446 



FOKEBl' AND STREAM. 



[JASrAKT G, 1881. . 



, thf re&t 



P llld dh 



. tiembliMg 



al>oul quilnnj; in 1 wis pup inn, to suit tbc action to tbe 

 ■WOIU wlien iiTitlKi iiio« slippiit pi\l\ trdui tlie ■'triii^, 

 andMurtililv knocl cil it the laltici dooi ot hiv lurlr nbs m 

 tt-w \ Hi it in\iu d m iiiuiudiite lespon^e 



Au uiin\ tint SI iltiKd ibc piuc iKuik'J am.i 

 uf till li ( 1 f lu id 1 decided uicu i-l lu tbtir y 

 sLhU illei sluU Ihiic wild tiouitbe 111 cbci s nov 

 iuuiil, lu I d (i\ 1 1 tin buds or scattered the diit around llicm, 

 lU 1 mik lilt > iiuii and some flew a few yards alighted, 

 aud thru nil a:; 111! 



h .v\ \M Ml I \> nc to>-f ittci thcni ' iid rthillc Tun 



li-id b. ilci 1 ( PM iKt indUt nil d It Hold 1 , mil b,, V ' 

 13 1 1 ]c siuiMi oil 1 mil iticr tin bud^ -sNbib IS i on 

 ColUlidl'iu ic llld till 11 to hold liiai Jli di'^couisi d uiiwt 

 loiii.hmg hti uij> to 111* loik-- Old iilW, I lurbiiu lb Kiidn 

 Btopsul ^ inoi IS quills IS bis HI I t< i i in ibi m -sMib ut hmi 

 IbctlliailsquickeiiPil tin ii lUCe is lieUillc diauid on tbi ai 

 aud Stuck to I be 11 bt,^^\Itb piovikiui, ]Kiliiiuit\ toi i h \ 

 moments, imtil B^hidc iiudi i spiut md tot within icu 

 paceboi llieui -^^bi n simdi iil> tbi ui m is bllf li with bu/4^in>, 

 wmga and wliciliu„ and ^daitini, sin ils ot lihu white xnd 

 cuminiun (4iilcUh his s^uii c unc to bi sh nilder nnd 

 (,o\eicd the djik gicen sbiubbcn ot i ;< >n inti bcbmd 

 which a bud liad llo^\n The t,un cnrkid a showti of 

 bluo anil (.iiunmonft ithtrs piiflcdoiitfrombchuid the buhb 

 a dull sound ol i fibin^ bod^ wis heaul, aud Norton lij 

 prone upon lb II lb 



Ashopii Old brushed the pine needles out 



ol hia slei 1 to the uiiucise it lir^e hi 



lutentiotin I I tutmc cjntracts to hold i do^, 



^^hlb bis 111. d loMioot 



I'liiiM liiiiii I sum iL lUimbnclto rhjcct to this in m^e 

 meut 1 It I iln J icaiiikibk iqiunimit\ is, n( ii \ w i. 

