Mw S, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



267 



vury from the slighted amount of poisoning to one fatal, true ol' tin- elk head and the mule deer head on I he oilier 



This depends altogether upon * lie amount ol' venom absorbed 

 in the system and the rapidity of its diffusion through the 

 circulation— matters which turn upon the amouut of venom 

 in Store at the moment of striking, the Tigor of the animal 

 at the time, the penetration ol the tooth, the part of the 

 body struck, and finally the state of health of the ptrsra 

 attacked. No positive 'specitie antidote is known. Surgical 

 meansof preventing dispersiqn of the poison through the 

 sy-tcm, and alcoholic stimulation to the highest pilch, are 

 the usual resorts. 



"While the venomous properties of thfisc reptiles, not 



easily overrated, should 

 luring or killing them, 

 utmost range of a rattle: 

 length. T 



uffic 



: to 



fa 



do 



nu))ui 

 rfledii 



■ek 



itl) 



id the 



. the 



lap- 

 ember that the 

 than its own 

 captured alive by pinning 

 lek, and may be handled with 

 and powerful, if seized im- 

 RHS o1 a strong suako, how- 

 is sullicient to paralyze the 

 ease of a person who had 

 le back of the neck. He had 

 A method employed in the 

 rorlhy 

 nd of 



of both arms, as in 

 seized two of these reptiles 

 to be relieved by a by standi . 

 South l.o capture die diamond rattlesnake is, perhi 

 ol tn. uiiou. A silk handkerchief is fastened to tin 

 a pole, which is held toward the reptile, which strikes 

 fiercely at it. The fangs and teeth become engaged in the 

 libra of the silk, and a dexterous movement of the stick readily 

 pulls out the fangs, and the reptile can be approached with 

 safety. 



"There seems to be a special and pcculia 

 between the rattlesnake and 



,lh( 



e former 



i la tie 



nl find h 



r life 



of till 



"The pCCUl 

 owl and the rattlesnake. ar< 

 observers, familiar with the 

 respecting the kind and (leg 

 B e Oitfid not, he surprised at. c 

 of naturalists who never saw 

 bush is in type respecting (lie 

 relations imagined to subsist 

 the Happy Family of Barn 

 According to nursery tales, ij 

 B their rattles to th 

 3 the owlets, an 

 careful birds. 

 ,-in-wing, they 

 ogeny; thelittl 

 ' ial font, and th 



SiCt. 



-umity existing 

 he biaeksnake 

 a constant war 

 Uering. After 



BtorsV iii one 



dtlesnake. 

 ad several 



effort had 

 ittlesnakes 

 the king- 

 as species 



ad 



of the prairie dog, burrowing 

 well known. When competent 

 animals, disagree, as they have, 

 gree of relation between them, 



in the books 



f them alive. No little 



1 confidential 



o. which, like 



:l of. Of 



tin 



indole 



di 



grave ui 

 home, p 

 spective 

 of the miuen 

 lie batoy iiv, i 



StOry for the 



1 far 

 AVI 



do, 



not 



ike of a few facts 



m, lead Utopian existences. 

 this underground elysium the. 

 puppies to play with, the old 

 :mt their own litters to the 

 i an owl and a dog come 

 often mistaken by their re- 

 »g nosing the owls in search 

 old dogs left to wonder why 

 It is a Mvto sped:; irood 



hopele; 



lideofthe stage. Th 



who put them up had never 



bad they could never have disl 



skulls as has been done. ma,k 



i in eyes and bringing tl: 



nose." Only two or thrc 



walls, and they are neitli 



is a capital mountain sheep's he 



deer's bend to the right of the stag 



On the stage at the rear of the 

 and voting moose, and a bighorn, 

 and "so is the young moose, but the 

 the adults. They are still, and th 

 enough, and are too long. In the c 

 youns elephant, a most excellent p 



" id Tartar hunter attacked bv tig 



sly bad, and the men 

 '' nlsiuiifc. If they 

 tuted their stuffing about the 

 Jug the head so wide across 

 Iowa to a gimlet point on the 

 tclope heads are seen on the 

 ry good nor very bad. There 

 >'s head and a "good Virginia 



the horse 

 tiger's cul 

 sprung up 

 other lie i! 

