FOREST AND STREAM. 



149 



: -, Hits habits of largo 



sustain obvious euonamic. rela.i 



tjug ileprc.'.ut 



best known; jet tHei i li much 

 me aabira oi man) ol uu m Utr 



, ., .__ »nd ....... '.-eseitia, 



Date and duration of the rut. Period of gestation. Usual time of 



.-non Number ot young produced. Duration Of It 



Oars of the youue, by one or both parents. State of monogamy or 



i" i - -" " ' .-, ' - :! ' ''' ' ■■' '■' '■'" "■ " ' '- : ' ' 



as are niieratoty. and of such da are nybernato. Completeness or in- 

 terruption i manning pelage, ot ae n 



characteristics, Methods of capturing or deal 



domesticating. Economic relatione with man; bow injurious or bene- 

 ficial, to what extent, used for what purposes, yielding what products 

 of value. 

 Other points will doubtless suggest theuiKcrvos to the observor. 

 ■ .tea of eareiul dissections oi soit parts, particularly oi the 

 B u d reproductive organs, are valuable. Anecdotal records of 

 .p, dances p n 

 originality, and are very 

 from coinmuuieaiini- th 

 r, offei - ay not be want 

 place, duplication of dat 

 ating and confirming th 





. to I 



jrttv. 



in animals, especially if bulky, 

 jf rare and obscure species; but 

 ond the ordinary geographical 

 ma, such as albinism, melanism, 

 obryonio stages of growth, are 

 •Ib may be conveniently mailed 

 jes should be sent in accordance 

 Uncut, Surgeon-General's Offieo, 

 express, H the Quartermaster's 

 Specimens, after exami- 



of the work in band, will 



[ the ilonov, in the Armr Medical Museum, 



loUecling and preserving specimens will be 

 the Smithsonian Iie-tit>iFi,ai. .Medical Ofll- 

 „,„. are requested to bring it to the notice of 

 other= wt," ma. be ruei-cstcri in i io- matter, and are cordially invited to 

 , p - correi w enoe wnh. the •writer upon, the Subject. 



It is proper to add that, for all information or specimens furnished, 

 full credit will be given in every instance, both in the text, of the trea- 

 tise It Which BUOh material is utilized, and in the records and publica- 

 tions of the Museum m which it is finally deposited, and that the 

 author will regard co-operation in this work ae a personal favor, to be 

 fully appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. 



fin 



GAME PROTECTION. 



■ Vat.-,--.— The 



meeting of the Onondaga County 

 aen's Ol 11b ol Syi ense was held at the club rooms in 

 the Kiinber Block last evening. The billowing officers were 

 President, Samuel \V. Sherlock; 1st Vice-President, 

 Thomas K. 16 ; 3f3 \ uv-lTesiueni, George Lodder; 



Setsretery, Jobfl Stedman; Financial Secretary, Edward Lod- 

 der Treasurer Thomas KufibBt, Jr. ; Attorney, George W. 

 Gtaj ; Executive COfllflrittee, D. H. Bruce, F. E. Carroll, W. 

 H. Larrabee. 



The regular monthly meeting of the New York Association 

 for the Protection of Game was held on Monday night at tho 

 reaiflettce of Mr. Clinton Gilbert, President of the Associa- 

 tion, No. 20 West Tenth Street. Mr. Thoma3 N. Cutlibert, 

 Secretary, rend a large number of communications^ from 

 correspondents in all parts of the State, the majority of 

 which contained suggestions for the amendments to the 

 game laws, -which, however, had already been incorporated 

 by the Committee on Game Laws into the bill now pending 

 before the Legislature. Mr. Outhbert also reported that tho 

 legislative committee had adopted the amendment of the 

 association prohibiting the killing of deer on Long I-lund, 

 and had gone further, in prohibit Lug the killing of- deer in 

 Suffolk County for an indefinite time. 



Senator Wagstaff announced that the bill drafted by the 

 association had, with a fow amendments, which the associa- 

 tion would approve of, been ordered to a third reading, and 

 would probably become law in a flay or two, a very friendly 

 feeling being manifested toward it in tho Assembly. 



