850 



FOREST AhT> STREAM. 



;e, L. tn'd'tely- 



entry. The buy gull of the gunners (& 



to) arrives, also the shore lark (&'. alpetvrts). 



Nod. 30.— Main flight at geese ; saw about twenty flocks. 

 Brant getting quite scarce. Sheldrakes still abundant ; long- 

 tailed ducks ditto. 



Nov. 23.— Shot a barred owl (Syrnium luhdomm) on the 

 Island. No other seen. 



Dec. 1.— A very large flock of red-poll linnet (Aeguilltus 

 Unaria) stopped a short time on the Island. 



Dee. 10.— Several red-back sandpiper seen to-day On 

 Baquish, and a few sanderling, hut the beaches are about de- 

 scried, except by the shore lark, which is abundant every- 

 where. Kobins and meadow larks still here. 



Dec. 12.— B. reports foolish guillemot (£. troile) outside, 

 and I hear of eider ducks aft the next point to the southward. 

 A single pintail duck seen ; late. Whistlers and dusky ducks 

 abundant, not very wild. 



Dec. 15.— Obtained a pair of neat little spirit ducks, "Dip- 

 pers" the Runners call them, some say "Coppers" (/?. 

 albeola). They are not at all plenty here ; frequent the 



Deo. 23.— Meadow larks and golden-wing woodpeckers still 

 linger. 



Dec. 25.— Saw several flocks long-tailed duck and one Hock 

 velvet duck. Many whistlers and a vast number of dusky 

 ducks, 800 to 1,000, all inone flock. It was quite exciting to 

 sail up to them and see and bear them rise. They would 

 "jump," generally, at about 200 yards. Bed-throated loons 

 not observed lately ; what I think is the Black-tkroated seen 

 occasionally, and the great loon has been very scarce all the 

 season. 



Dec. 26.— The terns all gone, and the small gulls mostly. 

 Obtained in a sheltered cove of the Island a single specimen 

 of the sea dove {Meryulm alle) the foolish guillemot in minia- 

 ture, an occasional winter visitor from the extreme north. 

 The sailors coll it " Piueknol," from its apparent toughness in 

 regard to the weather, perhaps. With him my journal closes 

 for the year. 



_*«-,—. 



A Compliment to Db. Coubs.— We lake great pleasure 

 in calling attention to the deservedly high compliment paid 

 to Dr. Coues by a number of the most eminent British biolo- 

 gists on the bibliography which accompanied his latest work — 

 " The Birds of the Colorado Valley." The compliment re- 

 ferred to taltes the form of a memorial addressed to Dr. 

 Coues, referring in high terms to the value and importance of 

 the work which he has undertaken, and finally begging him 

 to visit Europe for the purpose of consulting the various 

 libraries, -which contain works not accessible in this country, 

 and offering him, should he visit England, every assistance 

 in the power of the signers. Among the numerous signatures 

 attached to thi3 paper are those of Darwin, Wallace, Huxley, 

 Flower, Parker, Mivart, Gunther, Selater, Newton, Salvin, 

 Bharpe, Dresser, Garrod, Gould, Harting, Tegetmeier, and 

 many other names scarcely less well known. 



and found as Freud and Brock had done previously, n 

 follicular structure, tho follicles being filled with small spher- 

 ical cells, which Dr. Minot considered lobe probably imma- 

 ture spermatozoa, although the developement could not bo 

 traced.— A. 8. Packard, Jr., and J. B, " 

 American Naturalist. 



ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FOB TUB 



Week Ending Jcne 11, 1379.— One pair Javau casvrotalns, Fror/uha 

 jdvantcu&j one opoBsntn ana thirteen young, Di'Mphyn bitginiitna ; 

 one bam owl, Strix flamimv wmerieaia; one pair cheetahs, Felix jubala; 

 one Borncnn sun-bear, Udanios eunjspilui; one CUacma baboon, 

 tluftpcTcarius.; two electrical eels, Gjpnnotus eJectriau ; aU 

 purchased. Oae English blackbird, Morula tunhts; one Angora goat, 

 Capra hircrm; one aandhlll orane, Qrva amm'.cnsis \ one raccoon, 

 Prne.yon lalor ; one ring-necked anakc, IHdSopWa pvivtatux; one pair 

 Angora rabbila ; one hog coaed fnake, Heterodon pUityrJiinoa ; seven 

 homed toads, Phrynommacornuta; two black Bnakea, Susmnion con- 

 strictor ; three woodebuoks, Aretemyt tnsnaas ; two ring doves, J'urtur 

 rfcoriiw ; all presented. One pair of twin Virginia deer, Csrvus nirt/ini- 

 amui, born In Garden. 



i 



HANOVER DOG SHOW. 