 not a niew 

 the man. 



ctremelv lifelike 

 and as' he is ridinsriv 

 l his horse. One of The 

 triking with a dagger 

 ne, is well executed, tin 

 In the front of the hall 



all. stand male, female 



The latter is excellent. 



same cannot be said of 



cir necks are not thick 



lenter of the room is a 



if work. A piece 



very striking, and 



■ lis 



%m\e §it[j[ mjd 



GAME RESORTS.— We are always (fiad to receive for pub- 



timtii 



to the reader, 



spondenlsfa. 



fesofts an may tie of help 

 Will not our 'corre- 



\ It 

 rav, the old ones have 

 :n "he has shot, and at the 

 The conception, though 

 only weak point being 

 s a spirited group; two 

 lions fighting over an antelope which one of them has killed. 

 There are three groups on exhibition representing dogs 

 pointing birds, and we wish that wc could say that any one 

 of them is thoroughly good. A white, with a little red, 

 setter, standing a bevy of quail, is on the right of the door 

 as we enter. The background and all the accessories are 

 excellent, but the dog looks like no setter that we have ever 



and has a very small head, 

 rrfly the skin' has been very 

 is 'very fair, but the rest o'f 

 U'tion to it. Not far from 

 other dog, this one a brown 

 pair of ruffed grouse. The 

 are even better than with the 

 :, legs and tail are extremely 



the Body is not good. It is round and without. 



tody of a dog, in fact, which is so fat that not 



seeo. He is long and thin, 

 minute head in fact. Evidi 

 much sketched'. The head 

 the body is all out of proj 



this, but across the aisle, is ai 

 and while pointer, standing a 

 case, the ground and the bird,' 

 setter. The dog's head 

 litelike, but 

 shape; tl 



ible. " The ft 

 :bral spine can bi 

 d would not bun 

 black and white point 



iks arc not drawn iu, not a rib nor 



icen. A dog shaped like this could 



in hour. Just iu front of a window 



.quail. There is no hack 



would be. well for the Society fe 

 to Animals to lake it up. First, 

 observed thai, they are, like othc 

 venomous creatures. They have 



vptile: 



holes, partly because there is no other place 

 ,vl into on the bare, flat plain, and partly in 

 iggs, owlets and puppies to eat. "Next," the 



Still 



ply 



,cled t 

 most convenient places i 

 they find eligible, ready-i 

 ami are m> .red the trouble of digging for then 

 mnnity of i merest makes them gregarious lc 

 known among rapacious birds, whili 

 on the plains c 

 live at ease in 

 their four-fool 



the 



■ shelter a 

 .de burro: 

 Ives. Cc 

 n extent i 



ixigcncies ol: lite 

 List: their lot with the rodents. That the owls 

 the settlements and on familiar terms with 

 d friends is atl undoubted fact; but that they 



!,i!.„i . is cmil i another tMng. It i 

 ru ■ i a i I the birds live together th 

 sci ttld at am h Other's heels into the 

 for in such ft ease the two simply s 

 independently of each other. The 

 dogs often f 

 both and th 

 After 



showed by I 



of the ft 



n&te do 



no proof that the quad- 

 t they are often seen to 

 ame hole when alarmed ; 

 ek the nearest shelter, 

 , ii'obabilily is lhat young 

 meal to the owls, ami that iu return 



Johnston 



of 



-Ml-: 



-. tilt 



ulia.'lo 



ation, etc.j 



nd, and owing to its being directly against the ligh 

 cannot lie well seen, but it is the best Shifted dog on exhibi- 

 tion. The attitude is not nearly so well chosen as that of 

 tin- other pointer, but it is all over a dog, and were it as 

 well shown as the other two it would far surpass them. 



The group of smaller animals and birds are of all grades 

 of excellence, from perfect to absurd. Two of the most 

 strikingly beautiful are a group of duck bills (Onrit/a/r- 

 In/nrhHx), and one of terrapins In these the water is repre- 

 sented by glass, and the whole work is done so perfectly 

 that nothing is left to the imagination. 



