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FOREST AND STREAM. 



weather. The ornithologists of the Province ought to be 



able to decide this this winter. 



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Notes from our Correspondents.— J. Otis Fellows 

 informs us that four white gulls have been shot this season 

 at Hornellsville, N. Y ; a gull had never been seen there 



before Also that a fine specimen of the bald e^gle was 



killed at Warsaw, N. Y., last week by a boy only 12 years 

 old. The eagle weighed 18 pounds and measured 7 feet 6 

 inches from lip to tip of wings. It was preserved. . . . Mr. 

 H -rrold Herrick of this city sends us word that several 

 red headed woodpeckers have lately been seen near here. 

 Forty years ago they were a common bi.d, even in southern 

 New England, but for many years none have been seen 

 about, except a few in the fall four years ago. ...H. 

 Munger, Jefferson City, Mo., has a lot of wood ducks, 

 raised by common ducks, which are very tame. 

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— We are glad to be able to resume the list of the Birds 

 of Lower Michigan, which has been interrupted by the au- 

 thor's absence on a collecting trip during the summer. 

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South American Game Birds. — In the Scientific Ameri- 

 can of September 3d, Truman Hotchkiss, of Stratford, 

 Connecticut, writes: — 



"On the eastern shore of the Uruguay river, from Pay- 

 sandu lo independencia, there is aa open rolling country 

 with frequent small ravines, most of which are bordered 

 wnh a narrow skirt of timber of stunted growth and flow- 

 erii.g shrubbery, which makes a fine retreat for the birds, 

 and wloo frt quently shelters the deer, South American tiger, 

 and wild cat, which, however, are not abundant. The hill 

 tops are also crowned with timber of similar growth, mak 

 ing a pleasant shade and resort from the scorching sun. 

 Except on the hill tops and in the ravines, the country is 

 partially coveted with tall coarse grass, which makes a tine 

 cover for quail and parti idge. On approaching a ravine, 

 the first thing that attracts your attention is the hum of 

 the humming-birds, which are of numerous different varie- 

 ties, each bird balancing nicely on its wings while it inserts 

 its long slender bill and extracts sustenance from the desert 

 flower. Along the ravines, wild pigeons, similar to ours, 

 are to be fouud in plenty, and are easily bagged. .Next is 

 the small partridge, very much like our northern quail, 

 which are difficult to bag on foot and without a dog, as 

 they will hide in the tall grass; but with a trained dog, the 

 sport is hue. On horseback, you may almost ride over 

 them before they will fly up. They are in flocks generally, 

 yet they do not huddle; anu it is difficult lo get more than 

 one at a shot. But you may sit on your horse and shoot a 

 ■whole flock singly, as they seldom fly except they are 

 flushed by a dog The large partridges, which #losely re- 

 semble English pheasants, are generally found singly, and 

 the mode of catching these birds is rather peculiar. 



They are fouud among the tall grass, 'Ihe sportsman is 

 mounted (carrying no gun, however), and has his dog trained 

 to tiie work. He walks his horse slowly along, while the 

 dog hunts about among the grass; and when he comes 

 clo»e upon the bird, the latter breaks cover, rises a little above 

 the grass, and flies off on a level. When the bird flies, the 

 sportsman puts his horse to his metal and follows to the 

 spot where he sees the bird alight (probably a hundred yards), 

 and waits the arrival of the dog, who fo'lows at his top 

 speed and rushes in among the grass; and soon again the 

 birds breaks cover and flies as betore, but only about half 

 as far. The sportsman and dog follow up as before, and 

 the bird is hunted - ut again by the dog, and divides the 

 distance again, and drops into the grass, pursued by sports- 

 man and uog, this time closing the race for life. The dog 

 rushes into the grass and directly comes out again with the 

 bird unharmed in his mouth; the sportsman in the mean- 

 time dismounts and reeeives the bird, and disposes of him 

 as he thinks proper. I was once an eye witness of such a 

 race, and was told that these birds never break cover but 

 three times, which seems to me rather strange. 1 ' 

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The Cribsal Thrasher.— in a private letter from Capt. 

