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887 



55. ZonotncMa aWicolKs (558) White-throated Sparrow.— 

 Spring, fall and winter resident; abundant. 



56. ^Spizelta monticola ■•(559) Tree Sparrow.— "Winter visitant; 

 not common. 



57. Spizella socialis (560) Chipping Sparrow.— Resident; 

 abundant in summer; breeds. 



58. Spizella pusilla (563) Field Sparrow. —Summer resident ; 

 common ; breeds. 



59. Junco hyemnUs (567) Slate-colored Junco.- Winter 

 resident; abundant. 



60. Melospiza fasciata (581) Song Sparrow.— Resident; 

 abundant in summer, breeds. 



61. Melospiza georgiana (584) Swamp Sparrow.— Summer 

 resident; not common. 



62. Passerella iliaca (585) Fox Sparrow.— Migrant; abund- 

 ant. A few remained through the winter of '84-'85. 



63. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (587) Towhee.— Summer resi- 

 dent; common. 



64. Cardinalis cardinalis (593) Cardinal.— Resident; com- 

 mon, breeds. 



65. EaUa lud.oviciana (595) Rose-breasted Grosbeak. — 

 Summer resident; not common. 



66. Passerina eyanea (598) Indigo Bunting.— Summer resi- 

 dent; not common. 



67. Pimnga erythromelas (608) Scarlet Tanager.— Summer 

 resident; not common. 



68. Gkelidon erythrogaster (613) Barn Swallow.— Summer 

 resident; abundant; breeds. 



69. Tachyeineia bicolor (614) Tree Swallow.— Very com- 

 mon in spring and fall. 



70. Clivicola riparia (616) Bank Swallow. — Summer res- 

 ident; common. 



71. Ampelis cedrorum. (619) Cedar Waxwing.— Resident; 

 most common in summer*. 



72. Vireo olwaceus (624) Red-eyed Vireo.— Summer resi- 

 dent; common; breeds. 



73. Vireo gilvus (627) Warbling Vireo.— Summer resident; 

 not common. 



74. Vireo flavifrons (628) Yellow-throated Vireo.— Summer 

 resident ; not common. 



75. Vireo noveboracemis (631) White-eyed Vireo.— Rare 

 summer resident. Observed by E, T. Adney. 



76. Mnioiilta varia (636) Black and White Warbler.— Sum- 

 mer resident; common. 



77. Helmitherus vermivorus (639) Worm-eating Warbler.— 

 Rare summer resident. 



78. Helminlhophila pinus (641) Blue-winged Warbler. — A 

 very rare summer resident. 



79. EelminthopMla chrysoptera (642) Golden winged War- 

 bler. — A very rare summer resident. E T. Adney. 



80. Helminthophila ruficapilla (645) Nashville Warbler. — 

 Spring and fall migrant; common. 



81. Gompsothlypis amerieana (648) Parula Warbler. — 

 Chiefly spring and fall migrant; very common. 



82. Dendroiea atstiva (652) Yellow Warbler. — Summer resi- 

 dent; abundant, breeds. 



83. Dendroiea cwrulescens (654) Black-throated Blue War- 

 bler.— Spring and fall migrant; very common. 



84. Dendroiea cvronata{655) Myrtle Warbler. — Spring and 

 fall migrant; abundant. 



85. Dendroiaa maculosa (657) Magnolia W arbler. — Spring 

 and fall migrant; very common. 



86. Dendroiea ceerulea (658) Cerulean Warbler. — Observed 

 by Mr. Basil H. Dutcher, May 5 1886. 



87. Dendroiea pennslyvaniea (659) Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

 — Summer resident; common, breeds. 



88. Dendroiea cmtanea (660) Bay-breasted Warbler. — 

 Spring and fall migrant; not very rare. 



89. Dendroic-a striata (661) Blackpoll Warbler.— Spring 

 and fall migrant; very common. 



90. Dendroiea blacldmrnice (662) Blackburnian Warbler. — 

 Spring and fall migrant; not uncommon. 



