February 12, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



2h 



dogs were then trailing when they jumped the Wining- 

 ham bear escaped by the dogs all taking after him. And 

 now, to sum up, we killed three hears before we left and 

 tlu'rty-two deer ; a gray eagle that measured seven feet 

 from tip to tip : turkeys, ducks, coons, swamp rabbits, 

 squirrels, woodcocks, quails, etc., etc., and are now at 



home enjoying with our families the trophies of tin ttnrola liclwiica. Cab.- HUwI^belBed plover ; rare ml- 



hunt. 



Mestier. 



J&//wr;?/ ]§irdorQ. 



THE BIRDS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 



BY B. HARRY WARREN. 



(CuncheJaM 

 ». 113. Plectruphancs nivalin. Meyer-Snow bunting; occasions 

 resident ; gregarious. 



111. t P. lapponictls, Selny- Lapland loogspur ; " winter resident; 

 very rare." 



115. p««ti->vnlii.s«iivi>ma, Bonnp.— Savanna sparrow; common; 

 arrive? April 18th to May 1st. 



Mil. Pnoecetes gramineus, Buh-il-Buy-winirecl bunting-; common ; 

 arrivi - March 20th to April 10th ; during mild winters is some- 

 tiines I'eiiiul. 



117. r.^iiiriiivuiii.- panscrinns, lion ap.— Yellow-winged sparrow; 

 frequent; April 30th to May 1st, 



Us. * C. henslmrii, lionap.— Henslow's bunting;. I have never 

 seen bblsspeoles. Mr. P. li. Wickcrsham. of West Chester, informs 

 ,i 1 1 i:P he now has three eggs Of (his bird, taken near West 

 Chester, Pa. 



119. Zmwlrichia !etic<n*r)/s, Swainson— Wjilte-orowned sparrow ; 

 rare. 



15(1. Z-aOricotlU, Bnnaii.-While-throaled sparrow; abundant in 

 spring and fall, but not abundant in winter. 



161. pass 



resident 

 this sp( 



r dm 

 By all 1 



ed to 



B and G — English sparrow; abundant 

 tactical, unbiassed observers iu this locality 

 junced a pest, and its speedy eradication is 



mlaut winter re.si- 



| - n ' mb's. .-int.— Snow-bird; al 



deui : arrlv es in OotQter, departatty May 1st 



163. Outre, •■■■'■ '■ma. Swainson— Itose-breasted grosbeak. I 

 am advised by M. B. Bverhart that I his species- abo\i( eighteen 

 yean ttg i bred - We-n hat commonly. Mr. E. on several occasions 



i : ne=ts wit li eg'irs and young; several of the latter were 



taken. I la« was kept as a pet four or live years. The last in- 

 stance of its nidilioation in Chester County of which I have 

 knowledgewas near Deborah's Rock, East Bradford Township, 

 on the property of Edge Cope. There a nest and th 



found by Tit 

 In 1875. liiaveo 

 from May 16th t 



Be 



ictt, of Westchester. I think I his find was 

 •ved this bird as a migrant, not rare, arriving 



nth. 



151. + G. ca-ruka, Swainson— Blue grosbeak ; " summer resident ; 

 very rare " (Micheuerl. I have never met with this bird in the 

 country. 



155. Cyanaspiza eyanea, Baird— Indigo bird ; abundant ; arrives 

 May 4th to 13th, 



156. Cardinalis virginianus, Bonap.— Redbird ; abundant resi- 

 dent. 



157. Pipilo eii/throplithalmns, Vieill— Chewink ; abundant; ar- 

 rives April IStb to »0th. This bird occasionally feeds on the Col- 

 orado beetle. Last, summer I dissected a male bin 1, :■:..■■. h 



■ ■ 1 1 ■ two or three of these beetles. 



15S. Delio/iimyxojtfirorus, Swainson— Bobolink ; reed bird ; coin 

 moo ; migrant; arrives May 8 to 15. 



159. Molotftrus pecoris. Swainson— Cow bird; abundant; arrives 

 March 27 to April 13. Mr. H. Garrett, of Willistown. has noted 

 this bird as an occasional win trr resident. 



IfiO. AgclaUis plioraicfjts, Vieill— Red-winged blackbird; abund- 

 ant; arrives March 2 to 30. 



