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INDEX. 



Page. 



Matters Abroad 66 



Meadville Dog Show 421 



Mouthing Birds 329 



Muzzling 146 



Names Claimed : 



Bessie 47 



Bismarck 491 



Black Jack 20 



Blix 108 



Branch \ 147 



Brace 



Cn 



.399 



DikeR 147 



Duke of York 451 



Guy Manneriag, Jr 229 



Gvpsey 107 



Faroe 3(H) 



F. iend II 89, 147 



Island Belle 89 



Lady Sensation 47 



Lancaster Belle . 301 , 



Man 309 



Marquis of Winchester 4511 



Kedlf 88 



Pride of Cortlandt 168 



Prido of Monmouth. 491 



Boss 127 



Rival 26 



Bobin Hood 127 



New Breed of Doga 250 



Newsbov's Dog 20 



New York Dog Licenses 432, 433, 453, 472 



Old Dog's Poi n t 399 



Pacific Coast Bench Show 309 



Paris Exposition Dog Show.... 229, 2C9, 309, 328 



Philadelphia Bet oh Show 348 



Pig With Rabies 490 



Piles Cure 368 



Pittsburg Dog Show 421, 490 



PoinlB iu Judging Dogs 381, 398, 472 



Queen's County Hounds 208 



Bab 8 



Babies Canina 420 



Retrieving Baby 399 



Russian Setters 26, 47, 471, 491 



Spaniels, Clumber 66 



St Bernard Dogs 472 



St. Louis Bench Show 328, 367, 421, 431, 



452, 472, 491 



Salmon Fatal to Doga 187 



San Francisco Bench Show 188, 309 



Sanguinary Bull Dog 309 



Sheep Destroyed by Dogs 8 



Shooting a Hunter's Dog . . 107 



Sparrow Dogs 473 



Story with a Moral 309 



Street Dogs of Constantinople 229 



Study Dog's Characters 431 



Suicide of Skve .188 



Tennessee Field Trials.,. .187, 229, 269, 296, 301 



That Ugly Dog 368 



Three Hundred Dollars Damages 471 



Two Foxes in the Field 421 



Training of Dogs 127 



Weights of Dogs 398 



Westminster Kennel Club 368, 382, 432 



Who Has Found This Bob-Tailed Dog ? 282 



Youthful Canine Depravity 146 



MISCELLANY. 



Among the Mountains in Southern Cal 357 



Amoug the Pacific Isles , 428 



Among the Pines and Violets 245 



Anglimania 161 



Autumn Reverie 324 



Backwoods Canvasser 61 



Blackboard the Pirate 395. 411 



Bruno, the Ranche Deg 245 



Canadian Fishing River 324 



Cruise Around Nantucket 163 



Deer, Habits of 42 



Danmore Meet 181 



Editor's Grouse Hunt in Minnesota 325 



Etchings from East Coast of Florida .... 363, 



344, 380 



Fortnight in Nova Scotian Backwoods 303 



Four Hays in a Rob Roy Canoe 182 



Grouse Hunt in Sweden 1 



Gull River Waters 429 



Indian Romance of the Revolution 245 



Introduction and Succession of Invertebrate 

 Life in America.,.. 83, 102, 122, 142, 162, 



205, 225 



Lake Regions of Finland 283 



Lunge Fishing at Lake Megantic 3 



Moose Hunting in Nova Scotia 264 



Moose Hunt in Canada 41 



My First Coon Hunt 63 



My First Salmon 82 



October Memory Sketch 203 



Old Habitations of a Lost Race 263 



Old Hunter's Story 22 



On the Sauble 103 



Pencillinga at Devil's Lake 81 



Quail Shooting 202 



Rainy Season in South Florida 123 



Ramble on Palisades 304 



Red Snapper Fishing 62 



Reminiscences of the Turf 244 



Sinnemahoning Country 183 



South American Reminiscences 121, 141, 161 



Sporting Incidents in Connemara 21 



Sporting Reminiscences Warwick Woodlands . .204 



Summer on the Lower St. Lawrence 243 



To Hatches bv Rail and River 2 



Trip to Middle Fork, Rock Castle River 223 



Upper Jlogalloway River 203 



Voyaging on the Upper Missouri 427 



Was it a Waterspout? 43 



Wild Goose Chase and a Prairie Fire 22 



MINOR MISCELLANY. 



Ancient Athleticism 126 



Anecdote of Webster 422 



Another Horse Story 83 



Bowery Cat Show 417 



Butter Test 406 



Cauoe Cruise in Virginia 176 



Captain Scott 115 



Cockroaches in France .406 



Crow Who Voted for Hayes 155 



Dove Shooting iu Louisiana 3^8 



Epistle from Man of Uz 406 



Faithful Dog's Reward 422 



Fishing and Caught 165 



Flora of Rocky Mountains 390 



Fox Hunting Gossip 317 



Gale's Walk 317 



Gelada *22 



Bo* it Looks to a Lunatic. ... Sig 



Taoe. 



