i-^OtEBT AND STREAM, 



rAcGcst a, 1880. 



dine, and. that this tact wa8 known to all members of the 

 team long before they began shooting for places on the 

 team, The proper feeling among all the team men 

 should have been a complete abnegation of self. They 

 were sent to conduct a campaign on behalf of Amexica 

 generally, and this object having been gloriously accom- 

 plished, it will be very difiacvdt indtied to maUe the peo- 

 ple of AmcricH beJieve that there was any very grievous 

 error committed by Col. Bodine in mating up his team. 

 Somebody's corns may have been stepped on, but the 

 public vaunot be expected to cry tln'rrfoi. The late 

 American ti;;im le.idcr may not be an iminaculate Solon, 

 but he certainly lias been a creditable •• iiiimander, and 

 those for whom he fought and won will not be very cu- 

 rious to go behind the returns. If any positive injus- 

 tice has been done any one, the Forest akb Stream will 

 do all in its power to expose such iU-doing ; but our col- 

 umns cannot be made the vehicle of indefinite abuse, 

 Until somebody can show us that Col, Bodine did not win 

 the match at Dollyniount, we must be excused iu our be- 

 lief that it was the men who shot and not the men on the 

 reserve who carried the day. 



THE ANTHRACITE DECLINES. 



BAY SNIPE SHOOTING. 



I. —NOMENCLATURE, 



M^ 



THE challenge to the Anthra.cite by tl>e HevrcshoJl' 

 Mauufactiiriiig Co., of Bristol, has been declined 

 by the agvnis (if tl'.e Perkins aystem on tlie grounds of 

 "the fi .iid power of the yachts." We ai'c 



not av 11:5 Mr. Perkins' agents have to being 



ConsiJi :.^^: - ,-, - 1 r , nor th.-it they make any such, but 

 we do know that liie excuse offered for not meeting the 

 challenge i.i a very frivolous one. Everybody knows by 

 tlvis time that tliere is noth.ing in America slow enough 

 to make a race in Fijefd with the Anthracite, The work- 

 ing speed 01 tl'.e latter seems to be something like six 

 miles, and eiglit miles is abotit the best she can do. Our 

 steam barges do lieiler than that ; consequently, a race 

 between the English steamer and anything in America 

 was out of the ciuestion. But in the test of economy the 

 diilerene in hull of Leila and Anthracite has no influ- 

 ence whatever, as the engineers aboard the latter could 

 probably have informed the agents. It is a question of 

 producing one horse power at the least consumption of 

 fuel, a I li ■ ''I'lfrom what the resultant speed of 

 the v.: l'"r Hist matter, they inight both 



have i" - ' > lij-' dock during the trial without in 



the least viiialiJiL; the deductions. The only reasonable 

 condition the Anthracite could have demanded would 

 have been equality in the elitcienoy of propellers, so as to 

 eliminate ditlerences on that score. 



The best recorded performance of the Perkins system 

 is 1.6 pounds, whatever else the originators of the 

 fairy tales now floating about may assert. We have be- 

 fore us the record of 1,9 pounds for a common coUier, 

 with ordinary cylindrical boiler and common engines and 

 steam about 80. Given 150 pounds pressure instead, a 

 well-designed engine, and the careful stoking and selec- 

 ted fuel used in test trials, and there can be no question 

 but that the collier wotdd have.equalled the Anthracite in 

 economy, to say nothing of steaming around her in cir- 

 cles, which is an irrelevant matter. The Babcock & WU- 

 cox, as well as many other sectional boilers, produce 

 steam inside of two pounds at comparatively moderate 

 pressure, and we have good reason for stating that the 

 Herreshoff coil is quite as economical as the Perkins 

 boiler, besides being far better suited to stand the results 

 of expansion and conti-action, easier to repair, cheaper in 

 first cost, lighter and under better control, the range of 

 the gauge being less than a fifth of that even experi- 

 enced hands aboard tlie Antlu-acite require. 



It is to be regretted that the Anthracite has refused an 

 excellent opportunity of proving what has been crammed 

 into the space writers of our esteemed daily contempora- 

 ries. Her refusal is clearly a case of funk. The British 

 government, in search of just such a boiler for torpedo 

 and launch service, has given the Herreshoff coil the 

 preference, and any one whfj knows how hard it is for a 

 body of Englislmien to aceejji an American idea will be 

 able to appreciate tliis at its lull value. 



