FOREST AND STREAM*, 



185 



poarance of a spring bubbling up through grsvel, and is easily 



discernible from the surrounding bottom. The bed for Ilia 



. carefully prepared, the fecundating of the 



i- next in order, this is successfully accomplished by 



both niHle and female fish turning flat on their sides, belly to 

 belly, .'nid swimming rapidly, pressed close together, for a 

 short distance, when they part and resume their natural posi- 

 tion, the female returning to the nest to drop the now impreg- 

 nated eggs and the male watching sharp for intruders close 

 by. This is repeated al short intervals, until all the eggs are 

 successfully deposi lei 1. 



Bird, Animal, Reptile or Insect, each species has its own 

 peculiar mode of sexual intercourse. If you have seen it of 

 the one you hove seen it of all belonging to that species. 

 Their habits are the same. The Hashing of the silver side of 

 the herring iu our brackish waters during the month of June 

 is occasioned 1 i It ide up while spawn- 



ing. Should any of your readers visit the Big Pond of the 

 Knob in June, they will tied the above just as told. The 

 I still there: so are the fish ; and the. water just as 

 pure : but no noble buck will disturb your reverie. ' They 

 have all departed for the happy land. Wuiin'oonwiu.. 



— -o,^. 



Tennksske Shad and Salmon. — JVas/mlk, April 1. — Judge 



Clapp, Senator from Shelby Co., and a great advocate of ash 



protection, has just told me that recently some shad and 



i hi have been taken in the Mississippi 'River near Mem- 



he result of a plant made there some years ago. 



J. D. n. 



MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Notes on Arrival, Presence and Decartcike of (Mostly) 

 Water Birds at and Near Clauk's Island, Plymouth, 

 Mass., From May 1 to Dec. 20, 1852. 

 By P. C. Browne. 



THE "Gurnet" is the seaward point, several miles out, 

 rocky. " Saqnish " is the inner point, sandy. Between 

 these x>oints are about two miles of sandy beach on the ocean 

 safe, backed by a corresponding strip of marsh on the inner 

 side. These features indicate a favorite ground for a large 

 variety of lJmicolm, which in fact it was in "old times," but 

 it is now nearly descried. A' glance at any good map of 

 Massachusetts will give an idea of the locality. 



May S— Hundreds of long-tailed duck {H. yladalh) still 

 about the Gurnet, and Mergansers (M. tfrratof) seen almost 

 everyday. Many brant still here. First observed greater 

 yellowlegs : ;'. 



Maj 10 -Semipalmnlcd sandpiper (JR pwsilhts) numerous. 

 A few ring plover {JjL s< 



May 21— Observed two mergansers (late for themj, also 

 ilci duck and velvet duck (CE. fusca). Loons abund- 

 ant. First observed sandalling (O. arenaria) and little sand- 

 piper ( 7'. miitutilia), and first noticed spotted sandpiper C T, 

 mwilarius), I hough they may have been about some days. 

 INot many of the waders had arrived previous to the 19th ; 

 now large flocks passing daily. 



May 3(1— Four brant seen ; very late for them. Loons still 

 linger in large nvunbera Velvet ducks and Mergansers still 

 arojind the Gurnet. Two flocks black-breast plover (S. Hel- 

 passing, 



June 1— Saw a single brant on Saqnish. 



June 18— Two mergansers on Saquish. Last of the waders 

 disappeared, northward bound, with exception of piping 

 plover (-E. ind'./dux), which is breeding abundantly on Sa- 

 quish, and perhaps two or three pairs of spotted sandpipers. 

 Of the latter I saw young to-day just hatched. 



July 25— A flock of ducks, either surf or velvet, seen in the 

 bay to-day. These birds lould not have bred this season. 

 First arrivals oE waders from the north, ring plover, semipal- 

 mated and little sandpipers. 



Aug. 1— Found a flock of the least tern (S. rainuta of Wiis) 

 at Beach Point ; a few great tern (8. Mrundo) in company. 



Aug. 3— Saw first black breast plover. The last (apparently) 

 of red-breast snipe (.!/. yriseus) passing to the southward. 