 f,uiirbi t ul id, he %\eiit in to ])ii i up Ibe 1 db n bad Ik 

 then trotted awaj ovli the ,iouud ihi ml with bis iiosi in Ibi 

 au J.nd hih tail vie,iiioush \U)ippin^ hi sides n< bid nil 

 gone a bundled vard when bis paei slickciipd ho did bis 

 tul Iht tail got !o«ci m motion So did tlie k^s Ibi 

 k^s set incd to si leki n the t ul and tin tultoreii-t unoiuhi 

 k„s, unid he had settled down to i pu- suu ibk foi i + 1 b 

 lonabk iiuiumer it i sums tunei li Tbi n be stojiiied 

 alto^elbi I, siood for i minute with bis cigei eNcs nxed in a 

 staii^ _ Ul thru, tiunm^ his hi id, b gl mcea at his masie 

 "Cime on quick now \ itk >our ^wuh, sud Belvdli 

 " rhesi luuls d ) Liot lie lon„ 



Ai ]S Ji Ion e ime up tbiie buds rosp from (hi deid brush 

 ikedd of Piiac ind ibuost at the hist buz/ ot tbtii wings 

 lub gun went oil and rent the laimeut ot a tlouiishing •\oung 

 mimanUa about three teet to one side ot them One oi tin 

 birds went to Belville s side and cime whulmg elowu out oi 

 a showei ol feitheis, while another plunged like a wet ia„ 

 into a pile of loeks it the crick of the second bauel Ihe 

 hirdS weie soon pu ktd up md the dog ent i n 



He U once biam to stiiien aud crawl bnifhng the air aud 

 straightening out oiiiiondlj into a dead point But no 

 birds lose 



"Too slow for thene chaps, Piince. 1 ou wdl have logo 

 faster," said Belville, as he started ahead of the dog oii a 

 la^iid walk. " Hie on : boy, or you'll got left! " 



But Prince bad not been trained upon CaUfovnia guails, 

 and follr.wed along behind as if be had a bag of shot on eacli 

 fool :i i ! IS spliced with a poker. By rutming and 



cheer Ivillc soon got him pretty well sUrtcd up, 



and). i.lile bunch of birds that had hiddeu in a 



fallen iv,. . ,|. .,;,Lii they saw him coming. Belville went to 

 oue siipj ol uie iroe Uiul ISortoii and hjs sister to the other, 

 while 3rrs, Kovion was to look for the game and flush it 

 with au arrow when visible. Carefully she looked into the 

 brush, but there was no sound or sign of life lor two or three 

 imiiutes; then Laura suddenly drew back, and mth a vigor- 

 ous pull at the bow-slriiig sank an arrow half way to tJie 

 feathers in the wliite and brown mold on a rotten stmiqj be- 

 neath tlie brush. As (he arrow chugged into it, a '' qiiit- 

 (jnlt, iiuee-ah I " was heard within, and Prince, who had bpen 

 Standing ofl at some distance ran clo.so up, turned bis head 

 to one side, crouched low, aud, looking intensely an.Kious, 

 settled down stifl: as marble. 



Belville kicked upon the opposite side, and out came four 

 birds, -wliizziDg in various directions. One came down before 

 the combined eJIect of a heavy battery opened by Korton 

 and his sister, and anothcr'.s niachinery was deranged by a 

 ahot from Belville. 



These birds were soon picked up, and the bunters started 

 for the.restof the covey, the trail of which the dog soon 

 struck. But Norton and the laebes were unable to foltow at: 

 Ihe rate required to overtake them with the start they had 

 now gained, and Belville went swiftly on alone. 



iNoi'i:. — The moimtain quail of the I'acilic slope seems to be little 

 kiiowii to Bportsnieii, I hii\e l^eell sump very abtiu'el atatemeuts 

 iiboutitby tliose ivho have uttpniptcil to describe it. 



It ia fiol " twie'P :!5 largo as Bob White.' 



lti«HO( " very luie eating." 



Itis not '•extreiuel.v rare." 



It is not " extieuieiy wiM and dilftonlt to shoot." 



It if- not " found only hi tiie roughest or most iuacoesgiblc 

 places.'' 



ildovfinot '•mil faster than the valley quail." 



