February S4, 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



65 



i$ma cannot be questioned. Make up your rnind fob igji 



your enjni na-n h ki pie be ooljg of your trip. Blake 



■ ■ ■ : : ■ ,'iiiih in advance when you call) and if you know 

 1 b to go, cuy through tickets ; you 

 can easily deviate here and tilers ami strike your circuit 

 again, Yon will find a delightful country and plenty of 

 trout, b1.it it may not Call to your lot to capture la laa e 

 to 111 :i | .1 nl rest content, Ail 

 .1 i - i, shot- in is Of little use, as a rule, for birds, 

 without a dog. They are I o tame-to 11 

 TOfi yon will, pass without seeing them". For deer, a vide 

 n -' i with me] lie I '■■ t:i you need : at the propel 

 season yon can shoot all you ought to with either. 



Finally, aim t<> i nrmn. keep your temper, 



don't bully your guides, and vou will be happy and 

 return a better man from your intercourse with nature. 



HO A. Fay. 



HJitinntt gisforg. 



WINTER IN WYOMING-. 



Wyoming Tor., C &, b" r 

 and Slream. ; — 



1 3eft1 you a little while ago a list of some of the bird,; 

 which have ventured to brave the am, L'itiGS of a Wyo- 

 ming winter. Small as that list then was, it has become 

 o£ late still smaller. For the past month I have looked 

 iu vain for a wing to darken the wintry sty. Even our 

 solitary Co/hu'lo LndovU'iaa us c.o'iihi'loroidcs, the com- 

 mon shrike, has left, and eagles and hawks have either 

 kept at home or gone elsewhere. The weather has been 

 more severe of late than in December. 



We notice that on a clay preluding a storm, after a •very 

 mild one, birds are about, especially birds of prey, and 

 for a good reason, for at the same time there seems a gen- 

 eval premonitory stir among the other animals. Snow- 

 i a -rabbits begin to run about, as if seeking for a 

 suitable shelter against the impending storm. Towards 

 evening many of these run frolicking out into the open 

 prairie, and sit on their haunches like specters ; then not 

 unfreqtiently an owl is seen hovering over their play- 

 ground, while eagles and hawks have been watching 

 them, during the day. There is an uneasiness, too, among 

 the herds of cattle, and in our mines we not unfrequently 

 Sad the abundant footsteps of those little marauders, the 

 jnoimtain rat (Ncotoma einprcn), showing that they, too, 

 have been on the stir during the night, looking for some- 

 thing to steal and amuse themselves with, during the time 

 that they are to be snowed in. Snow-birds begin to ap- 

 pear in small flocks around the railroad station, The 

 snow-bnutiug of late lias been the commonest of these, 

 The gray crowned finch (Lea.costictc teplirocotiz) lias not 

 called on us for some time. With the snow-buntings a 

 few days ago, during very severe weather, I saw a share 

 lark (Eveviophila alpeslrls), the first I have seen doing 

 duty in this region as a snow-bird, though common 

 enough during the summer months, when I have often 

 found its nest in a slight depression at the roots of a tuft 

 of grass, especially In Colorado, and later on have caught 



i: i Iglings. In South Park, Colorado, at an altitude 

 of 10,000 feet, I have noticed them during the early fall, 

 and thought I recognized some change in their plumage. 

 This specimen was very tame, and was feeding with a 

 Couple of snow-huntings around the station at Como. It 

 seemed as if its colors were brighter than usual, especially 

 - (.jje yellow under the black cravat and the s - 

 hue on the back, like the last blush of a winter sunsel on 

 : . r..ene. Perhaps he was gi fctio.fi tiimself up with a 

 Valentine's day, or possible the colors may have 

 seemed brighter by contrast with the snow. 



i imorday iu Colorado, myself and three com- 

 panions were, caught in a terrific thunder and bail storm 

 on the open prairie. We took shelter in a broken-down 



! a, sh ;. by, a I- -.i i L the roar of the thunder and •-. 

 perfect bombardment of hailstones as Large as marbles, a 

 luimbr-r of these little birds came in under the boards for 

 shelter and ne aled at our ■' -in. : - :■■ , 3 the pre ce 



of man lieu the storm of frozen bullets outsijto. 