Ull. Sturndhi magna, Swainson— Meadow lark; abundant; resi- 

 dent. 



103. Icterus spurius, Bonap.— Orchard oriole; common; arrives 

 April 30 to May 5. 



183. l.7KtlHmori-,Daudin— Baltimore oriole; abundant; April 28 

 to May 4. 



164. SttileeoplWffttS ferrUQiii&ls, Swainson— Rusty blackbird ; com- 

 mon ; migrant ; arrives March 8 to April 7. 



i'u.s (vrsicDlor, Vieill— Crow blackbird; very abundant ; 

 sometimes winter resident. 



168. "Corpus carnivorous, Bartram— American raven; -'very 



187. C. americanm, Aud.— Crow ; abundant; resident. 



168. *C. ossi/rayus. Wilson-Fish crow. I have understood that 

 a nest was two or three years since found by a Otflogisl af il ; 

 place along t he Brandywine Croek. Michener says it is a " l 

 dent, rare." 



160. Cyanura cristata, Swainson— Blue jay ; resident ; much n: 

 numerous in summer than winter. 



170, Ectopistes mhjratoria, Swainson— Wild pigeon ; small parties 



, iii/»it/, Baird— Night heron : common ; arrives 



April i to 18. 



ail rim viniinirm; liorkh.— Golden plover; rare mi- 

 grant. 

 185, AagkAltU toct/m'uu, Cassia— K3il<Ier; common; sometimes 



resident. 



e spring and fall. 



ium earolinensts, Bonap— Carolina dove; abundant 



./i(>- gaVapavo, Linn- Wild turkey : resident iu years 



, ...o i , i.'i.'iiiii, Balrd— Pinnated grouse; "resident; now 

 vainer in this country." (Michener.) This decidedly 

 e never met. Our oldest sportsmen and 

 y they never knew or heard of the prairie 

 hen occurring in Chester County. Barnard does not give it in his 

 catalogue. 



174. Bonasa urntn:llns. Steph.— Ruffed grouse: common in certain 

 section 



appear in 



171. Zei 



resident ; 



becoming extinct ii 

 Western species we 

 several ornii heldgis 



175. Oiti/.r 



itgm 



■olleet in 



, Boi 



rp.-iji 

 s and i 



17U. Cafiurtifx commmis— Mlgratorj 



June, 1870, niuer.v-live of these birds 

 lownships about West Chester, but 

 pro' if of their breeding. 

 177. -'Grits americanm, Old— Whoo 



This spe 



178. Gfi 



178. *1 



This spe 



specime 



39 1 ho- 



■if-tla c. 



il ; resident; common ; fi-n- 

 grate southward, 

 tuail. In the early part of 

 vere liberated in the several 

 * yet we have no positive 



lug crane ; " not common." 



ie(i'i.i.« 



y he: 



grant. Michener records It us " summer resident. ; rare." We 

 have no knowledge of its occurrence in summer. 



187. Philohda miner, Grajr— "Woodeoolir; common ; seldom oc- 

 curs in winter. 



:,' ,',7,-i did, Honap.— Gray snipe; abundant spring 

 migrant ; arrives March 18 to April I. Miehcnor gives this species 

 as a" summer resident:." I Save yet to sec my first, snipe in the 

 summer, although during spring migrations I have taken num- 

 bers. 



189. Tringawilsonii— Least sandpiper; migrant; somewhat com- 

 mon. 



a, lionap.— Tell-lale. This Michener 

 it; not frequent." Barnard, however, 



re migrant, 

 i egretia, Gray— White heron; " seldom found." 

 lave never seen in Chester County, but; have a 

 t in Lancaster County, Ha. 



enulias, Linn.— Great blue heron ; frequent mi- 

 April 2 to 13. 

 181. Botaurus kntiuiiintus, Steph.— Bittern ; frequent migrant ; 

 April 7 to ;•:,:. A male of this sp.-eius, taken Leo, B, 1870, along the 

 Brandywine Creek, is now in my cabinet. 



183, Biduridm Mrnseens, Bonap— Green heron ; abundant ; ar- 

 rives March 27 to April 13. 



grant,; 



ISO. 

 gives as a " 

 records it af 



loi. g. fa 



also mentio 

 193. Tihycu 

 ion migrai 



Btha 



Nir 



187H. 



