Natural Form of Plants 192 



Chlowgalum Pomevidi Canum 66 



Common Insects of April 177 



Cyperus Esculentus 401 



Destruction of Woods ,, 146 



Didn't Rob Birds' Nest 401 



Effect of Climate on Plants ...ill! 



English Salads 01; 



Essex Breed of Swine 301 



Eucomis Pundata as a Window Plant 161 



Euphorlia Jacquimoflora. 5 



Farmers Abandoning California 341 



Farming iu Colorado 5 



Ferneries ggj 



Maiden's Hair Forns '. . 4 



Flooding Swamps For Fish Supply as Weil as 



Water £81 



Florida Lauds ,....'. 5 



Flower Shows 3(0 



Forestry Circular 209 



Fragrance in Hyacinths .178 



Fuchsias (35 



Giant Trees 243 



Goose Fight with a Bull §81 



Grafting to Test New Varieties 161 



Grafting Wax 1 31) 



Grapo Fruit 18 



Grass- Its Value 381 



Grasses For Bouquets 861 



sis and Wild Fowl 192, 242 



Hint to Peach Growers 224 



Irrigation in California . 5 



Ivy on Walls 192 



Lily of the Valley 



.U , .243 



1 n lowing 44'.: 



Madder Plant 321 



209, 225 



rvi 1 - :.44t 



[ist.800.iei 



'i ita .1 ea 22:. 



audi i - , , 88 



- 14G 



•ultural Society. . . .18, 30, 146. 208 



242, 231 



