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FOREST AND STREAM. 



range terminates northeast of Montreal, and it is net l in 



the Lniireiitian mountains north of Quebec. II 0CCW8 Jn the 

 ■ . M i he south Hide of the St. Lawrence adjoin- 

 ing the State of Maine. 



Black Sqiui:i:i.i 's".w ru? mV/< r).— Not found north of 

 Montreal or tniebec. Tlic northern range of the black Bqnir- 

 rei terminates in the woody region near Ottawa. A grgy va- 

 riety is abundant in the township.-; smith of Montreal. When 

 Ii ' ronto a number of years ago, 1 remember hav- 



ing I srpnrrels spotted with white. 



::-..- ,!.:■ '-. huilxonhix).— This is the common 



species in the north. I met with it 150 miles north of Mon- 



0eottnd Squirrel (Tamias stritdus), — Common, and oc- 

 curs as tar north as forests extend. 



Flying Somur.EL (Scinropierus whteiUa).— This province 

 lily in northern range, 



©bound Hog or N'oom nt'eK i ArcUiwya monax).— This an- 

 imal is found far north in this province. I met with it in 

 Labrador. There are two varieties, one being black but 



ii 



Hf.avt.r (Castor fihrv ).— Occurs north of Quebec. This 

 animal has been greatly destroyed Q1 late, on account of the 

 demand for its fur. 



Music Rat i Fiber vtbetltku*).— Plentiful along the water 



ii i in it h of Quebec. A white variety is met with occa- 

 sionally in the vicinity of Quebec. It is not an albino, as the 

 eyas are hazel. 



Isonii/si- Numerous on the 



is in w Is 'and along' Vile 



igs ire surrounded with trees 

 ■ting butterflies in Labrador I 

 is in my net. 



W). — Abundant in the woods 

 Southern Labrador. Itsflesh 



■,,1-v; MdnSJi Zai 

 Island of Monl real, abuni 

 It evidently enjoys gras 

 northern rivers where the 

 of stUbtod growth. "Win 

 have frequently caught II 



Poitoprrsn (Erethteon 

 north of Quebec _ It exti 

 is eaten by the people of i 



( ommon Hark 

 as far as forests a 

 the people of Ln 

 young ones on the 

 i :: (F,Hs • 

 lulled north of the ( 



| /,-. 



us).— Abundant everywhere 



3 the principal flesh food of 

 winter. They produce two 

 ground. 



t Ine large specimen was 

 This is the only record of 



the occurrence of this animal in Canada. 



Black Brae (Ursus (mneriamuf). — Common in the mouu- 



tains north of Quebec, exlendin 



g into Labrador, i 



■here they 



are rare. Abundant on the Isla 



id or Ahtieoati. wh< 



re it is said 



there are two verities, the whit, 



BOSCd and the nil i 



ied 



White I'oi.aii Be.m: (Uh 



ItS iiulriliit' a:, , l ) 



Seasonally 



seen on Labrador and .\ 



Hand. 





Wolveiunh OR (ii.rrro\ (0 



,//,. hums).— This 



animal in- 



i he mountain rcdoii; not 



ib of Quebec. II i 



s met with 



in the Jardin (lex Cn-Hnam in wi 



liter. The Indians 



•all it Car- 



eajou or Indian Iievil. They say it is impossible to t 

 in the neighborhood where it occurs, as the "Wolverine follows 

 the trapper and cunningly ejects a fluid oi leaves its fjeebmenia 

 either on the bail .or around the Ir.'ui, preventing any other 

 animal from approaching it. Its fur is valuable for sleigh- 



Sicisk ' fMMca ).— Common throughout the 



Province, bul doI found in Labrador. The IiabitunU make 

 pels of this annual, in fact they domesticate if for the purpose 

 of destroying rodents frequenting their out-lioiises. Thesceut 

 glands are i ut out ; it is Ihen tamed for the above use, and it 

 ■ i lie more expert and superior to a cat. 



1!eh F'jS (' I 'uljx: i futcus). — Plentiful, but the black and 

 gray varilies are only lobe met with in prime order in 



,!,i , [ori Newfoundland "and Antieosti. 