 W. H. Feed, of Como. who is well known to Ilia readers 

 of thispaper as a bum-rand , : -.■ »,■;■ ir,;.i ,h ,. : 



ftature, laysthaf once during a heavy snow storm an En- 



tafUpMla came into his tent and took si! tertl i ii rsonii 

 days, feeding out of his hand and allowing itself to be 

 freely handled. He also relates that one day cm passing 

 a, bank of drift snow lying against some Bagi 

 noticed some little holes in the snow, and on r 

 the bank he found a hundred or more of snow-bird's 

 of two species — the Eremo plain and the Junco hj/6- 

 mglis, or Eastern snow-bird, and the common snow, 

 bird— huddled together. The holes, he think i, b ;■ b 

 pecked in the snow for air-holes, and the whole party 

 were there Completely snowed in, waiting till the storm 

 was passed, reminding one of the sheep in Colorado, 

 which when overtaken in a snowdrift are said to work 

 down to the bottom and feed oil (be grass till feeleasecj, 

 Of this batch, however, they caught fifty or more, and 



Fivo itn<! Gftv snow-birds 



shale n Christmas pie. 



Snr-lt being the premonitory signals of a snow sturm 

 among the feathered aud four-footed animals, it behooves 

 man to take warning, gather in a pile of firewood, put an 

 extra blanket on the bedj and bethink him ! 

 going to spend two or three days in which it will be nest 

 to imp issiiile for him to stir out. In the night up- 

 springs the northwester; the house fairly roc] ; no 

 fiuountof blankets seems to keep out the intense cold. In 

 the inornii - downstairs! i find the windows 



ma a -i • : • ; .i ■' ■: nh -aralige delineation i 



- add fain warm the handle of bis knife 

 at the sti ive a i breakfast, for it is like a chunk of ice, The 

 clocks have ail stopped during the night, and everything 



J freeze is frozeti stjff , I fcrico tried topajnt in 



- in colpi I ' i liol stove at my back: but the 



brush WOUlt] throw nothing out ice on tile paper. Ther- 

 mometer i;. Inn. i 'n ml 'i.i ■!■-,■' i. ■ , . ,-ro, and on 

 Christmas Day. 3S to 36 degrees, 



trie : it'or -e. ii;-,: merely the railing snow, 



buta. dense- cloud nl itiiviug drift— so dense thai, i a --la 



Dion, only thirty yar Is distil 

 to ihe tremendous , ml al 



never lies more than 







' iristma , In 



- In 



isible. Owing 

 ales the 

 i level in Wy- 

 banks. The 

 Union Pacific 

 out, and they 

 1 Father 



nl Oil 



•ds and mi iuS en 

 iiot unfrequently With frozen n 

 to be brought to bv a cold apj 

 herds of cattle n,n bellowing be 

 drop out i 3 .' " way, and thei 

 prairie next -.lav. At this .-■■ a - 



long-horn ■'■ -. = -,.particv. 



encounter has occurred 1 



m. i ■ which the genus Hbnw 



the rocks. The hulls donot alWi 

 however, foro 



trackman armi Lwithasli -1 



i ' -■ ",-i ; ght.of vra; 



struck him fair between the 



t)0S'" 



The storm generally lasts for two or three da j a u ' | 



h hay 



Larg 



a and 

 ke to 



d; Irish 

 ri ciit- 



nd 



iddenly folio 



then a: 



appc 



a Lbblta bave sallied Out i 



bits Mid inquire 



howl of the c ■ 

 aaa i in some pli 

 Where some bar- - rab] 

 Then again curious little 

 with a straight furrowc 

 where some mouse or g 

 throughthesnow.se mm 

 tail after him. Such are- 

 tC the weather is fine a 

 be seen against the s 

 tough winter weathc 



I lr\ 



rWye 



ft, mild weather. The 

 a of Como on. the SHOW. 

 ight to call on other rab- 

 .-. athered it; ha res have 

 brush to listen to the 



the night," 



les may rare! v 



etch ofpreciy 



A. LaIces. 



ABOUT THE BOHEMIAN Vv'aVXWING. 



Cu.veland, Ohio. 