 Sanderling should have been recorded several days ago. Ob- 

 serve no upland plover (A. iartramius) jet, but their note 

 has been heard. 



Aug. 7— Heavy arrival of waders from the north; thousands 

 passing: very lev.; seem inclined to stop. Piist observed 

 golden plover (0. viryinkus) and yellow legs (T. flavipes). To- 

 day Mi. vV. shot a tern new to me, which proved to be young 

 ot S. nigra* of Aud. 



Aug. 9— Saw and secured a single specimen of the long- 

 billed curlew (A r . foitgiruUrix). Air. W. tells me this is a rare 

 visitor of late. 



Aug. 14— Pectoral sandpiper ( T. maculata) iere, A few 

 Bonaparte'; cull .-. .,,',) about. 



Aug. IS— Black-breast plover back again. Obtained one in 

 interesting plumage, half way between summer and winter. 



Aug. 26— Obi • stone S, interpret) ; not at all 



abundant; only occasionally lee ■ . tittmu nigra made very 

 short stay; should think not more than a fortnight. None 

 seen now for several days. 



Sept. li— Golden plover occasionally seen for a month past, 

 but the main flight is only now arriving after a severe north- 

 easter. 



B6pt. 7 — Red-breast sandpiper {T. eanutus) here. Obtained 

 only young, however, in the gray plumage, many gunners 

 considering liieui a different bird under name of " grayback." 

 Bonaparte's sandpiper ( T. achimii, now fntdcoHis) arriving in 

 small numbers. 



Sept. a— B. shot one red-breasl. saipe. Mr, W. siys some- 

 times a stray bird about as late as the middle of September. 



Sept. 10— Many golden pluvei. The papers report them 

 more abundai I id Boston than lor many years. 



{To he continued.) 



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p.uionuuately was 



' I "» great unity. Ja 



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on record us n . ■■•;■:, v,,i. s, p . on). 



10 Ilea's o; ISIS), Hie 



, :.r uiuin.tr ol ifirttai 



Bwster, in i imiiing article on 



OOl New ingiaucl terns, result or Surge pureoual obeer- 



as follows: "Nigra can no loi 



regarded as a rare or accidental visitor. Taelr numbers vary con- 



■i;« in Jilltrent years, tut they are always to be. found during 



they were luirlv nameious hi Aug. 



Alio Sen relation till i-ieii- o< nie 



species to a [luice among blroa of Massaoaos 



Noras From CoKREsroKDEKTs.— One of our friends, who 

 writes from New Canton, Va., sends us a little strip of skin 

 taken from an albino muskrat. The fur on the specimen is, 

 except at the tip, while, while the long hairs are the palest 

 possible gold color. Tho rat from which this skin came had 

 the feet and tail pure white, but the eyes are said not to have 

 been pink. Apropos of this, an exchange says : 



Charles Flewelleu, of Kalonah, N. Y., last, week caught on 

 Crotou liiver a pure white muskrat, and has it alive at his 

 home. 



The same correspondent says that while plowing some corn 

 stubble, March 14, he came upon the nest of a woodcock con- 

 taining three eggJ, on which the bird was setting. 



A correspondent from Ohio sends us a rather interesting 

 specimen in the shape of a bit of barrel hoop pierced by a "sap 

 sucker" ('/ Pkus or BpJtyrapmti) to get at some larvic which 

 were snugly ensconsed in their warm cottony nests behind it. 

 The hole bored by the bird is dose to a nail hole iu the hoop, 

 and the observer thought that he was trying to pick out the 

 nail, which, indeed, bears some marks of his strong bill One 

 of the larvse taken from behind tho hoop is sent to us for 

 identification, but in such bad condition that nothing can be 

 made of it. Query— How did the bird come to look for grubs 

 behind the hoop ? 



"H " writes us from Foxcraf t, Maine, under date of March 

 21, that Elija Norton and Cole Weston, two fox hunters, shot 

 two loupcerviers last week. A deer, was seen about two miles 

 below our village on Saturday. 