Among the bad groups, bad in taste and execution, arc a 

 group of blue-winged teal, and one of herring, gulls and 

 terns. Near the windows, Wallace has a remarkably fine 

 series of owls, a handsome pair of black backed gulls, and 

 i good group of English pheasants. Some beautifully 

 ,tuffed herons (Nos. 141-2) are deserving of a close exami- 

 lation. Near the brown pointer and partridges, is a pretty 

 ;roap of game birds, ruffed and pinnated grouse, and wood- 

 sock and snipe, very nicely done, though the association is, 

 if course, utterly unnatural. There, is also near here a 

 jeautif ul group Of woodcock and young. A number of din- 

 ing-room pieces — ducks hanging on shields or panels — are 

 to be seen, somcof them very good, others only passable. A 

 Canvas-back and an old squaw on the south wall arc by 

 no means satisfactory, while some beautiful harlequins on 

 the north wall are excellent. There are a great many stuffed 

 single birds and animals. Most of the latter are very good, 

 and so are some of the birds, but judging from the char- 

 acter of the work, we should imagine that most of the taxi- 

 dermists had never seen a grouse or a quail alive. These 

 stuffed grouse are pretty and graceful, and their feathers 

 are. beautifully smooth, only— none of them are shaped like 

 grouse. 



It is impossible to speak of all the pretty things that are 

 here in the way of decorative taxidermy. On the north wall 

 near the window, and opposite it on the south, are a vast 

 number of beautiful and tasteful objects. There are some 

 beautiful peacock and owl screens, and some charming 

 effects are arrived at by putting half a bird against an appro- 

 priate background in a frame. Thus a little white heron 

 stands against a dark blue plush or a black velvet, a wood 

 duck against a light background. 



LOST ON THE SNIPE MEADOWS. 



THE old adage., "two's company, three none," for once 

 at least was not true. Although it may have applied 

 to other pat ties, it certainly did not to ours. 



On the 11th of September 1 left my, house in Portland on 



a trip to the town of Raymond, for the purpose of spending 



" :w days among the' game birds of this State. Upon 



ring on the erounds I found the birds quite thick and a 



prospect of good shooting. The next day 1 mailed a letter 



' a couple of friends in the city, inviting them to come up 



id spend a few days with me." Ry 9 P."M. we were mak 



g ourselves at home. 



ung at S 



It was 



a duck i 



The next 

 Moose Meadow, 

 grounds and not 

 utes pass. Whir, whir! 

 alight on the water not thii 

 it to them sitting and I tab 

 birds. 



d-hr. 

 splasi 

 ly 

 stli 



ldri 



d yar< 

 ly tin 



whic 



Anot 



>y White, 

 water several hi 

 way and — whir- 

 — miss for JoTdi 



The place in 

 miles from Portland, and 

 three are not. more than fit' 

 places for ducks in this 

 meadows, connected bv m 

 of all is into Sabago Dake. 

 is the smaller and tin- best 

 and here the birds eongi 

 The center and largest if 

 lower the Little Meadow. 



Having watched the duel 

 that their plan was to came 

 and nights to ft 

 the day. and wl 

 We formed o 

 meadows is a hi 

 unacquainted, one 

 iu his reckoning." 

 and a few wooden 

 ■hooting, and that 



k when 

 Five, t« 

 splash 

 ards from 

 on the 

 pass, 

 er side 



u our way to the 



fc arrived on the 



i and fifteen min- 



and four birds 



is. Jordan gives 



ving. Result two 



Two teal silently 



and d 



op 



lto the 

 jp that 

 ; bang 



to the Moi 



Me: 



^disturbed, to sti 



■ted to proceed to the io'we; 

 plans accordingly. Surrouu 

 y growth of pine and oak, i 



'is liable to get cousideral.lv ' 



Gra;, squirrels imdpartri.:.,. 



ick. There is one drawback l 



that the meadows are bee 



situated thirty 

 jf several miles 

 ane of the best 

 re three large 

 and the outlet 



:'onv ; s':.arid. 



flow 



111. 



and one" cannot walk everywhere without some c 

 with a boat this is offset, and, if so provided, one t 

 sport "fit for a king." There arc several semi- 

 there, but, with three exceptions, they do but 

 beyond giving the birds a scare, and make them x 

 to make a good score something to brag about. 