I am fuUy aware that it would liave made a far bettei' Rubjeii 

 tar a good chapter if these things bad been time. But while not 

 UVerSH to {{uud bUbjects, myuiaiu obirut n- aeuniae'V, and I descrilje 

 these birds just as 1 have found tn. ne 



I have peon thcru only in then- rmiiuiil I'tute, and not as they 

 Blightbeoouie if much hunted. JUil l bme jieit only hunted them 

 with a shofc-giui, but have tirao luid again met ttiem »lifcjt dt-er- 

 huiltiug, aud have fiat down and watched them uuiil tlie lai.t one 

 hiiiJ Stolen softly away. I lriv.i seen them often so close and uu- 

 eoiicerned that a good archer coiild kiU half 



%ihital S'^iorQ 



DOIMESTICATING QUAIL 



INFLUENCE OF IHB I ^W1 OF HBKEmTT 



JSditw V(»estandSti€am 



1 have ( d^en grcit int test m ill the articles I have read in 



■^0111 \ du iblp pqifi on Ibi -'inous expi ruuents at domesti 

 eating the Aiu^iicui qu id— Lob White as hi is familial ly 

 cdlid liom Jlune to fe's^ is 1 luvf In ped some one would 

 api>n I late the im]ioitiucc of the mitteis md slud\ into the 

 nuiicipd dithcedtics to be ovcreonii ind s^ive us directions 

 ill full loi bungiii,, to 1 sueecssful i sue Jus mo t luteiestiug 

 it ut to idd to om Ust of home pets tin beautiful bird so 

 imivisilh 1 liu ml 

 I line „i\eii the niattei much thought, ind am fully detei- 



d to 11 



mtki I til 

 tbetiid i: 

 mil t w < I 

 quuitbit^ 



,1 e the cxpenment so soon as I can arrini,e to 

 I 1 till cm intinie I hope others will make 



up lUmt and 

 1 1 .11 1 nil lo 

 I I I 



while, ti 

 ,,ieit niuij ^eu 

 In Ul mv r 1 ( s 

 ha been =u. CCS 1 

 I ib^i bed that qn 

 du i,.,s itKUoi 



lu bll 

 111, tin 

 del 



at hi^lih pi i/it dik piif 

 lb. clloil I 



;urely become a success, 

 i" of fully domesticated 

 and do-\ cs w( sh ill add 

 ei to our list Villi Ihf 

 lion m i> be wi ll worth 

 llld be imlimited foi a 



more specimens 



It h IS ilso been well es 



idcr contiol md ict pio 



1 d no well aulbcnticated 



ninnoii 



>,jw ill tbU 1 lirii u I 1 II nil sirvi t 



11 1 ' 1 



thi lads uhdei omi .1 f i t' r e to li 





Avbicb time ihe inherit d wild lu Unit wil 





lubenledtami insiii . \sl. oiiuouthis j 



III' 1 I ill 



-rme of the 1 lets i i hws ol 



lieredily amoUo 



oibei bud- and ini 





Tho p whohiTi 1 , 1 iidkep 



a tare of wild 



ttiiki^sti '1 ic Ihit i II i lull 'i li ti 



1 ' \Mld tui 



lp^slubllIt si, iiuiib .] tilt wild 1 111 



] nost nil 



pos ibif loleip ihejiduiiUa tui hi 



Ihit It is 



ueecs>u\ to b i\e jiait ot Ibi tkikiu i i. 



1 uni i.^s„,l 



then to watch mo-t cuclulh utiust then 



(itin„ into Ini 



live fish is we come in from trolling Tins list im^ oon 

 becomi s a gu It 1 csort for stnped'and w ilir ii d i md I 

 have II pr itteU> seen both varieties m the w aii i u u r eii id oi 

 dying hsh As the snakes w ere usually small, aud I he tish of 

 fdu size, the former would not be tble to do moie than su7e 

 hold ot the fish and yaiik" harmlesslv at them 



Last June one of our numbt' threw i sni dl pinkerol nbout 

 teninehes long oi tin ..lavel b^ tin but liinli i, V tew 

 hours ittPiw lid w iti r sn d e wi laroMi d t md to 

 swallow the hsh Thi sn ike wiis ni iil^ inin iimis is long 

 as the hsh, but not as tbicl though V < rowil of ns tatheicd 

 aiound and witched the pi Of 11 dm_s Thi snake seemed not 

 at all emb irrassed but I i pt ehh^inth it its | ,sl pushing 

 forward tiist one ii« then tin other a, ' - 

 elf and the pick itl c. inpleti h om r 

 more thai, i Ibiiil i own i ul bets hi_i 

 whin suddenly a siojip, d i ipiiil\ di _ 

 burned otl to the -\\ itei It w i- tin _i . 