Annie Vox I Valprs Uigoptix).— Occasionally seen in Labra- 

 dor, Newfoundland, and on two occasions on Antieosti, which 

 island it reached probably on ice. 



VV on- i CnnU It/pint var. ocridentalh). — The Province of 

 Quebec is not much annoved by wolves. It seems curious 

 thai Newfoundland is greatly infested by wolves of large size. 

 1 suppose they have increased on account of l he Government 

 laving ceased to pay the reward for t 

 rarely "met with in Labrador. During 

 South t 'oast I saw the skin of a large w 

 Sheldrake River. This is the only hist; 

 <iii Labrador. One was once seen on II 

 about eight years ago. but it is suppose) 

 island on an' iceberg from the ncighborhf 



Mm* i fvtori*sviso7i).— Pound thn 

 fur of this animal demanded 



destruction. It 



my last visit to the 

 ilf "which was killed at 

 nee of its occurrence 

 a Island of Antieosti 

 to have reached the 

 xl of Helle Isle Straits. 

 The 



high price a fe 



years ago. 



.Now, it is out of fashion. The price paid for skins depended 

 greatly On the locality in which il was taken. (I mean as re- 

 gards our market.) For inslanee, an experienced fur-col lector 

 li. inline the locality in which the animal was taken, 

 on tanning I he pelt. A " Is'orth Shore Mink" would sell for 

 twice the' value of a "South Shore" skin. Although the St. 

 Lawrence is the only barrier between the habitat of the two 

 animals, yet the pelage presents so'greal a difference that the 

 value of the north shore skin is worth at least two of the one 

 taken on the south shore. 



I ii ( MtmUla amsrkaiia).— The best marten occur in 

 Labrador, but Antieosti is reputed to be a good hunting ground 

 for this animal. It is found in the woods north of Quebec, 

 but thev do not attain the large size of the specimens found on 

 Labrador or Antieosti. 



( u-iEi: I Latra aim rictma). —Not common, excepting in the 

 •wild mountain lake region north of Quebec. More abundant 

 in the vie'mily of the lakes in Southern Labrador. Rare in 

 Autioo-di. Its fur has been very fashionable for some years 

 past. 



I'l-iiii: (Mltstela pettntf). — Uncommon in the Province 

 of Quebi 



-in More I Condi/In ra fw/«tol-ffc have Ibis 

 annual here, and it is found oecassionally lit Quebec, but it is 

 rare. 



Srrr.KW Moi.e (Srttltr/isiH/uatkiiti). This species is abundant 

 i pi ihiI not common at Quebec. 



Yours truly, "Wm. Coupkr. 



P, 8. I may as well stale farther that the following animals 



do not occur oil the Island of Antieosti : Caribou, beaver, por- 



i \olf laeeideulali, lynx, squirrels. I am informed thai 



nils reaching the island from wrecks generally die shortly after- 

 ward. Whether I hey are destroyed by other animals or not. 

 it is a fact that a II hoiigb thousands of "the European rat have 

 Beached the island, not one has been seen in any habitation, 

 nor anywhere else. W. C. 



if 1 'BET.— The Ti ironto Mail says : "Mr. 



i, cent work, cni.il led 'Our Birds of Prey; or. The 

 Eagles, Hawks and Owls of Canada. ' has been very favorably 



., I he seieutitic press in England. The accounts of 

 the habits,' as also tho descriptions of the various BjWCifcB are 



prouOunced excellent, a commendation of which Mr. Vmuor 



. ...... outs and descriptions were, m the 



large majority of cases, from the personal observation of the 

 author. Cm one point one of his critics decides against him, the 

 balance of the evidence being decidedly on the side of the for- 

 mer. Mr. Vennor states that there is no authentic record of the 

 occurrence of the barn owl in Canada. The reviewer quotes, per 

 contra, a paper of Mr. Bowdier Sharpe on the 'Geographical Dis- 

 tribution of Barn Owls,' published in Mr.Kowley's Ornithologi- 

 cal MiseeUany, in which it is stated ' that the British Museum 

 contains a specimen from the neighborhood of Toronto, col- 

 lected near that city by Mr. James Whitely, who has resided 

 there for some years, and has sent many interesting birds to 

 this country. 1 There is no doubt, therefore, that the barn 

 owl has been seen in Canada, but so seldom that Mr. Vennor 

 may be excused for not having heard of an authentic case." 