 Charles Bentlire v\e have some interesting intormation as to 

 the characteristics of this little known bird. He writes:— 

 "Harporhynchus ermalis is common throughout the 

 greater part of southern Arizona wheie I have observed it 

 in a number of different places. This species is one of the 

 first birds to nest in Arizona, and is ouly found near to the 

 water-courses. It builds close to the ground, preierably in 

 thickets of wild currant bushes or willows. The nest is 

 poorly constructed— not nearly so well as that of the other 

 species. It begins breeding about March lCth and usually 

 lays but two eggs. These are scarcely distinguishable from 

 those of the common robin or cat-bird. In lact in many 

 respects this bird bears a close resemblance to the latter.. 

 I took some 3b* nests during the season of 1872. An occa- 

 sional nest contained three eggs, but two are the usual num- 

 ber. It rears two and perhaps three broods in a season, 

 and reoccupies the old nest. It is also an excellent song- 

 ster, but shy and retiring in its ways, is seldom seen 

 although abundant enough. As it keeps itself in tne dense 

 thickets boideiing the creek bottoms, and scarcely ever 

 flies when disturbed, but darts swiftly to the ground and 

 runs along to elude pursuit, always hiding in the densest 

 foliage. It is thus easily seen why specimens of this bird 

 are so rare in collections." 



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Ftrst Lion in New Yohk —It is about fifty years since 

 the nrst lion was brought alive to this country. It was 

 a whelp, and the pet of tiie commander ol a French brig 

 which was in tile.. African slave trade, and had come to New 

 York for a return cargo. Af er ihe brig arrived at New 

 York the animal became mischievous, and the Frenchman 

 sold him to a servant of one of the Broadway hotels named 

 Gold who paid ten dollars for his purchase. He took him 

 home and kept him in a cage lor two years, at the end of 

 which time he grew to about the size of a Newlouudland 

 dog His owner then commenced to exhibit him, without 

 the 'assistance of a brass- band or flaming placards. His 

 price of admission was one dollar, an exhorbitant charge at 

 that dav when -the choicest seats in the most fashionable 

 theatre' mie not over fifty cents. Crowds, however, came 

 daily lo see (he animal, and his owner made money rapidly. 

 TJuitl 18iU Gold leimaued proprietor ot the o..ly lion ru this 

 couum , turn his name became. widely known. He how- 

 ever, finally parted with the author of his tame and tor 

 tune for a ledge sum, having realized altogether between 

 forty and. fifty thousand dollars. 



—In 1875 no less than 200 human beings lost their lives 

 by wolves in Russia. The appetite of the Russian wolf is 

 enormous. His tenacity of life is astonishing, and he has 

 the 'possum's trick of pretending to be dead. It is related 

 in the publication from which we quote that a peasant rind- 

 ing what he supposed to he a dead wolf, took the presumed 

 carcass home. In the night the peasant heard a noise, and 

 found the animal on the table. It jumped at the peasant's 

 throat, and the wife, who rushed out for help, found her 

 husband dead on her return. 



THE BUTCHER-BIRD IN NEW YORK. 



Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 80th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Does the g. eat northern shrike (Collurio borealis) breed in Mew York 

 State? 



During the three years that I have collected eggs in this State I have 

 taken some seven bets of eggs, one in 1874, two in 1875 and four in 

 1876, and I always suppose.! they were those of the greai northern 

 shrike, but last year a doubt was expressed by some of my corre-pond- 

 ents about the egas being correctly named. Accordingly I shot the bird 

 with the first set I collected this year and sent it to Prof. Baird, who 

 pronounced it a loggeihead (C ludovicianus), which places it beyond a 

 doubt that the logg> rhead breeds here; but why a bird which has 

 always been considered but a straggler m this State should all at once 

 become common, is something which I leave for "older head*" to nettle. 

 In a recent number of the Oologist the treat northern bhrike is repre- 

 sented as breeding commonly in some parte of the S»*»te, and it says 

 that ihree nests were found in Oneida county, and others in other parts, 

 where the birds were identified beyond a doubt. That the great north- 

 ern shrike is found here in winter I know, and would like to hear the 

 opinions of others as to whether they really do breed or not. 