THE Hanover International Dog Show occurred in that 

 city on May 21 and four following days. At least a 

 thousand dogs were exhibited, and the English papers unite 

 in saying that the display was an excellent one. We condense 

 from the London Field some of the more interesting particu- 

 lars regarding the show : 



The arrangements were admirable. To begin with : the 

 whole of the place was surrounded by the canvas netting 

 used by German sportsmen for boar-hunting, so that no dog, 

 if he got loose, could possibly have got out and been lost. 

 The covered pens and benches were arranged along each 

 avenue, and where there were trees in full foliage the grate- 

 ful shade was truly welcome, for the heat was simply terrific; 

 but the dachshunde, bull terriers, toys, etc., which were 

 shown near the main entrance in a somewhat bare avenue, 

 must have suffered somewhat, the sun shining with overpower- 

 ingpersistency on their pens nearly every clay. C invas screens, 

 which could be dropped over the pens, were, however, pro- 

 vided, and thus the evil, as far as could be done, was reduced 

 to a minimum. The attendants were soldiers, each one of 

 whom had allotted to him a certain number of benches or 

 pens, and we can personally testify to the excellent manner 

 in which these men performed their duties ; for even at night, 

 when the show had been cleared of visitors for hours, we saw 

 them on two or three occasions with lamps, going from dog 

 to dog, carefully inspecting their charges, to see if they were 

 comfortable or required anything ; in short, greater care and 

 attention we have never witnessed. 



Of course, it being the first venture, some ef the working 

 details lacked those finishing touches which experience alone 

 can suggest; but the committee of management are so anx- 

 ious to learn, and accepted hints so readiiy and gratefully, 

 that we have no doubt that their next show will he in every 

 way second to none. 



Now we will point out the chief mistakes in the working 

 details. Firstly, in connection with the judging, there were 

 no award boards or telegraph boards; and aa the foreign 

 judges did not care to let the public know their awards until 

 the said awards had been submitted to the committee, it was 

 rather a difficult thing to ascertain the winners, especially as 

 the judging was carried on simultaneously in several rings. 



Indeed, up to this very moment, we are in the dark as 

 regards the winners in several of the classes, and we had 

 therefore an immense amount of labor in collecting informa- 

 tion. This, it appears, is owing to the fact that although ttie 

 dogs were placed by the judges, the committee had reserved 

 to themselves the actual awarding of the prizes. Thus, if the 

 dog and the bitch class of a certain breed failed to muster 

 either a sufficient number of entries or quality, only one first 

 prize was eventually given for the two classes, although, per- 

 haps, originally the judges had placed a first in each class, as 

 directed. Thus, a long consultation had to take place after 

 the judging (which judging, by the way, lasted two days) 

 between the committee and the judges, and the members of 

 the English press were formally invited to attend said meet- 

 ing, when, for the first time, we were enabled to ascertain 

 absolutely which dogs were winners in some of the classes. 



The fact of the matter was, the show was under somewhat 

 military rules and government, officers being appointed to 

 every department, and whenever spoken to they replied, 

 rightly enouah, that their orders were to act as they did, and 

 of course declined to budge an inch or to give contrary orders 

 to their men j so the judging was decidedly slow. As for the 

 rings, quite a sensible feamre was introduced by the fact that 

 they were either boarded up all round or inclosed with boar- 

 hound canvas netting, so that the escape of any dogs was a 

 perfect impossibility as long as the gates were kept closed, 

 and this was well attended to. The benches were placed 

 alon2 the avenues in the park, and each dog was by himself, 

 except those hounds which weio used to each other. A 

 squad of young soldiers had been told off to attend to the 

 cleaning and exercising of the dogs ; and, when we say that 

 we have never seen dogs better attended to, we hope to have 

 said something which may prove to the credit of those whom 

 it may concern. The show was patronized on the first day 

 by Prince Albrecht of Prussia and the Grand Duke of 

 Mecklenburg, and the Emperor himself had expressed the 

 wish of visiting the exhibition on the second day, but a tele- 

 gram was eventually received, stating that he would not be 

 able to come. 