Leaf of Life 176 



Letter from Minnesota , 217 



On the Godabout River 389 



Original Suiciders 422 



Rapid Journey Around the World 170 



Reclamation of Algeria 390 



Rose Water and Attar of Roses :3 18 



Sad Fate of Albeit Ross ;;5l 



Seal and Salmon Fight 152 



8. F. P. C. A 422 



Snoring Metaphysically and Phonetically Con- 

 sidered ." 406 



Too Smart by Half 298 



Weddas, The 211 



Whiskey Loving Crow 838 



Who Owns the Turkeys ? 417 



Wine and Glass Bottles 422 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Accipitricide 429 



Acclimatization Sjcief.y 305 



Albal roes, A Stray 5 



Aibinoes, Notes on '360 



Albino Quail 381 



Robin 86 



AlepidosauruB 207, 227, 246 



Antlers, Carious ' 5 



Ant Habits ." 24 



Vitality of : 452 



Aquarium, N. Y 66, 100, 207 



Fish Poisoned in 5 



Atlanta Rats 144 



Bat, A Curious 489 



Bats and Bat Caves iu Texas 144 



Bats, War With .105 



Bezoar Stone 451 



Bird Culture 144 



Habits 280 



Rare 489 



At Sea 307 



Flight of 64 



Killed by Telegraph Wires 24 



Of Central New York 65 



Of Souteastem Oregon 489 



NeBts in Curious Places 240, 307 



Blackbirds 396 



Bluebiids 397 



Boa Constrictor 227 



Bower Bird of New Guinea 4 



Brant 285 



In Texas 397, 489 



In Kansas 430 



Buck, An Aggressive 380 



Buffalo, History of 306 



Buteo Harlauiiu Texas 24 



California Mountain Quail 413 



Capercailzie at Play .285 



Cariboo Domesticated 144 



Carp Indigenous to America 63 



Cat Tolling Ducks 327 



Cats, Short-Tailed 125 



Central Park Mensger.e 24.86, 145, 166, 



227, 307, 367, 452 



Columbid® 3'J7 



Coot in Texas 45 



Cow-Birds 396 



Crawfish 105 



Croppie 489 



Cuckoo, Why It Builds No Nest 5 



Cupidonia Cupido 307 



Curious Hybrid 470 



Darwin, Honors To 346 



Deer, Ages of 207 



All About 413 



Casting of Horns 207, 450 



Habits of 1C6, 227 



Savage 471 



Devil Fish 180 



Disgust 105 



Double Rattlesnake 105 



Duck's Food 327 



Economical Application of Reptiles 396 



Eel Propagation 451 



Elephants, Dead 85 



In Ship Yard 166 



Elk 430 



Ethnological 86 



European Starling 470 



Eyes Shine in the Dark 24 



Fauna of Michigan 5 



Fight for Life 429 



Fish, Biting Influenced By Wind 64 



Fresh Water in Salt 34 



Hearing 105 



Rare 207 



Ribbon 24 



Skins, To Preserves 86 



Tame 24 



Fleas 124 



Four Months in i'orest 166 



Florida Notes 4S8 



Fly Catcher. . . , 44 



Fox With White Foot 452 



Geological Studies in Territories 325 



Giant Cephaloped 206 



Giant Squids 24G 



Giouse, Whitehead on 44 



Sex of Killed (See Ruffed Grouse) .. . . 



866, 489 



Gull, Useful 124 



Hen and Partridge Nesting iu Common 125 



Heronry : 451 



Horned Doe Antelopes 381 



Hours When Birds Rise 105 



How Birds Fly 186 



Howgate Expedition 413 



Hybrids 23, 86, 326 



Ichthyological Extracts From. Naturalists' 



Note Book 326 



Ichthyology, Questions In 88 ) 



Indian Burial Customs 86 



Insects, Plans to Banish Is6 



Something About 85 



Insect Wings.. 184 



Instinct vs. Rsason 86 



Jacksnipe in Colorado 897 



Japanese in the Aquarium It 5 



King Bird and Bees 186 



Plea for 5 



King Partridges 451, 489 



Lamprey 413 



Laplanders in England 3ti6 



Lion Trainers 5 



Marine Carnivora 364 



Melanosis 86 



Michigan, Fauna 5 



Mousquito, Jersey 125 



Migratory Quail 345, 306, 380, 397 



Mocking "Bird's Song ^24 



Monkey, New 307 



Moose for Paris Exposil ion 470 



Moths , 124 



Page- 



New Fish 381 



New Vertebrate Fossils 226 



Notes 381 



Ober, List of Birds Collected by 845 



Octopus, Woman Drowned by ttiO 



Ortolans luo 



Oysters, Intelligent 86 



Queer 897 



Parasites in Neck of Hares 207 



Partridges Withholding Scent. 806 



Pearls Breeding i;>5 



Penguins at St. Paul's Island 04 



at Ti istan D'Acuhna 5 



Philadelphia Zoological Gardens Arrivals. . .5, 

 24, 65, 105, 146. 106, 186, 247, 285, 307. 