The morning of the loth was fogaw and rain- 

 less we started for the Great Meadow, walking 

 shore and starting a few birds, whhf 

 :hed the lie; 



ution 



: but 



mid ( 



njoy 



ot-hu 



iters 



tile 



wrra 



Id en 



-aedi 



Moj: 



• the 



Standing 



took our 

 slipped 



A half hoi 



I cautiously worked 



and proceeded to the 



AMERICAN TAXIDERMISTS' EXHIBITION 



r pu IC annual exhibition of this society, now heiug helcT 



Sixib 



Lyric Hall 



POT.tr/-seconds sheets 



to be seen there thai ii 



must l.r confessed I ha 

 il is something ol a di 

 ball, expecting to find 



swell i 



uteres; 



1(1 1 



xlilbition of th 



Forty-fin 



. There is 



and 



■m.[ i 



irit. 



1 of 1 



;rv high 

 cii that ii 



ial thai is commonplace, an 



Kivelv had, and unworthy of a boy who has not 

 a hundred specimens", Oh the other hand ther 

 number of pieces, which, while they arelike nothi 

 sire still extremely beautiful, and which sh0wb< 

 or horns or heads or hoofs of birds and b it! 

 into most attractive ornaments for the parlor, 

 room, or the boudoir. It is in this respect that 

 exhibition dOSXH'VBS high praise, and i w \ 



The society this year exhibits with many e 

 dnctions, much that is real! 



that is pos- 

 et mounted 



w 111. 



iybe 



pr 



ul. 



■ . i ,,;■-:. ■ 

 ■ thoaci 



arise, end :i 



feel thai ile 

 may first n 

 hnng high i 

 cellently mi 

 waul after 

 i he right, 

 creditable 



ids of the 

 of the In 



' a Yirgini; 



llent pro- 



„ wretched, it could 



is scut in for exhibition 



and heartburnings would 



ieces were rejected would 



ted by the society. Wo 



a l ■;,-,■! ,,1 one. and the work v 



■ - i lie door of the side room, a hea 



■ id i down from the wall, and above i 



the Irl'l is a uimw- head, which is a real triumph. On 



Other side of the caribou, and above it. is au elk head, with 



the horns in tho velvet, which look,-, like nothing in the 



■i sirs under the earth. The same h 



white, an 



I a northt 



rn lit 



shoveller 



and a c< 



cfc ot 



respective 



ly. Thei 



i thei 



ful devic 



c's, iu wh 



ich ( 



of them i 



neemous 



tad e 



spirited si 



mill thin 



*8 Oil 



hW r" 



reed by a 



y, Id 



if the 



exhi 



arrow. 



ile; 



dress against black, a 

 t against blue and while 

 sorts of queer and fanci- 

 jrought into play, many 

 pretty. One of the most 

 in is'a dying little White 



ibition is th 



A notieeabli 

 of fishes and r 

 very fine. The 

 ing' models of t 

 and these make a fine show. 



Enough has been said to show that there is a great deal to 

 be seen at the present exhibition, which we presume will be 

 a financial success. 



plaster casts 

 te a number, all 

 lan of the work- 

 ups of animals, 



Nsvei; Too Old to Leaek."— 1 have s.-vn snow bunt- 

 ings siuce boyhood (and that is not a few years), but never 



.Mifrilt. 



until t 



Flick" 



Langille that hi 

 think he still hi 



alight in a tree", and now "Flick 

 alisoose" say that "it is not uncommon for 

 1 have also been informed by Mr. J. H. 

 has often seen them alight on' trees, but I 

 s doubts of the horned lark doing so. I said 

 ;t (hat I did not doubt that "Taxidermist" saw them 

 in a "tree, but when I see them do it 1 shall probably be 

 just as much surprised as 1 was when the snow bunting did 

 it. In the article "Some Southern California Birds," in 

 your last issue, the last sentence in regard to homed larks 

 reads, "Haver seen them iu a tree or bush." I presume it 

 should have read. "Have, n^ver seen them in a tree or bush," 

 —J. L. D. (Lockport, X. T., April 24). 