Comment Unnecessary.— A Brookfleld, Ohio, correspond- 

 ent writes of a toad which was discovered in the middle of a 

 huge chunk of coal dug out in a mine 150 feet below the sur- 

 face of the ground. The discoverer shut it up in an air-tight 

 vessel and buried it in the earth for a year, at the end of which 

 time it was dug up again and found to be alive and lively. 

 Another year iu the air-tight vessel in no way sobered this 

 sprightly ancient, and three years seclusion have now been 

 granted hirn, ^^ 



IiABY-S of the Partridge Fly. — A Gilbertsville, N. Y., 

 correspondent writes that grouse in his vicinity were very 

 scarce last season, owing, as he believes, to the ravages of the 

 " grouse licks." Capturing a grouse he found on each side of 

 its head, where the beak of the bird could not reach them, 

 thirteen of these vermin. Great numbers of birds were simil- 

 arly affected. We wish to enter our protest against the term 

 " tick," so often applied to these insects. As we have said 

 before, they are not ticks at alL 



Stlvia Cistioola.— Medford, Mass. — Editor /forest and 

 Stream : Can you give me the common name for the inclosed 

 scientific title, Sylvia mlicolat The label came with a nest 

 from Africa. Also, through what medium can I learn of the 

 bird's habits, etc.? William Gmns. 



Sylvia cislicola is one of the wood warblers of Northern 

 Africa, perhaps better known at present as Drgmoica schmni- 

 cola. It is said to inhabit Northern Egypt and Arabia. The 

 older name was given by Temminck. It is doubtful whether 

 you can find a full account of its habits in any work on orni- 

 thology, but for information as to the genus, consult " Jor- 

 dan's Illustrations of Indian Ornithology." 



Wild Fowl Gabbled over Niagara Falls. — "Skeptic" 

 writes from Boston to ask if wild fowl are ever borne over 

 Niagara Falls, being rendered helpless hy the extreme cold, or 

 from other cause ; to which one of our Niagara Falls corres- 

 pondents replies : 



A great many ducks and geese, wild and tame, do float 

 down and over the Falls, but cold weather has nothing to do 

 with it. The thermometer has not been lower this winter than 

 8 degrees helow zero. The birds go over mostly in the night. 

 I don't think any of them are killed ; a great many are found 

 wing-hurt and fall easy victims as they swim in the eddies 

 below. A great many are killed in the eddies in the Falls in 

 September, October and November, before the cold weather 

 comes on, but of course a few of these only are wounded ones. 

 My own theory is that most of the injuries are inflicted above 

 the falls by shaky marksmen, and the bird floating with the 

 current gets into the rapids which he cannot stem, and as he 

 cannot fly must go over. Hiram E. Griffith. 



Do Woodcock Breed Twice a Year? — Waynesboro, 

 Burke Co., Qa. — Mr. Editor: While selecting a site for a 

 "fish trap," I flushed a woodcock, shot it down, and simul- 

 taneously a young one arose and flew some twenty feet. After 

 rambling through the swamp I returned over the same ground 

 and found two young ones. I was surprised to find them at 

 this season, supposing Aug. or Sept. to be the time of their 

 laying and hatching. Is it, not unusual? Why are ducks so 

 scarce in our Southern country this season ? There has been 

 no sport in this line, and now that the snipe season is upon us 

 I find them equally scarce, without any appreciable reason. 



Woodcock are among the very earliest birds to breed, and 

 no doubt in your section their eggs are laid in February. We 

 cannot answer your second question as we know nothing of 

 the conditions which prevail in your locality. 



A Revised List of Cinoinkati Birds.* — Under the above 

 title Mr. F. W. Langdon has made several changes in his pre- 

 vious list.f and, by giving authorities for rarities, has added 

 much to its value. In addition to the list of identified sp;ries, 

 numbering 256, there are 26 others given as probabilities, and 

 with sufficient reasons, it seems to us. Under General Obser- 

 vations at the end, the author calls attention to the changes 



which have taken place during forty years, causing the ex- 

 termination of some species while others have increased. Al- 

 together it is one of the best local lists, and we would have 

 a much belter knowledge of distribution of birds were there 

 more as reliable collectors as Mr. Langdon. 



Moras WmTB Woodcock.— HooticTc Falls, March 'Zi.—Mr. 