On motion of Senate: ... "•_•..; fchi President was author- 

 Mi-. Cliai'l.,,. E. Whitehead, counsel to the association, 

 reported that with the reoniTBnee of the 1st of March he had 

 found the usual number of delinquents engaged in selling 

 game contrary to law. This significant fact, however, was 

 noticeable, that very few offenders were found among mar- 

 ket meu (.who formerly were the most persistent violaters 

 of the law), the majority of the deliuouents being dealers 

 on the nmote avenues in the city, and nearly all were Ger- 

 Hfl bad had the city patrolled by three detectives on 

 the 1st of March, and as a result -21 complaints had been 

 made. On these complaints he had brought 18 suits. Half 

 those suite were met by a general denial, and the other halfby 

 letters begging for clemency, on the ground that the offenders 

 had not violated the law intentionally, but through ignorance. 

 He felt confident that a number of the offenders did not 

 intend to violate the law, and thought the objects of the 

 association would be fully carried out by withdrawing the 

 BUlts against sail offenders on the payment by them of 

 costs. The only market men found violating the law were 

 A. & T). Bobbins, against .whom he had brought suit. On 

 motion, Mr. 'Whitehead was authorized to withdraw, at his 

 discretion, suits against all such offenders as had violated 

 the law inadvertently, on the payment ot coats. 



A communication was received from Dr. Tony, President 

 of the Yonkers Game Association, requesting rim club to 

 take action for the protection of oysters in the Hudson 

 Biver between Von kers and New York. The Secretary way 

 directed to correspond with Sonata Robertson, who repre- 

 sent.-, the district in question, on the- subject. - 



Mr. H. N. Muuu moved that the association print a suf- 

 ficient number oi copies of the Gaum Laws to be hung up In 

 neb i i in thejitate, ao that the remit 



eneh district would be kept informed of the dates of the 

 opening and closing of th 



On motion of Mr, Bobert It.Booseve.lt, a committee of 

 three was tip] ..it-; i -1 n: estimate the cost of printing, and 

 report at u" ting 



The meeting then adjourned. 



— Tho Adirondack Club has recently been incorporated. Its 

 object is the protection of game and iisu in the North Woods. 

 The territory over which the club claims jurisdiction is iu 

 Essex County, and it consists of 95,000 acres. The tract is 

 owned by the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company, and the 

 club has taken a ten-yeaTs' lease on it. It is well supplied 

 with small lakes and .streams, and So fish, as well as faired 

 and feathered game, are abundant. Already one of the lakes 

 has been stocked with 20,000 of the youug fry of the Califor- 

 nia and the lancl-locked salmon of Maine. James ±,\ Thomp- 

 son is the President of the club, Win. E. Parsons the Treas- 

 urer, and Thomas J. tiall the Secretary These officers, with 

 Francig H. Weeks, W. 11. Folsom, and W. H. I'oraey, consti- 

 tute the Executive Committee. 



Massachusetts Fish and Game Pbotecttve Association. — 

 The first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 

 ' Association was held Friday evening, 9th inst., at 

 the rooms of the Association in Boston. Dr. John P. Ordway 

 presided, and after the reading of the records of the lust 

 meeting Hon. Charles Levi Woodbury was elected a life mem- 

 ber of the Association and the names of the following gentle- 

 men Trere proposed 'for annual membership: C. M. Olapp, 

 , William Aspinwall, and T. J. Dunbar. 

 The following gentlemen, vii.. - □ ,i - :. proposed at 

 the last meeting, were then elected to membership: John 

 H.. Blake, Donald Kennedy, Luther Adams, and George A. 

 Bullens. 



The acceptance, of the act of the Legislature changing tho 

 name of the. Anglers' Association to that of the Massachu- 

 setts Fish and Game Protective Association making 

 changes in the by-laws aecesH ." is po ■ -■■• i . ; : id Hon. 

 Daniel Needham, Weston Lewis, H. II. Kimball, and Dr. 

 John P. Ordway were appointed a committee to report such 

 amendments as may be deemed necessary. 



Charles Halloek, editor of tho Fouest and Steeam, was 

 proposed for honorary membership, after which the follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. Dr. 

 John P. Ordwav: Vice-Presidents, Hon. Thomas Talbot, 

 Hon. Chas. Levi Woodbury, Hon. Daniel Needham, C. War- 

 ren Gordon, Charles Stanwood; Treasurer, Wm. F. Story; 

 Recording Secretary, Henry H. Kimball; Librarian, James 

 A. McGe'e; Executive Committee, James P. Bichanh son, 

 Walter M. Brackett, James Walker, L. Prouty, Weston Lewis; 

 Committee on Membership, D. T. Curtis, E. Delano, C. T. 