The rings were, unfortunately, very wide apart, so that 

 pursuit of knowledge was carried on under great difficulties. 



Discovert or Male Ebls.— We are glad to state that 

 finally what we believe to be genuine male eels have been dis- 

 covered. In the January number of this journal it was an- 

 nounced by Prof. Packard that he had discovered male eels. 

 A number of the supposed males were afterward again ex- 

 amined, by Prof. Packard and Dr. O. S. Minot, who were 

 then led to conclude that the so-called male eels were im- 

 mature females, and the mistake was corrected by Prof. 

 Packard in the February Naturalist. A large number of liv- 

 ing eels were then examined by Messrs. Packard, Kingsley, 

 Pierce and Minot without success, until at Prof. Packard's 

 Tequest Mr. Kingsley spent a few days at Wood's Holl, at the 

 laboratory of the U. S. Fish Commission, in the last of 

 February, examining living eels supplied by Mr. Vinal N. 

 Edwards, by favor of Prof. Baird, U. S. FUh Commissioner. 

 One hundred and ninety-three eels were there examined, and 

 of these, three were found by Mr. Kingsley to be, in his 

 opinion, males. His observations made on these living in- 

 dividuals which were speared in a pond through the ice, are 

 as follows: "On February IS, 19 and 20, 1 examined one 

 hundred and ninety-three eels, at Woods Holl, and found 

 three males, the testes of which pgreed closely with Syrski's 

 figures as reproduced in the L". S. Fish Commission Report 

 for 1873-4 and 1874-5, p. 719. A.: hough I made careful ex- 

 amination I could find no external characters to separate the 

 eexes The three males were each about seventeen inches 

 long while the females examined varied from about twelve 

 inches to nearly three feet. This average length of males 

 agrees closely with iryrski's (430 mm: in length.) The 

 principal criticisms I would make of his figures, or rather 

 points of difference that I found, are that his enlarged figure 

 showing the lobulation of th« testis has the lobe3 far more 

 crowded than they were in the specimens I examined. His 

 drawing of the histological structure was greatly larger than 

 what 1 supposed to be the same. His cells measure, accord- 

 ing to the explanation, about 1-440 of an inch on their major 

 axis while 1 saw nothing that could have been over 1-4000 

 of a'n inch. The structure of the testis was similar to that 

 which I have seen in the testes of the cod, perch, smelt, cat, 

 deer rooster, monkey, dog and man. On teasing it out under 

 a To'lles one-fifth, 1 saw what I am confident were sperma- 

 tozoa, although I could not distinguish the tails. The heads 

 were oval and from one-half to one-third the size or thoso of 

 -the smelt, or about 1-20000 of an inch in length j they had an 

 independent motion, changing their position on the slide 

 without reference to any current in the water in which the 

 tissue was placed, and this motion was wholly different in its 

 character from the vibrations of the Brownian movement." 

 Prof. Packard examined independently of and in company 

 with Mr. Kingsley, preparations made by himself, and found 

 scattered through the tissues, nucleated and nucleolated testis 

 rt-w'o of ibe same appearance as those of the animals above r . 



named which we re Kind obtained by Prof. Pierce. More- Near the pavilion, in two rings adjoining each other some of 

 oTr Prof Packard found two mother-cells, containing the German judges and Mr Dalz.el officiated; ^ while at the 

 several immature nucleated spermatozoa. 8o that after the other side of the gardens three rings fenced off by canvas, 

 examination of about five hundred female eels and three were reserved respectively for French, Carman and English 

 maTs we are glad to be able to affirm the entire accuracy of sporting dogs. In consequence thereof, we had [full, oar 