The United States government will probably appoint a 

 board to examine the claims of the Perkins system. We 

 trust competent engineers will be x)ut on the board, not 

 rusty, old time tkipjii-rs. Li-t the Ijoaixl Ije composed of men 

 vcho know enough to detect the diJierence between clap- 

 trap and facts, and we warrant the Porfeins system wiU 

 Show up only a clumsy adaptation of ideas much better 

 carried out by others. 



n 



ANOTHKE PENNSYtVAHIA ASSOOUTJ' V-r'H"^ rjni'.tS- 



jnen of Butler, Pa., have organized tlie "Jrl.-, 1 ,„,ity 

 Association for the Protection of Pish :<ii>:' Gi^r, ,the 

 officers for the ensuing year being as f„"^sv5 : President, 

 Alex. Russell ; Vice-President, Clarence W. Coulter ; 

 Treasurer, E. D. Colbert: Secretary, E. W. Vogeley. 

 Directors— Chairman, John N. Muutz ; Secretary, George 

 W. Zoigleff ; John S. Campbell, This club, like others 

 recently formed in Pennsylvania, has abundant oppor- 

 tvmity for systematic and definite work. 



" all our prouflest lore, 



Is but the alphaljet of ignorance." 

 UCn has been written about the confusion which 

 exists in the local names of our game birds anil 

 •animals, and all to little pui-pose. Notwithstanding 

 the gallons of ink that have been spilled, and the quanti- 

 ties of pens that have been spoiled in urging a general 

 reform in local nomenclature, no steps have been taken 

 looking toward the adoption of the simple and character- 

 istic English names which ought to come into use 

 throughout the whole shooting community. A ruffed 

 grouse is still a " pheasant " in the South and West, and 

 a " partridge " in the North and East; and while the 

 "gopher "of the South is a tortoise, the ''gopher "of 

 the trans-Missouri region is a httle rodent nearly allied 

 to the squirrel. 



It is evident that we cannot hope in cm- day to have 

 the language of science come into general use among 

 sportsmen, and, on some accounts, it is not desirablei 

 at present, that this change should take place ; for, in 

 many departments of biology, the scientific nomencla- 

 ture is only provisional and is constantly changing, and 

 a name employed to-day is obsolete to-morrow. These 

 changes, of course, are to be kept up with only by the 

 specialist. It is not possible that the general reader 

 should follow them. 



What we now need are simple English appellations 

 for our game animals — names which shall recommend 

 themselves to everyone, and shall thus force themselves 

 into general favor at once.' The shore gunners have 

 such names for many of our bay birds and ducks, and 

 the humble bayman has in many cases been most happy 

 in his namings, as there has always been some reason 

 tor homely appellations. He seizes some salient and 

 characteristic point about an animal, and names it from 

 that pecuharity. If we are to instruct and raise a higher 

 standard of sport — and this, as sporting writers, is an 

 aim that we shall not lose sight of — we must dot down 

 our experiences in a way that can be readily understood 

 by all, and preach our sermons with " simplicity " for our 

 text. Therefore, we shall begin by giving a list of the 

 birds worth shooting commonly called " Bay Snipe," and, 

 as far as possible, the names of each species used in the 

 districts where they are shot. By this, the sportsmen of 

 our coast, from ISew Hampshire to North Carolina, will be 

 able to distinguish the same bird under its guise of many 

 local aliases, and the list will act as a key for the subject 

 on which we are about to write. The following is such 

 a list of birds shot over decoys or stools, inoludmg the 

 waders and plovers commonlj^ called 



BAY SNIPE. 



Long-Wllea curlew (Numcnius longirostris), slckle'bill; satire-bill^ 

 Sickle-bill is the name almoBt universally used. It is Blmple and 

 descriptive. 



Hudsonian curlew (Wumciiiiis Imdsonicns), Jaci:; short-tillled 

 curlew. The Long Island baj'raen term this bird the Jack, while 

 to both the eastward and southward he is more often called the 

 short-billed-curlew. 



Esquimaux curlew (Numenius Vorealis), I'ute; doc l)ird; little 

 curlew. In the Eastern States it is called the doe bird, -on Lonp 

 Island the fute, ami in parts of the South the little curlew. The 

 origin of the first two names we have failed to ascertain ; the third 

 spealis for itself. 



Black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica), black-breast : bull- 

 head ; beeile-head ; ox-eye ; bottle-head ; pilot. On Long Island 

 this bird is generally known as the black-breast, on account of 

 the black markings of its plumage. The young in August are, 

 however, gray on the belly and are often mistaken for a distinct 

 species. InNew Jersey and Pennsylvania it is called both bull- 

 head and beetle-head, and also, in the latter, ox-eye. On the coast 

 of Virginia, about Cobb's Island, the name of pilot has been given, 

 as it is always seen leading the large liighta of birds which the 

 rising tides drive from the shoals and oyster r")cks, and it is sup- 

 posed to direct the flocks " to pastm-es new." This, however, is 

 not the ease. It is the fastest dying bird of all the bay snipe, and 

 it cannot fly slow enough for the other ipeoies. 