 JenJuns. 



Mr. Charles E. Pierce declining a re-election as Correspon- 

 ding Secretary, a position which he has filled for the past 

 three years ; a resolution extending the thanks of the Associa- 

 tion for his able and efficient services was adopted 



The Secretary reported that there were 16 life, (56 

 honorary, and III) annual members. During the past, year 

 22 meetings have been held, 50 names proposed, 5 lectures 

 delivered, -and 5 deaths have taken place. 



Mr. Neil of Winchester was invited to deliver a lecture be- 

 fore the Association on Wednesday evening, April 25th, to 

 which time the meeting adjourned. 



Illinois. — Those interested in the protection of game in 

 this State will be pleased to learn that the game biU has 

 passed the Senate and become a law. The bill provides 

 1 ' That it shall be unlawful for nuy person or persons to hunt 

 or pursue, kill or trap, net or ensnare, destroy, or attempt to 

 kiU, trap, net, ensnare, or otherwise destroy any prairie-hen 

 or chicken, or any woodcock, between the fifteenth day of 

 January and the first day of September in each and - . ry 

 year ; or any deer, fawn, wild turkey, ruffed grouse or pheas- 

 ant, between the first day of February and the first day of 

 October in each and every year; or any quail between the 

 first day of February and the first day of November in each 

 and every year; or any wild goose.' duck, snipe, brant, or 

 other water-fowl, between the first day of -May and the 

 fifteenth daj" of August in each and every year. 

 That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons i . . net any 

 quail at any time after this act shall take effect and b( iii 

 force; and,prol »./.-.) furtkar, That it shall be unlawful for any 

 - isrson or persons, who is or are now residents of this State", 

 to kill, ensnare, net, or trap any deer, fawn, wild turkey, 

 prairie-hen, or chicken, ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, wild 

 goose, wild duck, or brant, or any snipe, in any county of 

 this State, at any time, for the purpose of selling or market- 

 ing, or running tho same outside of this State. Every person 

 who violates any of the provisions of this section shall, for 

 each and everyoffeuec, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than five 

 dollars ($5), nor more than twenty-free dollars (S25), and 

 costs of suit for each find ever\ separate bird or animal of 

 the b ivi enumerated list, so unlawfully hunted or pursued, 

 killed, trapped, nested, ensnared, or de ir. . d, oi utf nipt, d 



shall stand committed to the county jaU until each fine and 

 costs are paid, but each imprisonment shall not . a • ed I n 

 days. Ko person ol persons shall Sell, or expose for sale, cu- 

 ing or exposing for sale, any of the animals, wild fowls or 

 birds, mentioned in section one - . this i ... itftei the expira- 

 tion ol five days next succeeding the Brsl v, ol : he period in 

 which it shall be. un-lawi'iit to kill, trap, or ensnare such ani- 

 mi Is, ..ill fowls, or birds. And any person so offending shall 

 on . . lotion be fined and dealt with as specified in section 

 one of this act. 



A bill ol the above nature was much needed in Hlinois to 

 stop the wholesale destruction of our native game. 



Much good is expected from this judicious legislation. 



KOVEB. 



Minnesota. — We are indebted to a correspondent, at Hast- 

 ings, Minnesota, for a copy of the game laws passed by the 

 last Legislature of that State. The law- is a very long one 

 and filled with those double and twisted sentences in 

 which some legislators delight, and without which they 

 think a law is no law, but by means of v, . 



nil intent is some times very much perfected. 



For instance, we find in section 4 that. 



" Until after March 1st. 18S0, no person aball Roll or e\i> ' 



!,,,,-(, ., m, I, ,..,-.-.-, ■-- urn- ..n.j.lj-. .... in. .l.-i 10a couti-ol, with intent. 