We should much like to hear more respecting the distribu- 

 tion of the barn owl in the northern United Stales and 

 Canada. 



Ospeets Taking Dead Fton". — Many thanks to "Dom 

 Pedro", for his succinct reply to my queries, and I regret very. 

 much that "S. C. C." should have thought them captious. 

 My interest in Ornithology, and the desire for further informa- 

 tion, solely prompted me to make them. 'Dom Pedro" says 

 in regard to the rare incident he observed of an Osprey retak- 

 ing a fish that bad been dropped into the water, "that when 

 it fell into the water it came to the surface, and while strug- 

 ■*lin« around in a circle the bird made his second plunge, tak- 

 ing "the same fish." Having studied Ornithology from the 

 standard works, as well as from nature. I was desirous that any 

 hitherto unobserved incident should be verified and recorded. 

 "Dom Pedro's" explanation corroborated my surmise that the 

 fish was not dead when taken. Roamfj:. 



[For some information on the other side of the question, 

 however, we would refer "Roamer" to Yennor's "Canadian 

 Birds of Prey," pp. 88 and 89, reviewed in last, issue of Forest 

 and S'ibeam.— En. J 



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BLACK BASS AND OSWEGO BASS. 



\5f FEt'insmiio, Vermont, June 4, 1877. 



EorroR Forest axd Stream i 



Why is it so many disciples of the rod fail to dislinguish be- 

 tween the black and Oswego bass? their differences are 

 marked both in shape and table qualities. I wish the Ambri- 

 oan Spoeisme.s's Jodexai, for the benefit of our doubting 

 brethren who hold that they are identical, would describe the 

 points wherein they differ, 



[The specific characteristics of both fish are fully given and 

 compared to Forest and Stream of Feb. 38, 1874. We 

 will endeavor to republish Ibem Shortly — Ed.] 



We had a very good run of black bass this year, thanks to 

 our law which' protects them from .May 15 to July 1, and 

 the good effects of which we already sec in the increased num- 

 ber and size of the iish. 1 think it might be improved In- 

 putting the el, ,,. season a wick earlier, but ib does very well 

 as it is.' The-Spawn are already hatching, and the beds arc 

 black with little bass. I Ine offender; caught with a bass in his 

 possession, wa- brought to i lie rack a week ago through the 

 influence of the Sportsman's I 'bib, and paid bis tine like a little 

 man. Others are under surveillance, and terror reigns in the 

 ranks of the law breakers. 



Hike should have taken the spoon two weeks ago l,o have 

 verified the old rule— 



'• Wli 



lUile 



but they didn't, and won't even now in anv numbers. Thosr 

 that are taken are small, and the largest 1 have seen this yeai 

 was a three-pounder, caught by your correspondent. " Avva- 

 hoose." The season is very dry, and the water low in conse- 

 quence, which, perhaps, has something to do wilh it. But 

 few are being caught in seines. Vuttu Mont. 



AUDACITY IN HAWKS. 



), Til., May 19, 18T7. 



KDITOlt FORRST ANTJ STKEVW: 



Seeing in your issue of Iliel9tli inst. ail article on the auilaeityot' 

 hawks, I tliouiflit I would {jivgyou my testimony regarding tlie incoia- 

 liaraWe cheekineasui" iliul, hiol. While nnail sliooiing in ii'toriila last 

 wiateriuy dog had last come to a point. 1 walked iu, gelling a right 

 and left. The l.ird which t dropped Willi my left-hand barrel was a 

 long shot— full forty yards. However, almost before it had reached 

 the grouud, ami before the smoke had fully cleared away, a large hawk 

 swooped down ami quietly carried lilm oil to a BfelgUborlDg tree. I 111 

 inglJiokm "to heel," and changing my No. SB ror an Ely's No. 5,1 

 thought I would settle with that hawk, and so, creeping cautiously 

 along. I got within about, sixty yards, aDd hrougDt down the robber 

 and the quail with him. Hawks art I . i \ numerous in Florida, ami de- 

 stroy large numbers of quail, as de the negroes, who pot them on the 

 ground and irap them summer and winter. Yet with all this war 

 waged against them thev thrive wonderfully. I could leave camp anv 

 day and go iii any direction and be sure of Hading four or five coveys 

 in U.'.^h ihan half an hour. Fi.okiua, 



THE FAUNA OF MICHIGAN. 