T. J. Wilson. 



he MenneL 



Greyhound Racing.— Dr. Rosenthal's artificial cat, 

 which is to make a pigeon leave the trap with all the ce- 

 lerity that Ihe most ardent trap shooter can desire, is out 

 done. The Englishmen have discovered another mode of 

 pursuing sport, as it might be, out of season, by racing their 

 greyhounds against each other. At Hudson, that place 

 where so much pport of one kind and another is always lo 

 be found, a sixleen-dog slake was to have been run for on 

 Saturday last the dogs being drawn in couples, as in cours- 

 ing, and the incentive to the racing being a stuffed hare 

 running on a wire with quite the speed of the animal when 

 alive. As greyhounds run entirely by sight, it answers 

 every purpose, and the distance is long enough for all pur- 

 poses. The mechanical arrangement for moving the hare 

 is said to be very ingenious though simple. The new 

 sport promises to become extremely popular in England, 

 and we should not be surprised if it was imported to this 

 country. If it is, greyhound stock will look up. 

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— Mr. W. Tie, of St. Louis, informs us that he has pur- 

 chased from Mr. D. T. Sherwood, of Skaneateles, N. Y , 

 his bitch Rusa, of imported stock, she being bred by Mr. 

 Asce, of Hamilton, Ind. 



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— The Laverack setter Pearl by Prince out of Lill II 

 (Pearl is own sister to Petrel) arrived per steamer City of 

 Richmond on the 23d ult., and is now in the Strathroy 

 kennels. Pearl is from Mr. Lllewellin's kennel. 



— Pedigree blanks for the registration of pedigrees in 

 the Kennel Register, can be had on application to us. No 

 charge for the blanks or for registering. 



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Hydrophobia. — An entire pack of fox hounds, number- 

 ing twenty -three couples, was recently found to have in 

 some way contracted an illness which, alter careful exam- 

 ination, was declared to be hydrophobia, and all were de- 

 stroyed. The pack had been in existence for more than 

 twenty years, and will be re established by drafts from 

 other kennels. If the remedy for this disease described 

 below is what is claimed for it, it would be an invaluable 

 article to be kept in every kennel. 



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St. Louis Bench Show. — Up to the time of our going 

 to p^ess no report of this show has reached us. The fol- 

 lowing is telegraphed to the Chicago Fled: — 



St. Louis, Mo.. Oct. 4th. 



This show is a pronounced ••uccess; there are no lea* taan l.»5 entiies. 



Class I. — Imported English setier* or their progeny that h.ve n> ver 

 t -k f -n first prize at any bench show (native setter.- of pure Enyli-h blood 

 and of Hutnen icated pedigr. e eligible). For the best d >g $2.3. Drake; 

 seem d p'ize $15, Regent, boih Luther Adams: bitches, Doia. St. .Louis 

 Kennel Club. 



Claft- II.- Imported rpd or red and-v,hire Irish setters, etc., as above. 

 Dogs flrat piize, $J5, Joe; t-eiond, £15, Yoik, J. C. Cooper; biicbes. 

 tii>t. Nura, A E. Sterling Cleveland; second, Ho-s, J C.Cooper; pup- 

 pies, doi/s, star, St. Loui- Kennel t lub; bitches-. Nora, A. E. Sieri.tii;. 



Class 111.- Black-and tan. or i»]ack-u hite-and-tan Gordon setters, e c , 

 as above Dogs first pi ize, .Frank, G. <>. E.ides; second prize, Tom, 

 W. Sappinetou; biiches, nrst piize. Uetilah; second piize, Betty, Wad 

 dell & Sherwood; pupp en, dogs. Carlo, G. O. Eadts. 



« lass IV.— Native English setters, with or without pedieree, that have 

 never taken first prize at any bench show. D<jjs, rii>t puze, Dan, J. A. 

 Wherry; second prize Piideof the West, VV'addell & Sheiwoou; bitches, 

 first prize, Kaie . C. F. Deniuth; second i.rize, Po.ly, va aaddl & Sher- 

 wood; pnpoies, dogs, Grouse, St. Louis Kennel Club; bitches, Sue, 

 WaUdeli & Mierwood. 



Class V. Native led. or red-and-white Irish setters, etc , a* a'^ove 

 Dogs, first piize. Pilot, Waddell & bherwood; second prize, M. Gulden. 



Thepoin.er classes will be j idged to-moirow. 



CHAMFION CLASsBS. 



To include any dog or bitch that has taken first prize at any previous 

 bench show 



Class IX— For the best English sf tter dog or bitch either imported or 

 native. Kock, St. Louis Kennel Club. 



Class X —For the best Irish setter, etc., as above, either imported or 

 native. Elcho, St Louis Kennel Club. 



Class XL— For the beBt Gordon setter, etc., as above. Rap, Dr. A. 