,, jgU , lr ,!,-... , le -. . . BJ V i: ..-.-.A. -i 



,1.,!., Hit till i - I) a. . I ,,..,,,. 



bar, and October, nor nay whlta-ureaste.. tip Shaisj 



.,, ., ... I a. -save onlv during the mouth oi August, iiiim 1 the 1 Uli 



toy. thereof, au.4 during tko muilta of September; nor any quail or 



iittr- ol Beptt '. let 



ppboaannt sum- duIj - 



tad i.itti day 



partridge, anvn only fluting Hie i 

 November; norany ruffed grouse 



muuths oi S. .[.-.-!. 1 ,-r •- ■■■ 



aquatic fowl, save <>:.', 

 or May Burs Deeding; norany ell. d 

 i Bfther or any oi taei 



■-- ml ■ ;...-i i ifloeml ar.ai 



; -■!.: id, rivi-r. ui- In., ik- 



Bay, June, July, August, 



There are twenty-one sections in all in the act, the others 



referring to penalties, trespass, etc., but. the above ooati 



the close seasons. 



— "G-uyon" drops us aline from Corinth, Miss., in this 

 wise, style characteristic. 



"Some thick-skulled legislators have so altered the game 

 laws tl ■- . ■■ - □ ion- for turkeys commences the first of 



:.!;. ib, i!i: cutfl off our sprint; Hunting for goblors, unless 

 we go over and invade Guido's territory. But they have, a- 

 giii tie law over th n. hi sou. parte of l o- State. But yon 

 don't, claim McNaivy, eh Gnido? 



"We will driv e oui gol -; borders' and then bag 



them. Bnipeshayt been - - 'i:-^. wild; have only 



bagged a few. Tried a bittern - - to] ad aftett Frank Foresters 

 the other day. Now, with all due deference in Forests* 

 or any other imui'who likes bitterns, I will say as did the 

 man when asked to e.u .--. I - . ■ it crow, but don't ha tOi I 1 

 alter it." 



Tt is my private opinion that they, the bitterns ent tad- 

 poles and xo-.'.v too; any way T tried the aforesaid, one. with 

 a 'aqueezaof lemon, rind a flush cayenne.' and I am bound 

 to admit Ihad more trouble in KroEiyingit down' than the 

 old woman did fchi .---, u.- i -. ..- . made into whiskey. I 

 am not qpenfortuiy more i ogagi mente with broiled bitterns." 



Gxrepir, 



Canada.— The correspondent whose letter we print below 

 writes to us from the Megantio District under date of March 

 29th. His information is und.-r.. 11;, . n. ot, and will be 

 received by Canadian sport:- to >, as si .1 as by many in this 

 country, with deep fceg» t. D seems incredible that one class 

 of the population should be exempt from the operation of 

 laws made for the benefit of all, and we have no doubt but 

 that his timely protest will have the effect of remedying the 

 evih His name is a familiar one to our readers, and we can 

 endorse his statements as being worthy of full credence. 

 Editob Pobeut isu Stbeaji: 



Large numbers of deer liava been slaughtered hi this district since tho 

 began Fohrunry 1st. On the Brs' " 



one localuy nloue twelve deer .._. 

 knocked in" the bend. The roost of the work ha 

 French settlors, who htive lately come into this coo 

 cni been anj efforts male as to yet put a Slop to 



' and 



otietiderB have received instructions fron 



Mr." 





Lends Commissioner in (lue.lie.-. ..r.i.oii!.-- 



litem r 





Frcticb settler S1 lie nmv be found killing de 







and also to refrain fiom taking action aaai 



: - i 



i for any olher viola- 





I the c 



asc 10 him in each tn- 







• ol the iarri, or Mr. 









a petty official should 







e, be prosecuted for 



violation of the law :■" If so, it's high lit 

 voter shou'io Jemang thai there be ach:tr2 





gvexv sober- minded 

 m now fa power. As 



it is, there will be uuarisrrales found who h 





hirk ibeir duties, and 



will switch to Ilia full extent of the la 





• person who may be 



brought before them and convicted wiift 





.:-.--. 11, 



was a great piece of lolly thai made our li 





offer ansh 



great inducements as tlicv did :o the fr 







Slates nd settle In re. The most of the 





s old and stony, not 



suitable for agriculture, in a fow year? tin 



le- in. 



haveimprov, .1 - 



United States, and these Frenrlim-n will hav,- syckei beeoVErnmeni 

 pap dry by that time Then they will abandon ibeir lanes here and re- 

 turn from whence thev cumc; bat in the meantime they will have de- 

 stroyed the best limber in our tcnests. the mooto and Ihe deer, and 

 have cleaned the iront out of Che Blrejmia and lakes with their nets, 

 spears, and ntglit-lities, leaving this once beautiful district looking as if 

 a curse had fallen upon it, a fit emblem of tlie.peiicy adopled tty Sons. 