Golden plover (Charadr(t«/ua-iis var. viiviiiicw), golden back; 

 green back ; frost bird ; whistling plover; bull- head. On Long 

 Island and to the eastward it used to be known as the frost bird, 

 so called on account of its appeiwaiiee at the time of the early 

 frosts in autumn, but of late years it has orenerally been called 

 the Kolden back. On the New Jersey and Delaware coasts it is 

 termed the green-back. 



Great marbled godwit (Limomfedoa), raarlin ; humility ; brown- 

 back ; straight-billed curlew. Known along the seaboard, from 

 Maine to Maryland, as the marlin, though occasionally called the 

 humility or humilt, which name has also been given to the upland 

 plover. On the coast of Maryland and Virginia it is known as the 

 brown-back. In New Jersey it is sometimes called the straight- 

 billed curlew. 



Hudsonian godwit (Lifnosa ImiUoniea), ring-taUed marlin ; 

 white- tailed marlin ; humility; Virginia woodcock. Generally 

 known everywhere as the ring-tailed marlin, so called from the 

 white band erosaing the tail feathers. Iu parts of New Jersey 

 known as the Vliginia woodcock. 



Semi-palmated sulpe iTnlimu^ SEmip-ibimlua), willet ; marbled 

 wlllet Usually known an the v.-illet. en account ot its cry. 



Tell-tale tattler, or .snipo iTobjiua mcldnultiica); je\pei: big 

 yellow-legs , great ycllow-Bbaoltj ; tell-tale tattler ; stone-snipe; 

 large cucu; willet. Familiar to all sportsraeu as thebig yellow 

 legs : iu parts of New Jersey called the willet ; on Long Island 

 and the upper coast of Now Jersey, the yelper, on account 01 its 

 piercing notes. 



Vellow-shanks tattler or snipe {Tolanus flavipes) ; yellowlegs; 

 little yellowlegs; lesser tell-tale. Kqoivd everywhere as the 

 yellow-legs. 



Red-brcaated-snipe Maeritrhamvlni* grlfem); dowltch; dow- 

 Itcher; quail-snipe; brawn-back; grey snipe; driver. On Long 

 Island and the northern eofwt of New Jersey called the dowitoh : 



South New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland Virginia and North Caro- 

 lina, the brown-back. 



Turnstone iSlrcvyikiK httcrpre.-)) ; calico-back ; brant bird ; chick- 

 ling; ehlcaiic; .saad rijuaer; horse-foot snipe ; beach bird. In 

 Virginia, Mai y land, Tieiawuvc, Southern Kew Jersey, the calico- 

 back, on account ol its reddish brown mottled colored .back; 

 Northern Nuvr Jersey, the horse- foot; Long Island and to tlio 

 eastward, the brent bird ; the yonnijon the New Jersey const are 

 culled beach hlids. 



Red-breastod sandpiper (Trlnaa canutm) rot>iu snipe; kr.ot; 

 ash-colored sandpiper; grey-back; white robin suipe. Gener- 

 ally known everywhere on Long Island and New Jersey as the 

 robin Kiiiiie. snr-niieri in the spring, as its brown jdimiage rcaem- 

 Mfs tin I, i- . : 1 :' thrush, or robin. In September In the 

 South, ;r rey back and white robin snipe. 



I'eoi.iriii IN i| Ml r j'l ni'ja 7imcuia!n) : krieker; meadow snipa; 

 fat bird; siiort-ueck ; jack snipe; marsh plover ; grass snipe: 

 robin snipe; red-back. On account of its creaking, Bhi-iil cry. It 

 is called the krieker on the Northern New Jersey coast, but fur- 

 ther south it changes its name to short-neck and tat bird. On the 

 inland meadows of New Jersey it is known as the robin snipe and 

 meadow snipe. On Long Island it assumes several of the above 

 names. It is said to never stool, but wo have seen it do so occa- 

 sionally. 



Hed-backed sandpiper (ITrfnpa dlpltta var, Americana) ; 'black- 

 breast; black-breasted plover; winter snipe; red-back. Known 

 on the coast from Maine to Florida, its most common nams being 

 the black-breast. 