 Hammers. 



SPECIAL CLASSES. 



Cla?s XIV.— Premium offeied by the St. Louis Kennel Club for the 

 best imported Irish setier dog for stud purposes, to bd suown with two 

 of his pups; Elcho. St. Louis Kennel Uiub. 



Cla-s X v .— For the best Irish setter Litch, etc., as above; Loo, St. 

 Louis Kennel Club. 



Ciass XVI. — For the best imponed English setter dog for stud purpo- 

 ses, etc., as above; Rock, St. Louis Kenuei Clun. 



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Kennel Pboduce.— The Rev. H C. Berg's pointer bitch Forte, on 

 the 2d inst. whelped a litter of eight pups to Tell, three have died, leav- 



ing two does and three eyps. Three of the litter were black and tan— 

 an unusual Color for tho oughbrtd pointers, as they are. Eeach of Mr 

 Be r g's dogs were awarded special mention or diplomas at the late Cen' 

 tennial Bench Show. 



ON THE PROPERTIES AND USE OF THE 

 XANTHIUM SP1NOSUM AGAlNbT HY- 

 DROPHOBIA. 



BY DR. GRZYMALA. 



Extract from the Therapeutic Journal, April 10th, 1876, pub- 

 LisJitd at Purls, by Prof. M. A. Qub,er. 



We ure in receipt from one of our honorable and listing, 

 uished confreres, Dr. Giz\ mala (ot Krivoe-Ozero, Podolia) 

 of tlit following letter, which, by the virtue of the, to us' 

 well known character of its auihor, seems to us well worthy 

 of attention:— 



Krivoe-Ozkro, March 22, 1876. 

 To Professor Gdblbr: 



Dear i>ir and Most Honored Master:— Permit me to call your atten 

 tion for n moment, to the therapeutic properties of a very common bu 

 hitherto negleced plant Xanthium spino^um. 



I hasten to add, that, an enemv to sp cificalitv in medicine and in the- 

 rapeutics, I believe only in physiologcal action, but I also believe that 

 the physiological action of a great number of substances is jet Utile 

 known. 



In this particular case. I am convinced that thp physiological action of 

 a diaphoretic, notwitbstanuing inferior to the Jaborandi, the Xun hiiira 

 spinosum, gives or will give, the explanation of its t fleets a;ainsi h.dro- 

 phobia, for it is of the trea mentof this hydrophobic that I wi.-h to sptak 

 to you. This confession of faith seems to me indispensable when that 

 formidable malady is mentioned. 



This plant, which grows in many countries, is found in the middle of 

 France, in Podolia. It infal ibly neuttalizes the effect- of the virus of 

 the rabies, on tne single condition that it is administered in time, that is 

 to say, before the paroxysm of that terrinle malady appears. 



I have used the Xautnium, bow a number of ^ears wi h 'the best suc- 

 cess, and it has not yet be. n my lot to obsen e a sin,_l H ca-e where it has 

 disappointed me — although 1 have had occasion to administer it at least 

 a hundred times to men as well as to animals, bitten b> raoid dogs ani 

 wolves. You must not i e astonished at thes^ flames, which. 1 assure 

 you, are rather below than above the reility. In the country in which I 

 live, ra ties is very trequent; and for more than 20 years thai I have used 

 the medicine, ten cases per annum on an average, will readily justify the 

 number mentioned above. 



What would you say are the physiological effects of this remed/? 



A mdorific, a sialagogue, and a feeble diaretic, the aciiou of which is 

 less pronounced than that of Jaoorandi. 1 have not, however, been a>le 

 to produce all these phenomena together. Certain patients per.-pire, 

 others are salivated, and there are some who pass more mine than in the 

 normal condition. The temperature is slightly rawd, and the circula- 

 tion is oidtnarilv but little accelerated under the influence of thi- plant. 

 Some patients complain of cep alalgia. others of nausea. I have «etn 

 even those v\ ho have vomited the first dose of the medicine. Besides a 

 continued state of peispuation dining the continuance of the tieament, 

 sudden attacks of dimness are noiiceable, which come upon the patitiit 

 from time to time during the day. The appetite in general is augmented, 

 and the digestion is not at all disturbed by this plant, which I administer 

 in ponder. 