 &nk!' Tobscrvlt.ons and figures, he being the Brat observer, I share of exercise in going from one ring ^anoflw. Messrs 

 so far as we are aware, who has discovered the male sex of Bpratt had undertaken the feeding of the dogs and t is was 

 the Italian eel. Which species of eel it was that ^yrski ex- attended to in admirable style by a spec ml staff of sold ers 

 amined is not stated. In making these investigations we have who, wheeling along a large tub mounted on wheels ladled 

 ?o acknowledge the aid of Frof°John Pierce, of Providence, . out of it a full ration for each dog as they came to him. At 

 in the um of. a fine series of mounted histological specimens night sentries were posted at all the e ?' ranc . e8 ' a w«'rn », 

 wd lenses of high powers. He has worked jointly wilh us ' gether, the material arrangements of the show were a8 

 nnrl is of our opinion as to the sex of the three males. Dr. \ perfect as could be. .... a,„»j t,„ f v,„ 



Sot esaraiued one o£ the three males, preserved in alcohol, J There were about a ecore of special pmes offered-by the 



Emperor of Germany, the Kiug ol Hoi laud, Boyeral princes 

 and private gentlemen, and commercial the 



latter Spralts Patent, who gave a £40 prizes etc. The most 

 charming weather prevailed almost throughout. Indeed, 

 barriog two or three slight showers, the weather was splendid, 

 and rather hotter than many of the dogs liked, we wib 

 warrant. The attendance on Thursday, the second day 

 (a sort of half or whole holiday in Hanover) was enormous, 

 the gardens being filled to overflowing, and all the tables and 

 seats round the bars were fully occupied by pleasure seekers. 

 We may, by the by, state that during our stay we did not see 

 a single drunken man anywhere, either in the gardens or in 

 the streets. A new feature, aud one to which we have al- 

 ready drawn attention in years past, was introduced on 

 Saturday, by parading all the winning dogs before Prince 

 Albrecht of Prussia, who had come down purposely, and 

 who awarded there and then, his cup (a superb one) to Booty, 

 the well-known pug. This sort of parade was greatly rel- 

 ished by everybody ; and we repeat it, were the winners at all 

 showa to be brought out at a certain time, together, in the 

 order in which they had been placed, the visitors would be 

 enabled, at a glance, to master the chief points in the breeds ; 

 and where the judging had been deficient, the mistakes 

 would be far more patent than they now are, since the win- 

 ning dogs would be shown, side by side, in their assumed 

 order of merit. 



At Bella Vista there were also several inclosed exercise 

 grounds, with grass, water, etc., for the dogs, and a trifling 

 fee was to be charged for their use ; but, by mistake, the fee, 

 Gd., wa<J charged on each dog, and this came expensive on 

 those owners who had several dogs in the show. Next year 

 this will be remedied, Prince Solms told us, and then these 

 exercise grounds will prove a real boon. 



What we have also advocated for a long time was acted 

 upon during the judging, viz., loosening the probable win- 

 ners, in sporting dogs, after the weeding had taken place, so 

 as to see their style of going. Of course this could only be 

 done on grass, and in an inclosed ring, both of which points 

 were secured for the three sporting dog rings at Hanover. 

 We commend, once more, the notion to all whom it may con- 

 cern. 



On the whole, then, for a first attempt, the Hanover dog 

 show was a most magnificent success. We are heartily 

 pleased that it was so, and we trust that its future shows will 

 rise to such a pinnacle of fame that their splendor will rival, 

 if not eclipse, all the leading shows of the day. Indeed, tut 

 the committee are in such thorough earnest about their work, 

 that we should not wonder in the least if our prophecy should 

 come true — an end to be devoutly wished for— and, therefore, 

 here is success to the Hanover dog show ! 



The following is a list of the winners in the setter and 

 pointer classes : 



German Pointers.— let, Hesse (Hector) ; 2d, Biorman (Bravo; 

 Bitcbea : 2d, Kommallein (Miuoa). 



English Pointers.— Large— Dogs : 1st and special cup, K. Prico 

 ( Wopg) ; 2d and extra oup. G. da L. Macdona ( Cioxteth) : equal 

 3d, V. JIaraia and L. Haas (Lord). Bitches: Cup, G. do L. Mac- 

 dona (Uido); 2d, E. Goldrnaun (Juno). Small— Dogs: 1st aud 

 cup, Baron von Alvensleben (Bravi ; 2d, J. It. V. 