 Editor : Seeing in your columns of albino woodcock, I myself 

 shot one last, season, and Mr. Chas. Cole, of Poughkeepsip, 

 also shot one and hud it preserved. His was larger than mine, 

 and if any one wishes to see it they can, by calling on the 

 above gentleman farmer, or by addressing him at the above 

 place, or hear from him. C. H. Youno. 

 _.»^. 



Ark Rabbits C.uraiYEnorts ?— Philadelphia, March 6.— Ed- 

 itor Forest, atid Stream : Arc the large white mountain 

 rabbits carnivorous ? My reasons for asking are these : In the 

 fall of '58 I was living at Lake Lewis, Sullivan Co., Pa. Soma 

 cattle that had died were placed at the edge of a swamp. 

 Soon animals of some kind made inroads on them. Although 

 I set traps and snares, I was never able to catch anything but 

 rabbits. Visiting the same county last fall, I was told by 

 a number of hunters that, they never eat the white rabbit on 

 account of it living on mice, carrion, etc. C. T. Jones, Jr. 



Can any of our correspondents answer this question ? — Ed. 



Animals Received at Cincinnati Zoological Gardens fob thb 

 Week Endino April 1, 1SI9.— Two grizzly bears, TTrnu horribUis ; two 

 black bears, U. americanus ; one great Kangaroo, ilacrepvt giganteus ; 

 one aontlad, A. wagelaphus ; one pony, Egnus ciiballits; alt born In 

 Harden. Two passenger pigeons, Ictopishes migratoria, hatched In 

 Garden ; one badger, Tazidci americana, purchased ; one lion, Felts 

 leo; one leopard, Felts pardus, deposited by Mr. Jno. Robinson ; one 

 magpie, Pica huitionica, presented by Mr. R. M. Shoemaker. 



Frank J. Thompson, Snpt. 



* A Revised List of Cincinnati Birds, by Frank W. Langdon, extracted 

 from rlie journal ol the Cincinnati Society ol Natural History, Jan., 

 18W, pp. 2T. 



t A Catalogue of the Bitds ot the Vicinity of Cincinnati, with Notes, 

 by Frank W. Langdon, The Naturalist's Azeno.y, Salem, Mass,, April, 

 167V, pp. IB. • * ' 



THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW, 



THE third annual New York Dog Show is a decided sue 

 cess in every particular. Such a collec'ion of fine, 

 sporting dogs has never been seen in this, if in any country. 

 The attendance has been, bo far, in excess of what it was last 

 year. The three-judge system appears to work well and give 

 general satisfaction. There are remarkably few absentees 

 among the dogs. The judging of sporting dogs commenced 

 at one o'clock, and by sis o'clock all the pointers and the 

 English setter champion classes had been judged. Mr. John 

 Davidson was very warmly greeted by sportsmen from vari- 

 ous parts of the country. Of course, every one knows that 

 there is no such place for a dog show as Gilmore's Garden, 

 but in the improved arrangements this year it is simply 

 superb. The entire building had been floored over, and the 

 dust and dampness of former years were absent. The ex- 

 perience of previous shows enabled exhibitors, managers and 

 attendants to work harmoniously together, and there was no 

 confusion. The usual throng of the fashionable society of 

 the city was present even on the opening day, as well as visit- 

 ors from every part of the Union, the attendance reaching (on 

 Tuesday) 6,000. The hour at which we go to press prevents 

 any detailed criticism of the dogs, which must be deferred 

 until next week. As was mentioned in our last issue, the 

 sporting classes filled in a manner totally unexpected, and the 

 improvement in the quality is strongly indicative of the re- 

 sults of an increased attention to breeding. The show of 

 poiuters, particularly the puppies, was remarkably fine, con- 

 sidering the number— 116. The same may he said of English 

 setters, of which there were 156. The red Irish setters were 

 also remarkably fine. The following is the list of awards 

 made up to Tuesday evening -. 



Greyhounds. — let, F W Luyties, Prince; 2d, Raymond J. Chatry, 

 Fida ; V h c— Robert L Lee,' Barou ; H o.— Henry W Livingston, 

 Charlio ; O— H. Steiuer, Fosdick. First prize, $15 ; second, silver 

 medal. 