Mveni vrrseen it. 

 ).— Yellow legs; rare migrant. This Is 

 ener as a "summer resident : fret]nent." 

 '(trim. Bonap.- -Solitary sandpiper ; corns 

 April 35 to May 7. This bird Miehenersay- 



rius, Gray— Spotted sandpiper ; abundant ; 



-1 ins, Bonap. -Field plover ; common ; ar 



, Linn.— Virginia rail. A gunner informed 

 of tins species along the Chester Creek, 



196. Por20(to Carolina* Vieill— Sofa \ migrant; somewhat com- 

 mon. 



197. Fulica amcricana, Grnelin— Coot ; migrant; somewhat 

 rare. 



198. Gallinula oalcata, Bonap.— Florida gallinule; accidental. 

 T.i:i. JSrriiicla canadensis, Boie- Canada goose ; .occur as a mi- 



graul in March, April and November. 



200. Arms boichdi, Linn,— Mallard; this was taken by H. B. 

 Graves. 



.In 



203. *Spatu. 

 203. -It. 



m. 



spo 



Mtra, Gur .— Black duck ; rare. 

 ■llipeata, Boie— Shoveller; rare. 



>ie— Summer duck ; occasional. 



Baird— Little black head ; rare. 



ecmd, Bonap.— Red head; occasional winler 



205. Aythya ar, 

 ,-isitant. 



206. * Bucephato ■atbeola, butter-ball; not common. 

 307. Ei-isinaliirai'Hliida- ruddy duck ; frequent. 



i -Sheldrake; common hi early 



spring 

 309. * Do 



210. Thai 

 in Septem 

 condition 



211. Chr'i 



piei 



ii d f 



ueuMatw, Reich Hooded merganser; rare. 



i liyiclui. I nun.— Loach's petrel. During a gale 

 as driven to our boro, and in an exhausted 

 d up by Dr. Maniii. who presented itto me. 

 its pTUtadelpTito', Lawrence Bonaparte's gull; 



phlfllfeea, Wilson- Black tern ; two specimens, 

 Ere taio n by Titus Bennett. 

 , Bonap. Wilson's tern, ('. I). Wood has pre- 



^cninih unty. 



owi, Gm. Sooty tern. In the spriug of 1878 a 

 nted to me by a gentleman who found it dead 



215. Cniijrn/iu.^ tWQVMiV* 

 316. +P<r l ticcps<jri*d,.iai 

 217. Pod.tecps ci 



Brunn— loon; occasional. 

 hi, Gray— Red-neoked grebe: 'Tare. 

 Latham— Horned grebe ; rare. 

 218. Padilijmbuspodicepi, Lawrence— Carolina grebe ; frequent. 



AniilVALS AT TDK ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, CINCINNATI, UP TO 



Fee. 1st— One prairie hare XLcpus campestrU). two kit foxes ( 1 '»(- 

 pesvebxr), five California ground squirrels (SpenaopMo,-: '.. , ,-)i, :/,') 

 one raccoon (Proeyotl lotoi"), one 'opossum (Didclphye riiyinianus)', 

 one golden eagle (AqMJa canadensis), three horned owls (Bufco 



vuvinimiuh), one red-tailed hawk (Butcn boreaHs), one Boarle I Ibis 

 (IBis rubra), one prairie chicken (Oupidnnia cupido), all presented; 

 one brown coati (Naxua nasira), received in exchange; live undu- 

 lated grass pairakeels (MdnpNittacus imdidatus), hatched in gar- 

 den. Frank J. Thompson, Superintendent. 