367, 397, 489 



Philosophical Sociely of Washington 451 



Pigeon's Bace With a Locomotive 5 



Pcria 64 



Pongo'e Death 412 



Prairie Chickens Going to California 397 



Wooing 307 



Preservation of Fish Specimens 4 



Quail at Sea 327, 306 



In TexaB 489 



Peculiar Plumage of 396, 413 



Withholding Scent, Curious Incident . . . 



166, 451 



Random Notes From Vermont 185 



Rat's Nest 226 



Remarkable Combination 846 



Ribbon Fish 64 



Robin Nesting on the Ground 489 



Rodents, Growth of Teeth , 55 



Ruffed Grouse Carrying their Young 5 



Drumming 380, 397, 430, 450 



Habits 143, 346, 450, 469 



Pheasant and Partridge 285 



Salmon. Black 64 



Scarlet Flamingo, Capture of 61 



Sea Flower, Murderous 5 



Sea Gulls, Strange Collection 186 



Sea Lion, Sick 105 



Seals 227 



Sea Serpents 305 



Sowellel, The 44 



Sharks 23, 166 



Moie About 85 



Sharp fish 64 



Shawtl 44 



Shells, Beversed 4 



In Duck's Craw 286, 380 



Siberian Natural Historv 186 



Singing Mice 307 



Skunk, Bite 397 



Snake Story 451 



Snipe Nesting 397 



Southern Mammals 4 



Sparrow, Cute 185 



Squid, Eating 144 



Squirrels, Ills They Are Heir to 397 



and Emasculation.. 470 



Hibernate While Breeding 45 



of Memphis 320 



Swallows Flocking 105 



Swedish Arctic Expedition 471 



Telegraph Wires Kill Birds 24 



Texas, Nat. Hist, of S. W i. ... 63 



Toad Showers 166 



Tortoises as Weather Indicators 105 



Trout. Growth of 325 



Venus' Slippers 23 



Vinagrone C3, 144, 186 



Wapiti Antlers 227 



White Buck of Cape Cod 380 



Whitefiab, Habits 267, 397 



Sex of 430 



White Whale for Europe 86 



Wild Camels 247 



Wild Hog 452 



Wild Pigeon 488 



Wild Turkeys .64 



Catons 207 



Domesticated 366 



Willet 144 



Wilson Snipe, Breeding of 326, 285 



Wisconsin, Game Fish of 84 



Wolves in Russia 125 



Wood Ibis, Visit to Nesting Place of 827 



Woodpecker as Fly Catcher 451 



Woodpeckers, Carnivorous 166 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



American Cricketer 422 



An Exile from Poland 385 



Farrar's Map of Moosehead Lake 475 



Field and River 337 



Hallook's Sportsman's Gazetteer 89 



The Gazetteer Abroad 388 



Love and Duty 422 



Magazines : 



American Naturalist 462 



Appleton's .277, 317 



Atlantic 109, 177 



Galaxy 109, 177, 317 



Harper's 189, 177, 277, 317 



Lippincott's 277, 317 



Popular Science 317 



St. Nicholas 109, 337 



Scribner's 89, 177, 277, 377 



Wide Awake 337 



Pen and Ink Sketches of Labrador Scenery. . . 257 



Salathial, the Wandering Jew. . . .■ 135 



Shooting and Fishing in the Rivers, Prairies 



and Backwoods of North America 277 



The Amours of Philippe 422 



The Emigrant and Sportsman in America 277 



The Ferns of North America 89 



Thompson's Gardner's Assistant 49 



Thorn's Practical Navigation 338 



Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the 

 United States 462 



POETRY. 



An Unknown Wreck in Labrador 363 



A Trouting Reminiscence 21 



Autumn 243 



A Vintage Song 101 



Bruno 223 



Catastrophism 407 



Dickens in Camp 263 



Farewell 203 



Fishers of Men 61 



Indian Summer 14.1 



"Jack" 343 



Our Evening C*mp Fire 121. 