The dose for an adult is 60 centigrammes (10 grains) ol dry powder of 

 the leaves of the Xanthium repeated three times a day, ana continued 

 during tnree weeks. Children under 1^ receive half this dose. It is 

 needless to say that I never cauterize. Since 1 possess this remedy, I 

 have no longer any fear of rabies. 



Very nearly 12 years ago one of my dogs took this disease, bit a cow, a 

 pu, a dog, a cat, and a tame crane. The cow, the pig. and the, do? were 

 placed under treaiment for thtee weeks. All three were left nnir.juredi 

 by the disease. Tne crane and the cat. which 1 had left witbont care, 

 died of hydrophobia, the one at the end of tkree. and the o her 11 days 

 after being bitten . 



Du ring the Crimean war, a family composed of 12 persons bad been 

 bitten by a mad wolt. Six of the^e persons enteitd into my service at 

 the hospital of olschauka (government of Podolia, dictnet of Baiia). 

 These were all cured, while six others neater! by the cautery and the 

 daily use of canthartdes. of Fubu-tonco and Oenista-tincloi la, d ed mad 

 in the course of :2 co 60 days. 



Two years aao. six hunting dogs which I had were bitten by a mad 

 do^ (an animal which I was able to stop, and which I saw succumb at the 

 end of two days with every symptom of raoies). My bitten dogs were 

 divided into two categories. Turee were isolated and left without treat- 

 ment. Theve died at the end of 15 days with all theundoubtea symptoms 

 of hydrophobia. The other.-, which were left at liberty, but plactd tinder 

 trtatmeut (30 grammes a day in three doses in a porridge, forthreevveeks) 

 still belong to me and have been sick. One ot them caused me for a 

 moment to fea»- that I was disappointed, having disapp< ared the twelfth 

 or thirteenth day of the treatment. It is known that dogs at the beehv 

 ning of the ra'ies geuerally leave their masters's owell'ng. I did not 

 know what had become of him; but at the end of three months I found 

 him weli, in company with a poacher, from whom I too 1 * him back. This 

 dotr is still with me, well. This fact proves that lg day's treatment may 

 be sufficient. 



In 1873, Count Malachoski, propretor of the Oddessa conntry. came to 

 consult me for his son, titht years old, bitten some three aajs before i>y 

 a mad dog. 'J hree weeks of treatment placed him out of danger. I saw 

 him four months ago koking rematkaidy well. 



Dr. Gizymala here introduces a number of cases where 

 the plant has proved effectual. 



The dose for animals should naturally be much stronger; thu«, in 

 ltr68. I was solicited by our coinmnsarv ot police, Mr. L< nkaschevifh, 

 (at Knvoe Ozt-ro, distiict of Bait,), to give him some of my powder- 

 call- d in common in my country "'Antiiabic of Dr. Gizymala"— for a 

 heard of 30 homed catile, all bitten by a mad wolf, eight of whicn were 

 already down with all ihe symptoms of hydrophobia. 1 had eacn of the 

 animals take niiiety-s-ix grammes (three ounces) of Xanthium in powder, 

 in bran daily, for four weeks. None of the twenty-tv\o beasts were at- 

 tatkt d by the disease w hich is the subject of this It t er. 



All the facts wh en I here relate, my most honored master, are positive, 

 and actual reanues which 1 can, if uetd oe, support by proofs I have 

 not aravwi upon my imagination by dint of gnawing at the barb of my 

 pen, as is often the case. They are personally known to me, and I re- 

 peat it, I na* e over a hundrt d others that 1 can place bt fore \ ou if desirt d. 

 1 conhde th.m to you, soliciting insertionsiu your very estimable 'lhera- 

 peuticul Journal. I am certain that experiments which you will be able 

 to make with the leaves I seud you, upon the physiological and thera- 

 peutical action, will confirm what I have stated and 1 will thus have 

 co-operated though feebly, in that path oi therapeutics which you una 

 your distinguished colleagues have so splendidly opened. 



Respectfully, DR. Gbzymala. 



We second the suggestion of our friends of the Turf, 

 Field and Farm, that Mr. Bergh, who has both abundant 

 means and interest in this subject, institute a series of ex- 

 periments to test the efficiency of this alleged remedy. 

 Ihe great difficulty, however, v\ill possibly be to find the 

 reauired cases of rabies at this time to operate upon. The 

 remedy itself can be purchased of W. H. Scliitfflin & Co., 

 Druggists, 172 William street. 