-Our correspondent, a . w. b, 

 i collecting specimens of Mexi- 

 the City of Mexico under date 



The Birds of Mexico, 

 has been quite successful i 

 can birds. He writes trot 

 of Jan. 12th :— 



Owing to pressing business I am compelled to return 

 to the United Btatesby next steamer, My collections are 

 quite extensive, and 1 believe are the most complete ever 

 collected in this valley, and are much finer than those in 

 the National Museum, this city. I shall return perhaps 

 •'— ptho birds of He- Atlantic seaboard 

 ar iS very incomplete. 



i bnsonian Institution, lias 



mm Tehiuniopeo to spend the 



was compelled to refuse, I 



bo will forward specimens to 



rill be from Pembi 



)f A 



hicb the history t'l: 

 Prof, Sumichaust, of tl: 

 just forwarded me alette 

 summer with him, which 

 shall leave au agent here 

 niy collection. My 



kota Territory, up "the Red River of the North, and if pos- 

 sible to Lake Winnipeg or Hudson's Bay; start June 30th, 



Wild Birds in CON0TSEM.EKT.— We are kindly perruit- 

 ted by the recipient of the i ollow&g letter to publish it 

 for the benefit of our readers. The experience of the 

 writer is a most interesting one, and we hope that Ids 

 example may be followed by those of our readers who 

 ate interested in our game. Much valuable knowledge 

 anent many of our most interesting game birds might be 

 gained in this way : — 



MyDearSie: Your eery kind, letter of 1 1 th to band. 

 In reply I beg to say 1 don't care a tip, whether they are 

 spruce birds or rullVd -rouse, for 1 ran keep either or 

 Two years ago last winter I 



both 



nte 



kinds 

 1 fc 



';«!■ 



ui- ruffed 

 : but Will 



ui i 



it ling t 





■; (hey laid 



about the one nest that the coop contained, SO I'fook tl 

 eggs and put them under a, bantam, hatching some half- 

 dozen, and some of them lived to be two weeks old, but 

 finally died one after another, as I did not then urnd 

 stand their food . Last April a friend at Hbulton, Me., 

 sent me a pair of spruce birds, but the cock died s 

 after arriving. The ben laid four unimpregu 



■ West ; but, I really be- 

 rith you would do me 



t'ihoti, tamer than a 006- 

 ,'o bucks, one doe and a 

 I have a, fine old raven, 

 ; also a this year'g 

 id off Jlacliais, 



and sat ou them five weeks 1 She is now moulting, but 

 smart and lively. Now if you cati get me any of either 

 kind I shall be glad, and I hope you will be able to felt 

 the cocks from the hens, and attach a small tag to the leg 

 of the former so I can tell them, as I canr 



them apart. I am a, cripple, and have hi - 



more or less. I have been absent all summer in search of 

 health, visiting many parts of trw 

 lieve that a, trip in the woods 

 more good than anything else. 



I have a fine yi ailing buck ca 

 set lamb. T have four deer, n 

 Splendid fawn eight weeks old. 

 four years old, from Sheffield, En 

 young one, bred on the rocks on 



Me, I have a pan' of fine English ferrets, and next week 

 I expect to receive front Hot Springs, Ark., a full-grown, 

 tame white possum, which is as rare among their numer- 

 ous possums there as a white squirrel is with us. 1 shall 

 also receive along with the possum a fox-squirrel, jet 

 black, with the exception of a white ring encircling his 

 body just back of the forelegs. Now can't I coax you 

 down here to see mo and my specimens of natural his- 

 oiy? I have also some nicely mounted animals and 

 heads. M. W. Clakk. 



Danville Junction, Me. 