Song of the Oyster 115 



"Steve"'..... 283, 



The Cry of a Lost Soul 1 , 



The Joys of the Field 447 j 



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The Lost Heir ia i 



The Old Oak Tree .'.'.'. 30'j 



The King of the Brook ini 



The Moeking Bird '.'.'. 115 



The Two Ntimeless Song Birds of Labrador.'. '.303 



The Way of the World 379 



The Woodland ...'.'." i .41 



When Maidens Should Love! ! !.'.'!!!.'!! 81 



Wild Pigeons 427 



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RATIONAL PASTIMES. 



Amateur Convention 475 



Amateurs, Morristown, N. J .115 



American A. C .!"406 



Auother Pair of Legs in Motion . . .......... .HI 



Athletics at Gilmore's .*! . . ,217 



Caledonian Games, Montreal 95 



New York 115 



Providence 95 



Clan-na-Gael Games, Brooklyn 9 



New York IB 



Coaching Club Parade 257 



College Athletics, City of New York .'257,' 277 



Columbus 257 



Dartmouth 217 



Tufts 257 



Yale „. 25 7 



Cricket : 



Adelphi vs. Athletes 9 



Columbia vs. Man 28 



Gait vs. Hays 28 



Manhattan Club. 277 



Merion vs. Manhattan 9 



Merion vs. S. I , , 9 



Paris vs. Beaver 28 



St. George vs. S. 1 28, 95, 138 



San Francisco Club 338 



Staten Island vs. Manhattan, 217 



Scores 115 



Veterans' Match 177 



Curling 441, 475. 493 



Dole vs. Thatcher .'.217 



English PedeBtrianism 9 



Foot Ball : 

 Brooklyn Polytechnic vs. New York College.. 406 



Harvard vs. Columbia 277 



Harvard vs. Princeton 277 



Gale's Walk 188 



Harlem A. C 95 



Int. Base Ball Ass 493 



Knickerbocker Ath. Ass 357 



Little Girl's Big Swim 28 



Long Branch Athletics 155 



Manning vs. Hindle... .217 



Montclair Equestrian Club. 406 



Montreal Athletics 188 



Mystics Boat Club Athletics 188 



Newport Athletics K . .115 



New York A. C.9, 115, 155, 177, 277, 406, 422, 411 



O'Leary 493 



Orion Rowing and Athlectic Ass 277 



Pedestrianism that Pays 338 



Plainfield Ath. C 217 



Police Athletics 406, 422 



Queens County Hunt 152, 389, 422 



Scottish American A. C 28, 257, 357 



Short Hills AC 155 



Six Years' Walk 177 



Snow Shoe Raje 493 



Spartcns 441 



Swimming English Channel, 95 



Yonkers AC 441 



Yonkers Lvceum. 217 



Union A. C 188 



Virginia Fox Hunting 406 



Weston's Walk 493 



RIFLE. 



About the Championship S88 



Accident to a Marker 316 



American Arms for Turkey 53 



Amerioan Team Practice. ."..,. 72 



Selection. 82 



British' Team Arrival 71 



At Sharps' Armory 153 



Scattering of 163 



Causes of Inaccurate Shots 335 



Centennial Trophy Team 152 



Chapter of Errors ... 171 



Cool Cavalry Troop 93 



Crack City Shots 52 



Curious Rifle Ball 420, 441, 459, 497 



Changing Muzzle-Loaders to Breech-Loaders.275 



Elcho Shield Festivities. 441 



English Comments on International Match. .. 



214, 237, 275, 287 



Explosive and Expansive Bullets 460 



Ferguson's Speech at Inverness 460> 



Foiiest AKD Stream Gold Medal 404, 476, 495 



Short Range Tourna- 

 ment 496 



Gardner Gun ,..113 



Galling Gun 154 



G.lder on Sharps Rifle 497 



General Rifle Matters 37 



Gilmora's Garden Presentation 193 



Glass Ball Rifle Shooting 479 



Gunning Experiments 173 



Halford, Sir Henry, Departure 230 



Experiments 4C0 



Letter from 335, 354 



Reply to 420 



Important Resolution of the N . R. A 254 



Inspectors' Qualifications 32 



International Match 131, 112 



Military Match 4'J0 



Team 91 



Trophy 237 



Lady'sScore 280 



Large and Small Bores ; 114 



Leech, Major 275 



On the Elcho Shield 286 



His Scheme, , 275 



Lesson of Creedmoor 172 



Long Range Fallacy 479 



Magazine Guns , . .420 



Miller's Letter on International Match 316 



National Rifle A-soeiation 280 



Meeting 285, 4-1 



Meot'gof Directors.371 



Sixth An. Rep 48a 



National Rrle Movement 2SG 



New National R'lle Association . ..388 



New Rifle by Hawkins 354 



Next luternatonal Match 496 



Not to the Purpose 441 



Olyphaut Trophy 496 



Orange Judd's Experiment 9C 