Deerhounds.— 1st, P T Barlow, Thor ; 2d, P T Barlow, Maida j 

 H c— Luke W Wnite, Stanley. First prize, $15 ; eecond, silver 

 medal. 



Pointers.— Champion— Doga over 55 lbs.— 1st, Lincoln & Hell- 

 yar, Snapshot ; V h c, G A Strong, Pete ; John H B Latrobe, Jr, 

 Bounce, and Irwin & Waddell, Sleaford ; H c, C Dubois and k A 

 Wagstsff, Till. For tho best, $35. Bitches— over 50 1I>b.— 1st, 

 Columbus (Ohio) Kennel Club, Fan ; V h c, H N Muun, Psychs; 

 (i A Strong, Fan ; H c, Edmund Orgill, Romp. For the beat, $35. 



Pointers.— Doga over 55 lbs. — let, Fisher Howe, Jr, Rex ; 2d, 

 W B Hobart, Rapp; 3d, John H Meyer, Sport ; V h o, Hubert 

 Schenherr, Ranger; H c, Nelaon Cornwall, Rob ; S S Cobb, Range; 

 J J Snellenberg, Fi»k; J W Coffin, Halle II ; Dr C H H Sayer, 

 Patch ; JohD F Harrinou Dash ; C, Banjamin Peer, Don ; Wash- 

 ington A Coater, Royal Don ; E Langdon Wells, Tramp. For boat, 

 $30; second best, 20; third best, silver medal. Bitches, over 50 

 lbs.— lat, Luke W White, Grace; 2d, David Ci Haitt, Flaeh; 3d, 

 H C Glover, Gwendolin. For the beat, i?30 ; second beat, $20 ; 

 third best, ailver medal. 



Pointers.— Champion— Does under 55 lbs.— 1st, E A Willari, 

 Set'ton ; V h c, Albert M Wright, Dick ; J J Snellenburg, Button ; 

 Edmund Orgill, i;ush. For the beat, 535. Bitches under 5C lbs.— 

 lat, Edmund Orgill, Rose ; Y h o, A E Godoffroy, Quoen ; J J 

 Snellenburg, Topsv. For the beat, $35. 



Pointers.— Dogs under 55 lba.-lst, I Weighed, Bob ; 2d, John 

 Gill, Dash ; 3d, Guernsey L Strong, Ben : V h c, Max Helimick, 

 Bhak; H c, W E Doaue, Rob; Baltimore Kennel Club, Black 

 Prince ; Thomaa H Terry, Chiswick ; George H Evorall, Ranger. 

 For the beat, #30 ; second beat, 920 ; third best, silver medal. 



Bitches under 50 lbs lat, George Van Wagener, Dutchess ; 2d, 



G G Barker, Princess ; 3d, R Lamb, Elf ; V h c, Edmund Orgill, 

 Bella ; C Dubois and E A Wagetaff, Minnie; H c, J W Bnssell, 

 Eileen ; H Hedeman, Gip ; A E Godoffroy, Dora. Prizes same as 

 above. 



Pointers.— Puppies over sis months aud under twelve months— 

 Doga.— lat, Oharles M Bchieffetin, Ponto , Garrett Roach, Tan j 

 V h c, Dr Henry F At en, Frank Forrester ; AE Godeffry, Raudom; 



Columbus (Ohio) Konnel Club, King Charlie; Hdruund Orgill, ; 



H c, O W Donner, Sly ; William F Steele, Gtonmark ; Georgo Van 

 Wagenon, Game j Lincoln & Hellyar, Snapshot II; H IS Mann, 

 Clive Ueweombo : C, H N Mann PendenuU ; W R Bodner, ranger. 

 For the beat, 610 ; second beat, silver medal. Bitohes. — lat Chas 

 M SohiefMm, Beauty ; 2d, G A Strong, Reua: V h c, Columbus 

 (Ohio) Konnel Club, Queen May ; I Weighell, Fleet ; Edmund Or- 

 gpj 1 H o, W A Coster, Royal Peggie ; G A Strong, Mollio ; 