 suake had beeouic alarmed at tin dcun m i 

 liany also that it wufcld have "^uriiidid 

 pieleiellt it hid noriKPU ilislui ill <l li 

 theh li mdtli n , , a ;. u i.ini l,i 

 loi ( ipt Fi nil I nil iiou {>i niiin n 

 Ihelianu- seuteiuw bcquuu si, m 

 once that he came in it Lake Ivo i 

 string of hiss He thicw them 



_Ldth, 



bank Whi n he 1 

 foot long, w I 

 and was ui i 

 snake won I 

 then ronti i 

 iiti inelmed t 



idlmikdhesv 



rolhng li- 

 lt 1 id ^o the fish 

 (o tiini 111 lis favor, 

 iiUeiel andl 

 nil m thatthto 

 nil itt) coir- 

 A dlowing Uiie 



I 1 SlIE of 



-lilt by 'helat- 

 in uaielor of 



I told me 

 u with u 



II on the 

 I ot over a 



poimd bass 



forest lb it if lbe> do r,et into the woods md roos, out oi e 

 or two uithts thc} m gone birds ftoni lint liiiic indirfiiNi 

 to come ol-be diivcu back to a time liti md iii i lew dns 

 in IS shy and craft'\ as buds born md u ircd in a wild state 

 1 ul if kept eiiefully about tin piemiis with tune fowls 

 lhc\ will iciii iia paith I ,me A\ ben nesliu^ tunc romcsthe 

 wild ins nil t a-,ain shjws its, II in the edoit to waudi i oil 



thi 

 eggs of this hall l 

 the second geueial 

 80 by tlic thud or : 

 tame ttukey i.i ba' 

 that are had ' 

 tion show un 

 of their pan i 

 prevent tlieii 



Tho same c 

 to domestiea ' 

 eggs. Thi 



sL lltbisi minagid propcil} md the 



in bit! hid b> 1 timi lull e\, 



1 1 s like Mid bin's aid 



I n the) bciome like iijij 



k is also stated that birds 



nlci parent of the flrst gencra- 



)f inheriting tlie wild instinct 



be very carefully watched to 



' iW, 'bytliosewhobavelripd 



1 .:c mallard duck Irom wild 



■ birds retain their wild 



nature, and ia autumn show the strong migratory instinct 

 inherited from their pai-ents. But if kept under control autl 

 tlieir progeny raised, by the second or third generation the 



nature is entirely cbaniicd, and tanienes.s and dependence on 



' is at last fully established. 



redity among many of our 

 ics of the mustang horse 

 bis posterity to quite re- 

 ited by the mule which 



and it is no trick for 

 ijofore thoy le 

 bill in Soatl 

 euiuoituuent r 

 Owing tu : 

 White, but ii, 

 it ia almost ex 

 toliii-aDle 



Tdo 



Caldo. 



■ g' 



im1 riilei 

 ot know 



1, to 

 wliatll 



Llpcapitate three or torn- 

 ' ' II the North; 



ban Bob 

 lu flavor 



rial to a 



the mast 



We SCO Ibp same powc 

 auinials. Is'ia.iiiily, iiie .• 

 shows in the bi;, i ' i ■■ 

 mote general m ■ ■ . i 

 has any trace • ■\ .uii.-iioii 



Liviuffsteuip ^iraie has noticed the fact that trout fry 

 hatcbed'lrom tame trout spawn are less shy than those from 

 wild trout. So \\n> might go on citing many cases among all 

 kinds of animals, wdiere the inherited traits are entirely modi- 

 lied by a ie\y gencriitions of domestic habits; and it is not at 

 all likely that the quail will prove any exception. Eat all 

 we know of bis habits under taming conditions leael to the 

 concbisioii that by persevering in keeping him under our 

 care and protection for two or tliree or more generations, w^e 

 may fully aud eoniplolely change all his wildiiess into the 

 most perfect lameness and dependence on his humane pro- 

 tector and priividor. 



If not trespassing too much on time and spacr. I •would 

 suggest a few most important featiu-cs to be observed In keep- 

 lug old or young in partial confinement, 



They should have a mixed diet of seeds, gTcen lierlis and 



worms, or other kinds ofanimal food, and at or before the 



mating season sliouid not be allowed to become too fat. 