 (VVray); equal 3d, Prince Albert Solma (Naao IL ) and J. Piatt 

 (Carlo). BitcheB : let, Baron Yon Alvensleben ( Lady i : 2:1. E. 

 Meyer (Silk) ; equal 3d, J. H. Whitohouae ( Uorna and Sally i, and 

 Prince Albert Solms (Zoraata, Firefly, and SiJnev it ). 



Setters.— English— Dogs : lak and oup, J. O. Mucdona ( Ranger 

 Rab) ; equal 2d, Preiherr Max (Prince II.), Count Haidenburgh 

 (Ruck II. I, O. Borneman (Lord), and U. Maraia(Drakf i , ,-, T i:il 

 3d, G. Cartmel (Koyal Blue) and G. do L. Macdona (Hanger lit.) 

 Bitches: lat, Prince Alexanders ; 2d and cup, 1'iinoe Albert 

 Sjlrns I Quean and Zanka) ; 31, C Maraia (Perle). — Gordon ; 

 Dogn: let, J. Richardson (Duke); 2d, IT. Alaraia (.lock); 3d, 

 C. Hartmann (Bounce). Bitches: IbI, R. Alston (Countess) ; 

 2d. M. Kat (Lady).— Irish: Dogs: 1st, Fieiherr Max (Don); 

 2d, Prince Albert Solms (Rover); 3d, J. Richardson (Pam). 

 Bitches: Is, G. da L. Macdona (Pamela); 2d, Prince Albeit 

 Solms ( Flirt i. 



LETTER FROM "GOSHAWK." 



Richmond, Va., June 1G, 1879. 

 Editoe Forest and Stkkam i 



In reply to the editorial of Mr. Pentz in the Turf, Field 

 and Farm, ol June 18, responsive to "Goshawk," I feel 

 called upon to say that 1 did write that piece, and while re- 

 gretting the necessity for it, felt, and still feel, that it was 

 provoked by his reiterated charges of hired ignorance and 

 corruption on the part of the New York judges in both his 

 own paper and writing as " Gothamite " in the Chicago Field, 

 That he is "Gothamite" he has not denied. He has ingeni- 

 ously evaded a statement on that head. I therefore reiterate 

 the charge that he is " Gothamite." If he used another 

 hand to write the "Gothamite" letters, which he does not 

 even assert, his was the head that conned them. He truly 

 says we were utter strangers, and I cannot recall even the 

 "infinitesimally small "courtesy which he showed me when he 

 presented Mr. Bmce's card of introduction at the judging 

 ring in New York. I know that my every predisposition 

 was toward him by reason of regard for Mr. Druce; and if 

 by reason of my friendship with Mr. Bruce he was "lenient" 

 in calling me hired and ignorant, ami publishing that the in- 

 tegrity of the judges was questioned, I must, say, "spare me 

 from my friends," especially when his charges never appeared 

 elsewhere than in his columns and in the " Gothamite" let- 

 ters. Mr. Penlz's memory must be Ehort when he says, 

 " We do not propose in this column ever to attack private 

 character." Since I have been a subscriber to the T'/ri", L. 

 H. Smith of Slrathroy, W. M. Tihston, John Davidson" and 

 others are witnesses I would call on that point. When he 

 yields to the demands of the Pinnfore chorus for "exemplary 

 damages," 1 think a good plea in the nature of a plea of set- 

 off would arise upon the charge of hired ignorance and cor- 

 ruption first made by him. 



In my whole life I never was more " struck flat aback " 

 than by the criticisms of his paper, the only one in which I 

 had the slightest acquaintance ; and it now seems lhat he bad 

 other reasons than those now known to me for being kindly 

 — to wit, friendship for my relative, Capt. Cropper. Surely, 

 I would never have suspected it from his manner of critici m, 

 begun, continued, and not ended when I was tempted to re- 

 ply. I never blamed Mr. Pentz for writing to the Field as 

 well as for the Turf. I complained of the manner of his 

 writing and of an effort to create an impression that different 



publication -. 



the time of the Westminster show was simply that it might 