 BY AKCiiEP,. 

 (ContinitrJ). 



KAliriV ALAIDID.B. 

 litlSCS EBEMOI'UIl.A. 



Ertittijplrila aljfxlrls. lloie. Shore hark. 



FAMILY ICTKIUDjK. 



oksus noi.iemiNyx. 

 DolU-hunyx vrtjzieorut. Swaiil. Keed llird, Kice Bird, Bobolink. 



OEKDS MOLOTUUCS. 



Sloltitfirwipecoris, Stvain. Cow Bird, Cow Blackbird. 



Agehfia phanicau, Vieill. lted-w 



OBNOS X1STUOI 



Kanthnceplialvx ieteroftphalia. Bd 

 Bare. 



r Swamp Black Bird. 

 low-headed Black Bird. 



.LA. 



Btmmlla magna. Swain. Meadow or Did Field Lark. 

 I Sturnella neylecta. Aud. Western Lurk. Occasional specimens met 

 with, ' 



GENUS [OTEttUS. 



Icterus spnriut. Bonap. Orchard Oriole. 



1, tfrus hulthuure. Hand. Baltimore Oriole, llaug Bird, U.ilden Kobiu 



1'AjltLY C0RV1O.B. 

 GENUS COKVnS. 

 Cormts eamioortts. Bart. American Raven, 

 (orvna vtnerioamu. Aud. Comruoo Croiv, 



Wilson. Fiah Crow. Frequently seen in Hie 

 neighborhood of the great raises. 



gGHdS I'ioa. 

 fMi. Bonap. Magpie (Ameiicau). 



GKNCS CVANOKA. 



Ci/aimm iristata. Syvaln. lilge Jay. 



GENUS PEKtSOBECS. 



Periiorem ca/aadensSi. Bonap. Canada Jay, Moose Bird, Whiskey 

 John or Jack. 



8UB-0HI1EE CI.ASfATOTlSS. 



t'Alin.Y 1YKANNID.B. 



GENUS TTKANN03. 



Tyranmui caroliilishiis, Bd. King Bird, Bee Marten. 



GENUS MYIAnCHCS. 



Mj/iurchus crinihm. Cab. Great Crested Fly Catcher. 



GKNUS SAVIIRMS. 



ftauurnUfusri's. Bd. Peyvee, Plueoe. 



Sayomw mt/us. Bd. Says I'ewee. Authority, Prof. Fox. 



GENUS CONTOPUS. 



Conlapus borealia. Bd. Olive-sided Fly Catcher. 

 Cimtojw virens. Cab. Wood Pewee. 



GBNC8 EMPIDO.NAX. 



i;„ n .i.l.„u,x trailli. Bd. Traill's Fly-catcher. 

 K„ipi,:»na.r miniviiiS, Bd. Least Fly-catcher. 



Empiilunaji ac-wlii-us. Bd. Small greon-coatod Fly-catch, r, Little 

 Pewee. 

 Kinjiiduuax jkmvntita. Bd. Y'ellow-bellied Fly-catcher. 



FAMILY AI^'EDNIDvK. 

 GENUS CEIULK. 



Cn-yU' al-tjun. Bole. Belted Klug Finher. 



i'amila- eAPitiMuum>.«. 



CliunteiL'xpu))cLiu\ Bd. Night. Hawk. 



GBNOS ANTROSTOUUH. 



AntrustuMtuteurifiruH. Boonp. W'ldp 1'oi.r Will. 



PASIILY CVI'SELIIl.E. 

 GENUS Cil.ETUR.l. 



I'laiclum pelauka. Bd. Chimney Swalldw. 



FAMILY TnOCHILLD-B. 



Ti 



ii i, (tue tolubrU. Linn. Ruby-throai KiimnilugBint. 



OltPEB fCANSoKFS. 