They shoidd have all the exercise possible. To this end I 



would arrange to partially cover and scatter their food, so 



!i, .' 1 b:,"; to scratch and hunt for it. Alongmovable 



i ll ij of ivirc-scrpen fencing, which could 



' , to place. ^losi of euch details would 



. ,.__, - L-i-:: -tLiit - i.o those who may be induced to try this 



If any have made the trial, or think of doing so, I sliall he 

 pleased" to hear from them through these columns. C, 



67.. .I<h; Mtrh. 



cxh; 



will 



vcy8 withouMe: 



gemv- 

 f ouu I 

 thoiiL.: 

 habitd 



ssticated and inakeb 



I do uot know whether it will brood in conhnemeut. 



itoth-ht. 

 tng pet, though 



■Whea the brain ia wfiftried, the nerves uuBtrnng, the muBcles 

 Teak, 11K6 Hop Bitters. 



HABITS OF SNAKES. 



WuiTEWATEi!, Wis., Dec. 33. 



Ed-itor Forentand Strmm; 



T have read with much interest the various articles in j-our 

 paper about snakes eating fish, as I have myself witnessed 

 some such incidents as have been reported to yon. 



.\'--' I yp miles from this place is Lake Koaldconong, 



1 f{o!k Fviver. The lake is ten miles by four 

 ibuipiisions, and is known as the greatest resort 

 Ilk aud ollu-r ducks in the West.. It also is well 

 sLo.jked ■.vithli-sh; wall-eyed pike, "pickerel" and several 

 vaViitifs of bass, being the most numerous. I belong to a 

 chill ol flrip.ijn, T,-ho spend the first week of June in each 

 year- . ' . i',. slmre Of this lake. Wo call ourselves 

 "•■iiii,- ,vc never kiii to have a hnpiiy time, 



said' e nsbing on the lake, and engaging in 



variou., .,,,.,.....,...,,, ,11 shore. The bank on which we camp 

 is probably tweuty-liye feet high, and a spring of good, ccild 

 water can be made any where by digging in the graved at its 

 foot. When we first put up our tents we dig a spring to 

 supply the camp with water, and another at suitable dis- 

 tance, much broader and quite as deep, in which to put our 



I Ihe ] nv I f I li: 



iipfrtorts to diag u off The 



ong the sniull giavi 1 stones and 



I uU them up toward th( Hsh I 



snakes tear hsh to pieces that up 



ti o I ll .1 loi ihrni to sw dlow I do n t tlunk that they feed 



ad Ll d ll 1— at least I have never seen them do so 



I I 1 I MI ire perfect ficivengers, and dtvoui an\ 



1 In, fish on a set line lu one 5o dead and lai 



I 11 in the moonlignt {. 



LAi^EvniE, Conn , Dec 17 

 In your issue of Dec 9 I saw a call foi information in le 

 gard to sn ikes iwallowmg their young I glad I j respond tj 

 the c lb md hope all Zithers will who have any infonuairoui 

 int'e iilqiet 



\\binl >y IS a boi , one day \»oiking m the hiy held, I 

 I lib d 1 It iped snake ot the (lo me) unusual length of Ibrci 

 uid on. bill feet I killed It by thrusting i pitchfork tmc 

 thioiuh 11 s hf id, and when 1 held it up foi the otlier work 

 men lo see something seuned to be pressed down luwird the 

 tail, aud upon lajmg it do\sn upon the giound it would seem 

 torimback towaid thehead Aly curioSKy wuf excited to 

 know what it was in the snake so 1 i,,ol it no to the house 

 which was n u ii\ cutlh i 1 t iimd iiisidr ol 



ilioit\ till,. MUiuMid,-. n^ rhci win 



all full toiim,| aid isiieii ,1 ,nc hul the 



wrri ill lie id ind I suppose lui \ oi n iiom sutioealion a 

 the su[,piv 1 air hid been i ut oit truui the time I thinsi tbi 

 folk tmc tbtoughhcr liead until I opened her, which wa' 

 about an hour and a half. The cavity In whicJi the youu^ 

 snakes lay was dry, smooth and clean, the iuteatines lay outside' 

 of this sac or pipe aud between it aud the body of the snake/ 

 1 did not see the old one swallow the young ones, butfoum^ 

 thciii, not in the stom.ich of the old Olie, biit in a cavity sTi- 

 denlly formed for tlifl,t purpose. 