IN November of 1839 I first met with Ampcliti garrulvs, 

 that beautiful, strange, wandering bird, of which so 

 much has been said and so little known. I was iu com- 

 pany at the time with the late Dr. Jared r. Kirtla.nd. and 

 as a student, was in search of some kind of a bird in order 

 ight teach me the art of taxidi 



that 1 

 tnet that 



at the til 



U'te 



be the 

 i luck> 



.-ith 



(lock of hi 



we procured 

 s spent in skit 



da th 

 rd 



m waxwing, which up 

 t taken in hand by an 

 e Dr. Richardson, in hi, 

 aenlioiis seeing a --i.nl 

 . 1881. but 



that they wer 

 bred cherry bi 



through our v 

 genuine Bohet 



never before b 

 ralist. To bes 

 lis Americana,'" mentions : 

 at the Hudson Bay House 

 procure it. From* his observation . 

 species to the fauna of North Am 

 after his discovery, was not slow t 

 Audubon by letter. The ret 

 answer that the bird in questi 

 Ian-, bird, as the Bohemian \ 

 bird, and the one mentioned 

 wanderer from the Old Continei 

 sent to Audubon a fine sk 



(Ampelts ced- 

 Umber for the 



lg and mount- 

 ; all the while 

 aordinarv col- 

 he fore we got 

 e the regular, 

 this time had 

 neriean natu- 

 Fauna Borea- 

 ia!e specimen 

 is not able to 

 .m added this 

 rtland. 



L to 





Lg mail brought an 

 must be the common 



Doctor Ki rtland then 

 1, but I do not 



8 latter took further interest in the matter 

 gnized hi any way that the bird was common 



has been a 



CSi ! -mill 











riving 

 h n.i 



he last 

 bo ! mi- 



taken as Ta 





ll often 

 l:s-f4 I 



ii i- - a. ■ 



The flock 



-naiili. 



s 



many tho 

 over two 

 red n na-n 



miiestoi'ig 

 specimens 



by 

 fron 



wenty 



it must 



latirai. 

 -ods iu 

 - them. 





uti- 



I .. 6 es not breed hi thisrfegi. n, 



but I am informed bv '. 'api.i.in John Standard (thediscov- 

 eroi oJ Standard Hock, Lake Superior.) that during four 

 years residi aceat I le Tour, on the Sault St, Mario River, 

 he Innmin, r I .i 5S .- 1 -a- - 1 : i -g this bird in numbers during 

 the entire summer months. He believes they ma; in i ha 

 L.eality. and as Captain John is a good ornithologist and 



i . -, ; er, I believe with him that they nest there. 



"Db. E. Steeling. 



Our correspondent, J. K. Lam, who writes to us from 

 Skookum Chuck (Oh ye gods 1), Lewis County, Washing- 

 ton Territory, about Ampdis gamdus, s-ays : — 



Numbers of these beautiful birds have marie their ap- 

 pearance here this winter for the first time in the history 

 of the country, 



Yurse Brans m Wjkteii.— Iu view of the unusual 

 severity of the present winter in Europe, the following 

 notes, contributed by Mr. Frank Norgate, of Sparham, 

 to the London Field of January BlSt,hava a peculiar 

 The writer says ; — 

 slowing notes, if thev do not record, any very 

 unusal dates for young animals, seem to me particularly 



inlerestim; m sua; nr -,. a I , as > Ct'e having. 



Had the seaso : '. mue of 



young birds pri one of 



the signs or eoiim, -., I ■ [ Head 



not ore the read n; of the I rmo nel - - 



one day. but the winter here ia tlie i rercst Iru-i- 



experienced. In the first week of last Nove M 



OUt Sin. Ion- n bin din Spar- 



the same □ i 



a' .' ;;.". i . , I • . 



i-sto nybcrnat - i tl perfect Btttt 



.lie snoring ma--- a . . a' ,.,;-, - , 



thcroof of Sparl ai i c mi'ch, o adul 



gor hissing oise also, or Is 11 irerj otil 



to the cackling sound which I believe : I '■ , C 



barn owls V Nov. 30. At Holt I saw two yi log bam 

 owls (downy nestlings) unable to fly. i --;.- a. a. 



ani fresli enough for stuffing, and H . •■'• \,ob\ me bo 



had two similar ones lit" a h -en ■■■, ! 