GENUS COCeVGLS. 



i .... ygu , . rgttumpthahmis. Bonap. Black-billed Cuokoo, 



e,„ ,,:,,:,■, iiM.-iiniiiiu. Bonap. Y'ellow-bl Hod Cuckoo. 

 family piciii.e. 



GENUS P1CUS. 



I'iaia vtBottu*. Linn. Hairy Woodpecker. Large 3npsucker. 

 I'L-u-i piibexcim. Linn. Downy Woodpecker or Lesser SApsucker. 



GENUS PICOtBES. 



Picoidea ttretUus, Gray. Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. 

 I'kiiide.imiiin.uiiua Biclnn. White-backer] three-toed Woodpecker. 

 The former common to tipper Peninsula, occasional to Lower. 



GENUS trHYRAFU I S. 



Uphycapinin varius. Bd. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 



GENUS nVl.OTuMUS. 



UylatomxtapfleiUiu. ltd. Black Woodcock. Log Cock. 



GENUS CENTUKUS. 



' li . . oarolinus. Bonap. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



OSNCS MKLANKRI'IS. 



lUetaMrpcs pryihrocephalvn. Hwaiu. Red-lieaded Woodpecker. 



Cilaptesmiratvs. Swain, lligti-h.ilder. Flicker. 

 ( To be continued.) 



AlCEIYALS AT CENTRAL PARK MBNAGEKIE FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 



fl, 1S7V. -One crow blackbird, Quixfuhia oertimlor, presented by Mr. 

 John .Sutlicrlaud, N. Y. City ; one purple gadiuule, iJalluada „utrtini:a, 

 presented by Mr. Samuel W. Tiuslaw. Jr., il>,v on board of steamship 

 City ot Houston, while In the Oulf of Mexico, on her trie to this city ; 

 two English pheasants, Phtm'amis eotehiens, presented by Mr. .1, din 

 Sutherland, N. Y. Cily ; ouo mocking bird, ,i/i,.h.v /»,%/„mii, pre- 

 senled by Dr. Stephen Kelly, N. Y. Cily ; ono ringdove. Turin,- riuuria, 

 bred in the menagerie. ' W. A. Conki.in, Director. 



Arrivals at the Puilauel™ 



Ending Tuespay, JuNEOth, tsiJ: 



1 Maltese Cat (FAU torn, rffco>, 



l Zoological Garden for We 



i IV 



l Hoi 



Capuchin (Cehvx t'r nt '<■ Ihi s), presented; I Siren iM'rtoi Uucrtiuu), presented; 

 2 Laud Tortoises {Tcilmlu talmluta), presented. . 



Arthur E. Brown, Clen'l. Supt. 



— Mr. ii. T. Ilelnibold has leased the new store corner of 

 Broadway ami Seventeenth street, formerly the residence of 

 the ex-millionare Daniel Drew, and intends opening the finest 

 drug store in the world, on the 1st of July. 



faotlkmtl, rffnrm ;mtl @;trden. 



FLOWER SHOWS. 



WK suppose that a garden affords the most innocent and 

 perfect of pleasines. Lord Bacon thought so, and un- 

 philosophieal people, who never trouble their heads aliout the 

 inductive method, are nt least Baconian in this system. We 

 are all supposed to trace down from "the grand old gardener 

 and his wife," and therefore have an inherited tendency to- 

 wards flower shows. The man who docs not love Bower 

 shows, is like Shakespeare's wretch, who does not love music. 

 The love of flowers is often the finishing grace of n noble 

 character, the redeeming virtue of a debased one. Given the 

 love of flowers, you may iu the long run work out the love of 

 many higher things. Moreover, these (lower showB do a great 

 deal to cement and elevate provincial life. The general ten. 

 dency is to be metropolitan, or rather cosmopolitan, and every 

 thing thai adds to the vigor, healthfuhtcssand independence of 

 Country life cannot he spared in these days. Of course peo- 

 ple approach the matter of flower shows from various points 

 of view; some are terribly in earnest aboul Ihe prizes. In- 

 deed there is a fashion much to be reprobated for special culti 

 vations, which shall earn monetary prizes and paragraphs in 



