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a doe since I came West, and not more 

 than one buck each year. 



A. C. G. Slocum, Rathdrum, Idaho. 



A beautiful full blooded Irish setter, 

 belonging to a U. S. Senator, gave birth 

 to a litter of 13 puppies. An hour later 

 the mother, after caressing and attending 

 them as only a mother dog can, picked 

 up a piece of burlap, carried it in her 

 mouth to a secluded corner, carried each 

 puppy in its turn to the impromptu bed, 

 curled herself up around the little fel- 

 lows, laid her head down quietly and died. 

 Had she a premonition of approaching 

 death? One little half orphan,, now 3 

 years old, after receiving its nourishment 

 from a bottle, is at this present moment 

 running around not a great distance from 

 where I sit. 



Dr. G. W. B., Brooklyn. 



This morning I killed a wild pigeon and 

 have sent him to Fred Kaempfer for 

 mounting. It is the first one I ever saw. 

 He was with a flock of mourning doves 

 inside city limits and the only one in 

 the flock. 



James L. Piatt, Cresco, Iowa. 



You should not have killed the pigeon. 

 No man should kill one of these birds 

 for the next 10 years, and if any other 

 reader of Recreation sees one or any 

 number of them I trust he will not only 

 refrain from shooting them, but try to in- 

 duce others to preserve them. — Editor. 



I should like to know why it is so diffi- 

 cult to raise mongolian pheasants in this 

 part of the country. I have tried 3 con- 

 secutive seasons. The eggs always hatch, 

 but the pheasants die within a month. 



Quails are plentiful here. One can get 

 30 or 40 in a day without pursuing the 

 bevies, which, to my mind, is the worst 

 thing one can do to exterminate them, as 

 it does not leave enough for the next 

 year's brood. They are increasing every 

 year, as the season is short. 



R. P., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Two species of crows proper are found 

 in Cuba. I am not well acquainted with 

 either species, but believe the one known 

 commonly as cao is the same as 

 the one described by Audubon by the 

 name of Corvus americanus. The descrip- 

 tion of this corresponds in all respects with 

 the Cuban species. In our fauna we also 

 have the Corvus jamaicensis. 



O. A. FiscJzer, Trinidad, Cuba. 



A Mexican told me this cure for rattle- 

 snake bite. Kill the snake, cut out its 

 gall and let the contents run into the 

 wound. My informant has tried it and it 

 works O. K. 



H. A. King, Ft. Davis. Tex. 



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