86. : '■--■' ibot two 



long filaments of down still adhering , '- - 



coverts and secondaries. Dee. -!. Thenar 



half a degree below zero. Deed. I la. , 



I he 



14th of 

 if Mdoli 



The next day I ,b 



very young pi; 

 pigeon with do- 

 the llth of the 

 bit - west - - 



sving, -ind'heai 

 whilst it was fb 

 and three wart 



them' just Aft';' 

 Dec. 31 and 25, 



older ones, in the same part of tl 

 next day I shot a very young rm 



We found a dead nestln % 



church roof. There va re 

 great part of the n n a 

 the dead one. which was rather " h 

 to have been alive a fortnight prev 

 the nest at night I heard the snori 

 loud, faint, and fainter, as of bam 

 ages. Jan, 11 and 15. I heard tin 

 one evening (about the loihi 1 sa 

 snoring from the nest, i ■--., - 

 in the church vard, and allowed;, 

 look up at them. They . 



times, generally lighting on the ti 

 I believe they are young and but jt 



more 



-., 



-la-- ■ 



- m . I 



•>n" olltha 



bi be oi 



:--■ . ', - I 



post. Isaw 



a- old r- n 



. ia ..,..,- 



.: 

 - 



,...-! I -la: 



ilivo, but a 



., e only i i 



■ ... , . 



It: ' -",-bai ing 



. .- :i|, '■-; -r, 



before, and 



- -,! a 



n der and 

 e loyew " 



r-e-h round. 



Uxiromi NraiENCLATUKJ!. — We publish below the 

 scheme presented fay the Committee on Noma I 



before the late Convention p! ii, > Mil bigail Sportsmen's 

 Association, at Hay City, and wha-h -.. ll i l i i , 

 of tae Substitution of the name "quail "for th 

 " colin," was adopted Uy the Association. The views ex- 

 pressed by the Committee are founded em i la ri ' 

 that of absolutely local names, and substituting n 

 names which belong to the various species, and by which 

 they are known to biologists, the men who may fairly lie 

 supposed to know more about the animals than other 

 people do, because they have made the aliimuJi ib r 

 special study. So far as the English names go, what the 

 Committee says is very well, but they have tried to do 

 too much. It is very doubtful whether the mas tes of n 

 people can ever be educated to the point of calling even 

 our common game animals by their scientist) names ; 

 and, if they can be brought to tins point, b a. ill be just 

 as easy for them to learn the proper names as wrong 

 ones. The various rjeimra into which (use, for ex- 



ample, have been divided, are ■_ - ! - epti ' ! ', Oflii- 

 thologists and should be i luplO; ; 9 same is tine 



of the deer. If we. are going to try to teach people, let us 

 teach them what is right in the first place, and thus save 

 double labor :— 



Deer Genus.— -Elk, Germs <b raw fly called 



moose. This animal is identical with the eil, of the old 

 World, and should be so called, although lbs native 



Wapiti, Cervus canad , fa Cmproj eri -' -a 



grey moose. This is an American -.-.- -. ; a I al v luivmg 



no representative m any a | a a oi I le world 



ihould never be applied to him, as it 1 1< i .-. 



Dei 



species 



Deer, Cerwts vfrginianus. Also called Virgb.i I 



cvpido. Also called pi 

 Buffed grouse, Teti 

 partridge, and pheasai 

 partridge nor a pheasa 

 speci.fuily addressed b\ 



nt pi 



Also - -bl. -, . ,i l ■-,.,' ,,. 



r_ r • ii. ',-■■, 1 -.-..a - . . 

 chicken am! j ,,.i ,,■ b 



-""'■ ' ' - : - a. - i; e -' called 



! " i ' ., ' lither ■■•, 



t a grouse, ho should bo re- 



; ■ - - y , i anaba 



■ '- ■ rial Canada par- 

 As it is i i - . i. a partridge, of 

 swill, not be applied to ti 



Sharp-tailed grouse, Tclrao na.-bn,;-, 

 called prairie hen or chicken, or sharp-bided partrid-m. 



Colin Gnaws.— Colin, or Virginia eohe. a , - - 

 a .-,--.- ' : nonyms ! Quad, narfaidge, Virginia i - . - 

 guua partridge, Maryland quail, or pun ridge, and Bui) 



These synonyms are all inappropriate, av i 



other birds, except the last, and should ■■ ■ 

 this excellent and ust-l ul - 

 not inap. CO] Lhai, a 



e some : nt husiastic iiameoii-ikers, but ' like 



conn "-n [| .-: ,-i , ii -., - . ad written, 



ami has tea ,,,, a , ,-,,,,. 



• r-i a .!-■ pplra, - te a.,.- i -... 

 lanus.ox-Ortyx Virginian a ■■ , . 



" Chamber's Kucyclojicdia 

 quail," On turning to that page, we be,, , , , qv , 



