NATURAL HISTORY. 



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They have grown like weeds, the largest 

 having quite a spread of wings and being 

 able to fly. In a previous issue of Recrea- 

 tion I noticed an article about hawks' eyes. 

 All- I have shot or seen mounted, had or 

 were given a brown yellow striped, or pure 

 brown iris and black pupil. One of mine 

 has an iris like the former, the other has a 

 pure gray iris and black pupil. Would like 

 to know is this customary or not, as I have 

 not heretofore seen a hawk with a gray iris. 

 George H. Quackenbush, Hackensack, N. J. 



All persons owning good heads or horns 

 of moose, elk, deer or caribou are requested 

 to send to this office the following data con- 

 cerning them: 



Species; when and where killed. 



Length of right beam from base to tip, 

 following the curves outside. Circumfer- 

 ence at ball above burr. 



Number of points. 



The same of left antler. 



Greatest horizontal spread. 



Send a photograph showing a stretched 

 and readable tape-line extending from tip 

 to tip. 



Was the skull sawn across? 



General remarks on size of animal, etc. 



There is one New York girl who is not 

 only free from ordinary superstition, but is 

 also innocent of all desire to be inconspicu- 

 ous. She wears on her hat the " stuffed 

 and mounted" skin of an entire crow. 

 Nor is it a modest unassuming little fish 

 crow, but a brazen, bloated Corvus Amer- 

 icanos of the largest size. He lies on the top 

 of the girl's head quite as if he had been hit 

 with a club, and knocked there: and he cov- 

 ers the entire head of the girl underneath. 

 It is not every girl who would have the 

 nerve to adorn herself with the entire skin 

 of the bird which became black because he 

 once bore evil tidings. 



Mr. J. A. Loring, for several years one of 

 Dr. C. Hart Merriam's field naturalists, has 

 just returned from Europe. He spent 4 

 months in hard work and study in the Lon- 

 don Zoological Gardens, and 4 months on 

 the continent, collecting small mammals for 

 the United States National Museum. In 

 the Great London Zoo he was treated most 

 kindly, and instructed in many lines of zo- 

 ological garden work. In Germany he 

 broke all European field records by collect- 

 ing 902 mammals in 62 days. 



A few weeks ago, a printed postal card 

 was received from a lawyer in Pierre. S. D., 

 offering for sale a herd of buffalo, led by 

 the magnificent bull " Mandan," who stands 

 8 feet in height, and is the finest specimen 

 of his race in the world! If Mandan is really 

 8 feet tall, he is an unqualified corker: and 

 he shall have the championship of the world. 



Previous to him, the tallest buffalo ever 

 measured and recorded, by reliable hands, 

 measured 5 feet 8 inches at the shoulders. 



If any of your readers desire information 

 as to the proper shoeing and handling of 

 horses let them write me and I shall be glad 

 to answer direct. There are thousands of 

 people driving horses that are continually 

 cutting themselves and bruising their legs 

 simply for want of information in regard to 

 shoeing. Give me particulars regarding 

 your horse and I will tell you how to shoe 

 him properly. 



Dr. J. C. Hennessy, Carson, Nev. 



On page 307 of October Recreation, I 

 saw mention of an antidote for snake bite — 

 "' Ammonia "— : by B. P. Hooke, Jr., Loys- 

 ville, Pa. ; but he does not state in what form 

 he uses the ammonia, whether externally, 

 internally, or both. What is the dose? 

 Won't he please give some particulars and 

 greatly oblige, W. D., Hartford, Ct. 



On page 307, of October Recreation, 

 B. P. Hooke, Jr., mentions ammonia as an 

 antidote for snake bite, but does not say 

 how it should be used. Should it be ap- 

 plied internally, externally or both? What 

 is the proper dose? Will Mr. Hooke please 

 give further particulars? 



Wm. Dicer, V. S., Garrett, Ind. 



I have seen a red squirrel take young 

 robins from their nest and kill them. This 

 was witnessed by several persons who will 

 testify to the facts. In 30 years' experience 

 in the woods I have seen no evidence that 

 the gray squirrel was being driven out by 

 the red. F. E. Lermond, Warren, Me. 



What are the game laws of the States of 

 Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico? 



Will some Recreationist tell us about 

 the varieties of bear in the Rockies of Col- 

 orado; how distinguished; their habits, 

 range, altitude, period of hibernation, etc.? 

 W. H., Victor, Col. 



Mr. Carl Rungius is still hard at work 

 with rifle and color box on the Green river, 

 Wyoming, above the ranch of Ira Dodge. 

 His efforts to procure a satisfactory series 

 of bear studies have been successful. 



" Wild Animals I have Known " is the 

 title of Ernest Seton Thompson's latest and 

 greatest book. Publisher's price, $2. With 

 Recreation one year. $2. This applies to 

 renewals as well as to new subscribers. 



" I saw you kissing my daughter, sir." 

 " Well, it was your own fault: you 

 shouldn't have looked." — Chicago Record. 