 Garneau and his associates to aid their brethren at the. expense oi our 

 public. is T.VS8TSAB, 



Tobokto, Canada, March 10, 1877. 



•election I 

 me billon 

 a Detroit 

 e.gh'B now 

 j p. .sal? I 



Ediiok Fouest «in Stiif.am. 



As I know you take a- deep interest in the matter of game 

 write to you regarding a notice I have just seen of a nen 



I ui tbe line. Sonic one has sent me a slip fro 

 naper of the 27th February, vhich describi 3ena4 

 game bill. Has this bill become a law? or ia it only a i 

 think tho bill is a very good one in many respects, but « by only throe 



kiudsof duckto be prole, t.-.i 7 W I daofc teal, and mallards only 



are mentioned; surely it is not intended rliat other dusks. I a 



or Billed at any season. We, in Canada, haven law which all •• -. - i- 



tiilu ducks, which arc supposed not to breed in the country, to be shot 



a in nee is i a: all ducks are shot, and we find it almost impossible to 

 punish those who kill protected ducks, as they make the excuse, that 

 , and this excuse is gener- 

 is not yet in force, i hope 

 -fowl protected. 



am ' y abolishing 



reason for wcc.dcockR.ud 

 lopy of our proposed bd 



..;!,:!- iplad by the magistrate. If yrrnr Is 

 you will endeavor to have all ducks and wa 



We tried this year to have our game la 

 spring shootine; and lengthening the elos-. 



ape, but without success. I send you a 



aud Ihink that 



shall bo able to 



t next year '.vithoiu .i., -On. 

 ary tridy, T. HEitBEin Milien. 



iir'iu F sh and flume Protective Association. 



See. and Treas- 



The Fish Tkade of Canada. — The opening oi tin ' 

 teroolonial Bailway has eertainrj opened a new ..ra for the 

 fisheries of the G-nlf of the St,. Laivrence, and will oat aeon* 

 sid.-ralde attsntion to be oevi.led to them. Hitherto, in good 

 seasons, it has proved almost impossible to find a suitable 

 market for fiesh fish, which could not be preserved till con- 

 veyed very far inland by water. Now, howevir, il ia asserted 

 that fresh fish may ha taken even in the hi at ol 'summer, in 

 special ears prepared for its reception by the Intercolonial 

 ];-;i , y, all the way from Halifax to Chicago. Wo observe 



fare fully aware. of the increased mvportaiM if the fisheries, 



and own fishing vi Gaels and Sell the fish n-.sh. U is oalledtbjE- 



"Xova Scotia Fishing Co.," and has a capital st -. 



000. Its prosppotils de.-larc-- thatit expects profits suffloieat 



,. ,--,-- .,:deud of thirty per rjent. a] on paid-up stock, but 

 ike a'great aa 13 -- m i, this is probably a very ex- 



ravagant 1 ■■■-.■ 

 Cahada. — The Loudon District Pish, Game, an 1 



, 1 -, 1 Mid its annual meeting last 

 month. TL..- report of the secretary showed that ram b qc ' 



a,-. - -I tho efforts of the -■ 1 j 



.,,, : , .id-,- tn !■-■ '- - - I ing illegal uvrrn ing and fiahi 



;.i , 1 .'-'■• a ...,_-. ■ .... '■ fi ihi thel 



.... i' ! i ;a [a .'-,,|---1-M L| li- I ' 1. 11 Q 1 . 1] I .'a-- -a a 



.in, ,,.-..!, 1 -,■'. : ■■■ 1 . - ia-1 - ;.i- Pros* 



deiil. Dr. TV. Woodruff; Firs: \ i. t'ol. J. 



-.. i .. i i '■ ■- 8 i ' 



Mr. li. 11. Marshall; Treasurer. Mr. Jos. A. Million; ' MM) 



- . ' 

 fiespard, Charles Murray, A. Smith, T. H. SmaUman, and 

 llurry Uruce. 