'-.Sha.mmi.xi. Sick" and "Who Said Eats;-' the v.-ell-kn.,,; Il pii tun 

 p iii:li,iir, I 3o nn- j c-.ir-, ago '■<■ thaiZh .•■■".'■ ■.' s,,, ,,;,,,,,, ,,,,„■ p ,-. .. ( 



or a ileal thy Lone, arid reflects grfc 



lisliei-?. The Ameriean ugenls 

 Btekmanslreel, New York, 



the International NiSws Co., 



Meadow. We Boon reached the head ol tin 

 turning guide, inside of fifteen minutes wc w< 

 on the "dam at the foot of the upper nil 

 positions aud awaited developments, 

 by with no birds. Leaving my blind 

 my way along the side of the meadow 



head without starting a bird. Owing to the extreme drouth 

 of i his vear, the greater part of ihe meadows, which generally 

 is under water, is high and, for the most part, dry. St ill'. 

 one must proceed with some caution. From here I com- 

 menced to work down toward my companions, and had 

 covered about; half the distance when four ducks rose from 

 the middle of the pond, and proceeded straight away from 

 me, too far for a shot, but going towatd Jordan. A "puff of 

 smoke, and three swing to the right ; another puff uf smoke, 

 and only two proceed onward, with increased speed. 



Continuing on my way I start a bird from under a log, on 

 which I had a very'peca'rious footing, and without thinking 

 of the results (only on the duck), fired. Upon recovering. 

 so to speak, I found myself waist deep in thesoft mud under 

 the log, and the, duck proceeding on his way. L managed to 

 get out, and vowing vengeance on all the dm i;s in ere " -i 

 1 walked on and managed to flush a woodcock and snap lhat 

 empty shell on him, but marked him down, and upon again 

 starting him he came to bag. Rejoining my companions 

 we wended our way homeward. That evening we watched 

 and waited, but being without a boat it was too dark to find 

 our birds if we shot any. 

 The following day r we visited some of the adjacent towns. 

 At daylight the next morning we were on lie meadOwsj 

 but; at six o'clock left for a favorite paitridge ground., i i] B - 

 ner time found us with two ducks, no partridges and four 

 era y squirrels. As the morrow was to be our lasi we de- 

 luded to be absent all day. Leaving the house at 4 A. M., 

 we scoured the woods and upper meadow, and were quite 

 lucky. About noon we sat down on an old tree at the head 

 of the Great Meadow, and while eonversijig on vniiou:, 

 topics I saw a bird drop into the brook not one In; ; n ; : 

 yards away, aud notifying the others T started for him and 

 Jordan followed. The duck rose some fifty yaids away, 

 circled around to the right and passed directly over White, 

 Who coolly brought him down, and he isnow mounted in 1 he 

 latter's room. 



About three 1 started for the house, but, the others re- 

 mained, and on the way shot; a hawk measuring forty two 

 inches. 



Sfter supper went to the post-olhee, and on returning 

 home was astounded to hear that my friends had not ysi ar- 

 rived and that probably they were lost. Altoi carefully 

 considering we came to the conclusion ihai if they were 

 anywhere on the upper meadows, or in fact this side Of 

 Glover's Ridge, they could hear ague: therefore 1 heavily 

 loaded six shells, aud goiug to the top of a small Mil tired 

 two charges in quick succession and eagerly awaited .< re- 

 sponse. A minute passes; again I fired. Huilo-o-o-ah!— no, 

 that was a loon; again 1 fire. The echo runs through the 

 woods seemingly with noise enough to be heard miles 

 away. But no a"nswer came to our waiting ears. Sol ''< 

 we wend our wav toward the hou-e 



For an hour we sit around the stove, and then the host 

 and his wife re-lire, but fur sonic lime 1 ;,at whh my head in 

 my hands and elbows on my knees, Aboui B:SO I Ml ; 

 to' retire, when i hear voices and imagine I lieaj "I n 

 voice. Nearer they come, and I am not mistaken, for il is 

 them, and a more' dilapidated aud thoroughly tired out 