• 



Wandering; Webs.- JiJityxvillc, Ark.— I notice in your 

 issue of Dec. 4th a communication from a correspondent 

 in Milltown, Maine, speaking of showers of web floating 

 in the air. Such phenomena are of frequent occurrence 

 here, and are supposed by many to herald the coming of 

 the Rocky Mountain locust (Calopten.it s spretus), but the 

 letter of your correspondent, together with your foot 

 note and the observations of myself and others while in 

 the East, would tend to make one doubt the correctness of 

 this theory. Still these clouds of web in this part of the 

 countiy are always accompanied by more or less grass- 

 hoppers, and as they (the web) come" only from the North, 

 West, or Northwest, would tend to confirm many in the 

 belief that they are produced by grasshoppers fand as 

 Professor Wise held that the higher air currents set to- 

 ward the East, might it not be possible that the webs are 

 carried to immense distances, and even to the Atlantic 

 seaboard ? Besides this, many persons claim that these 

 webs are only seen when the hoppers are on the wing to 

 the North and West, and hoppers were reported plenty 

 in parts of Kansas at the same time that immense clouds 

 of web were floating over here, about Oct. 1st, 1879, g 

 much for theory, now let us have facts from some ona 

 who knows. We refer our correspondent to what has 

 already appeared in these columns and to the works 

 which we have cited, for information on tins subject, 

 E. W. Scott. 



The Manatee in Florida.— Marietta, Ga., Jan, 31st, 

 —Your correspondent, Mr. Le Baron, in his interesting 

 paper on the manatee in your issue of Jan. 23d, would 

 seem to imply that this animal is not found north of the 

 St. Lucie River. C. J. Maynard, in his "Mammals of 

 Florida," places it as far north as the Indian River Inlet 

 but " is confident that it does not occur in Mosquito or 

 Halifax lagoons." 



In the winter of 1878 the carcase of a recently killed 

 manatee was found in the Halifax River, or lagoon, the 

 skull and some of the ribs of which were, procured near 

 the spot by the writer and deposited in the museum of 

 the Chicago Academy of Science, and it is believed by the 

 residents on the Halifax that this animal still exists in 

 the Tomoka and .Spruce Creeks, fresh-water streams 

 flowing into the Halifax at least 150 miles north of St, 

 Lucie. s. C. C. 



otters Under the Iqb.— Indian Hock, Dee. mil.— 

 Otters are as much at home in the water under the ice 

 as tbey are m the air abev; it. This is mv explanation 

 of then- power to travel long distances under the ice 

 without breathing fresh air, though whether I read, 

 dreamed, or was told it, I cannot say. Before the animal 

 good breath, and when 

 out and the air rises in 

 water purities if; then 

 ip and by some, slight 

 npt to describe inhales 

 ■en where otter ha,ve 

 wide under the ice, by 

 going in at the inlet and coming out at the outlet. 



Fred, 

 Our correspondent's observations are interesting, but 

 his explanation is a little too vague to be quite satis- 

 factory. 



Apiiopos of Albinos.-- A partial albino robin was 

 caught by Mr. Drake, of South Cayuga. Haldimand Co,, 

 IS feeding in his hack yard, having been left 



Ah 



es undei 



the 



ice 



he tl 



kes in 



he 



needs more air 1 



e hre 



atlies i 







inst 



tin 



s ice 



and th 





the 



annua 



1" 



1 1 



tits 1 



is nose 



mo 



vein en t 



whi 



■it i 



will 



not att 



it 



xgam. 



1 Ji 



ave 



I'reqt 



teutlv 



cro 



ssed pon 



dst 



wo 



»• flu- 



ee mile 



by its companions this fall. It 

 do well tor a time, hut finally di 

 me. It is beautifully marked, tl 

 pure white, breast mottled whit, 

 lower tail cover 

 ers iu the wings 

 1 was glad to pr 

 Some years a 

 albino black s. 

 turning whit 



ndi 



edto 



I it to 



■r and 



feath- 

 ilored. 



oj a partial 



which was 

 vorins. My 

 ange to say, 



id tail ; bill and l.-g- . .-,■;. 

 e the -'■;,.! and mount il 

 I examined the inte itin 

 rrel and also a blackbird 

 , — d in each 1 found tap,; 

 robin underwent a, like examination, and, si 

 l found four tapeworms in his intestines, 

 Query— Is this always the case in u |i ■',, 



•„ „ . - , G - A - McCallVjm, 



Ditimville, Oat., Canada, lire. SOfft, ,: 



♦ 



Useful Information AHot'T'iiic , , ,.....-.■ . ,.. 



Maine, Jan. \2th.— In your issue of June 13th. r 

 genial and gifted correspondent " Old Judge." in "Soma 



New FactS on Skunks." makes ,,, , vvhicl. I 



: !, Should not go unchallenged, and with which I take 

 issue, tie says : "It is a known fact, that the skunk 

 when lifted by Hie tail cannot throw his cologne," e . , . 

 Now, with all due deference to (he "facts " and opinions 

 as expressed by this gentleman, I can avow most posi- 

 tively that tli'ts malodorous animal can throw his per- 

 fume abundantly under the eireumstances or conditions 

 .mentioned, With your permission I win 

 your numerous readers a bit of my experience in. this 

 Some fifteen years ago, while a voting man in 