I'mt here is another liuk in the chain of evideiif© Mv 

 wile (who by the way is the " Uuth " who gave me and tbo 

 rest of our club such a showing up in theFonKST .and Sihe , • 

 some time since and had so much troabic with my lirst pur, 

 was one day picking strawberries near a sandy knoll, wben 

 she discovered a striped snake with several young ones on 

 the sand near her. When she approached ibe'ni the old suako 

 opened her mouth and the voum .... 



in, one aftpr another, and lii^-;- ■ 



conclusion |_ljat siripcd snak' 

 their bodies to which llie vcui.^ 

 danger. 



! immediately crawled 



1, I came to the 



1 with a cavity in 



::iL'oiy in times of 



HElIATirE. 



Nasttita., N. H., Dc^. 37.— When a boy I have often killed 

 common striped snak. , .,1,1.:-; bodies contained a large 

 mimher of young otu. , , ,, i two inches king. I dfs- 

 linotly remember one i , . i on my Way to school, I 



killed a Snake about luur Iul,. ui.-- and imcomnionly iluck 

 fj-om the body of which 1 took forty -seven younir ones. A. W 



Sharks Swallowing Titsitt Yovna.—Ohark'tfj'^i.lk Va 

 Nue. 5. In youi' issue of the 38th -ilt. I noticed an artjct, 

 on the question of shai-ks swallowing their young. I tiibk I 

 '■■- "" "■ " ' " 'igbt ou this curious subject, whicli 1 give 



can throw 



for win: 



Wb 



on tin 



thark siMur 

 the bowsprit 

 young shark 

 into tlie 



the old ones and ana 



From what I .sl\v ai 

 that this old shark ssv.i 



be Uiuted States sloop of war 'V'inccnnes 

 1 in 18.58, I witnessed tho capture of a 

 1 i-ht feet long. It was suspended from 

 •iljppdorjcu by one of the crew. Twelv.. 

 ut two icet long followed tlie knife, fell 

 yam off with as much apparent iMdiffer- 

 ence as if nothing wonderful had occurred. E:xpressiiig sm- 

 prise at this strange sight I was informed by an old quartor- 

 master standing near, whose woril I never 'hiid had cause to 

 tiuestiiju, that he had often seen young sharks swallowed by 



i. heard on Ibis occasion I am satisfied 

 lowed the youug for protection. 

 John Thobnley, 



Medical Director, IT. 8. N. 



CiiioicENs Retubniiig to a Wn.D State— Cortland, JV. 

 T., Dec. 37.— In looking over a poultry journal I noticed an 

 account of wild chickens that arc hunted as wild game in 

 Comanche County, Texas, It was stated tliat a few years 

 ago a huge number of domestic chickens were deserted for 

 some reason by their owner, wheu thoy took to the brush 

 and the woods lue now full of them. This reminds me of 



the somewhat novel experience— as related hy himself of a 



gentleman with whom 1 was out shooting jiartridecs a few 

 weeks siucc. Coming into a. piece of woods, he "inado the 

 remark that it was iu this very same place that ho last fall 

 shot wild chickens. It seems that a white Leghorn lien be- 

 longing to a farmer, whose hennery was near by, had stolen 

 her nest, going into the woods and hatching out a brood of 

 chickens. The hen and chickens came to the house a ftnv 

 times aud were fed, but finally remained in the woods. As 

 they matured they became;wild, hidingin the bnish or fly ing in- 

 to the trees when any one approached. Thefarmernot own- 

 ing or caring to use a gun, my friend was asked to hunt them 

 down, which he did, shooting five of them out of the trees. 

 They were, as he expressed it, "as wild as hawks." It may 

 be that the common breeda of poultry would have remained 