Long-legged sandpiper (jlficropalnmn. 7iirtnltt(opt<s) ; stilt; bas- 

 Utrd dowltch; baslnrd yellow letr ; wood snipe: blind snipe ; frost 

 snipe; peep; druni-siiek. On Lon;;- Island it i^ called the bastard 

 dowltch, and on the .ler.sey coast, the blind snipe. 



The above list comprises the different varieties of bay- 

 snipe that are worthy of the sportsman's aim. In addi- 

 tion to these there are the small plovers, called ring- 

 necks, beach-snipe and surf-snipo, and the tiny sand 

 pipers, such as the ox-eyes, sand-snipe, shore birds tuid 

 peeps, excellent when roasted, but only fit for little be- 

 ginners to pop away at. 



The Bucks County Associatio>t.— A gante associa 

 tion has been organized in Bristol, Pa., under the name 

 of the "Bucks County Game Proteetive Assueiation," lis 

 object is the rigid enforcement of the game law in the 

 townships bordering on the Delaware River, comprising 

 the section between Philadelphia and Trenton. John 

 Burton, of TuUytown, is President ; George A. Shoe- 

 maker, of Bristol, Secretary ; Cornwell Woolston, of 

 Emilie, Treasurer ; Arthur Dorrance, Charles E. Scott, 

 W. D. Harned, Eobert W, Eogers, G. W. Kirk, M. D.. 

 Amos B, Headly, Edward S. Stackhouse, and Joseph S. 

 Hibbs, constitute a Board of Directors. The admission 

 fee is fifty cents, each member pledging himself to pay 

 such necessary assessments for police, etc., as maybe 

 levied from lime to time by the directors. Although tho 

 club was organized so lately as June 39th, tlie raeudier- 

 ship fees alone are ample to run it for the present season. 

 Game constables were placed on woodcock ground on 

 July 1st, and did good service up to the 5 th inst. The 

 reed and rail marshes and quail and rabbit grounds will 

 be duly watched until the opening day. Much good has 

 heretofore been done in the vicinity of Bristol by indi- 

 vidual effort, and this organized action cannot fail of sue 

 cess. Gunners and farmers freely tender llieir coopera- 

 tion. The officers and directoi-s of the new association 

 are thorough business men, some of them very 

 wealthy, and all energetic. We hope that they may 

 capture and punish some of the pot-hunters and self- 

 styled sportsmen from the adjacent cities. 



Crp.dit where Credit is Due. — In our issue of May 

 6th we published a description of Grand Falls, N, B., 

 concerning which that acoomphshed author, Jlr. Chas. 

 Lanman, write.s to us as follows : — 



One of >'oiu' eorrespnndentjj prints some information about tho 

 Grand Falls ot New Brunswick. 1 presume he moans those Of the 

 river St. , John, us he dues not seem to know anything about the 

 Falls of the Nepi^.^iguit. If that is so, let mo inlorin him that be 

 has not exact ly made a discovery. The Falls of the St. John were 

 described iu one of my books as far back as IMS; and in 1857 I 

 published large woodcuts of them in the London lUilHtriUed Netiis, 

 which Harper's WeMu copied, iooatlng the scene In Mame and 

 passing it off as original. 



I notice also that another of yotu- correspondents thanks Mr. 

 B. T. Gree.ie for a copy of Washington's letter on bloodhounds. 

 The original letter caine into my possession many years ago, and 

 Iprinted a cijpy in the London Allienteum.auti also in the New 

 YoTk-Ei-r.Hinii l-'ui.l,Bo that I can testify to the accuracy of the 

 copy printed liy you. 



It was ouce, aud it may be now, the rtde of the London 

 Times to consider all news unpublished which had not 

 appeared in its own columns, and sometimes acting on 

 this principle with great arrogance, but with imperturb- 

 able gravity, it would publish matter that had appeared 

 iu all the other p.-ipers a fortnight before. In its own 

 special field, the Forest and Stkeam acts on the same 

 rule, holdhig that no angling resort, no hunting ground, 

 no ovu-iosity of sporting literature h.as been X'uhlished 

 until contained in its own columns, and this rule it acts 

 upon, even in describing resorts which have already had 

 a place in such witlely circulated books as those of oiu- 

 accomplished correspondent. This new delving in the 

 " old iieldes " detracts nothing from the credit of those 

 who have worked there before us. Indeed, we have on 

 om- desk now something that has three times been^pub- 

 lished to the world ; first, three hundred yetirs ago in 

 Latin, then in English black letter, and again on a steam 

 press iu modern type, and this we propose to put into 

 prmt for a fourth lime. 