91. Dendroiea virens (667) Black- throated Green Warbler. 

 — Spring and fall migrant; very common. 



92. Dendroiea vigorsii (671) Pine Warbler. — Spring and 

 fall migrant; not common. 



93. Dendroiea palmarum hypoclirysea (672a) Yellow Palm 

 Warbler. — Spring and fall migrant; common. 



94. Seiurus aurocapillus (674; Oven Bird. — Summer resi- 

 dent; common. 



95. Seiurus noteboracensis (675) Water Thrush. — Chiefly 

 spring and fall migrant; not uncommon. 



96. Seiurus motacilla (676) Louisiana Water Thrush. — 

 Rare. Observed by E T. Adney. 



97. Geothlypis trichas (681) Maryland Yellowthroat. — 

 Summer resident; very common; breeds. 



98. Icteria virens (683) Yellow- breasted Chat.— Summer 

 resident; not common. 



99. Sylvania mitrata (684) Hooded Warbler. — Very rare. 

 A male specimen was observed on M ay 11, 1886. The move- 

 ments of the bird were watched for more than an hour. 



100. Sylvania pusilla (685) Wilson's Warbler. — Spring and 

 fall migrant; not common. 



101. Sylvania canadensis (686) Canadian Warbler. — Spring 

 and fall migrant; common. 



102. Setophaga ruticUla (687) American Redstart. — Summer 

 resident; very common, breeds. 



103. Mimus polyglottos (703) Mockingbird. — This species 

 has been repeatedly observed, but under conditions that 

 render it probable that the specimens were escaped cage 

 birds. 



104. Galeoseoptes carolinensis (704) Catbird.— Summer resi- 

 dent; very common, breeds abundantly. 



1 05. Harporhynchus rufus (705) Brown Thrasher. — Sum- 

 mer resident; common, breeds. A specimen remained 

 through the winter of , S4-'85. 



106. Troglodytes a'edon (721) House Wren. — Common sum- 

 mer resident, breeds. 



107. Troglodytes Uemalis (722) Winter Wren.— Winter 

 resident; rare. 



108. Gerthia familiar is amerieana (726) Brown Creeper. — 

 Winter resident; common. 



109. Sitta carolinensis (727) White-breasted Nuthatch.— 

 Resident; common, 



110. Sitta canadensis (728) Red-breasted Nuthatch.— Win- 

 ter resident; not couimon. 



111. Parus atricapillus (735) Chickadee.— Winter resident; 

 common. 



112. Begulus satrapa (748) Golden-crowned Kinglet- 

 Spring and fall migrant; common. Occasionally seen dur- 

 ing the winter. 



113. Begulus calendula (749) Ruby-crowned Kinglet.— 

 Spring and fall migrant; common. 



114. Tiirdus mustelinus (755) Wood Thrush. — Summer 

 resident; common; breeds. 



115. Turdusfusceseens (756) Wilson's Thrush.— Summer 

 resident; common; breeds, 



116. Turdus uslvlatus swainsonii (758a) Olive-backed 

 Thrush. — Spring and fall migrant; not common. 



117. lurdus aonalasehkre pallasii (7596) Hermit Thrush.— 

 Spring and fall migrant: common, 



138. Merula migraioria (761) American Robin.— Summer 

 resident; abundaut; breeds. A few winter. 



119. Sialia sialis (766) Bluebird.— Summer resident; com- 

 mon. 



NOTE. 



120. Passer domesticw (— ) House Sparrow.— Resident ; very 

 abundant; breeds. 



121. Garduelis elegans (— ) European Goldfinch.— Resident ; 

 common; breed s. 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETY. 



THE editor recently suggested that those who favor the 

 objects and aims of the Audubon Society should do 

 their best to help it along, and if necessary smother their 

 pet aversions to any unfortunate class of birds which may 

 have incurred their displeasure, until the objects aforesaid 

 shall have been accomplished. I consider this position a 

 sound one and hope that it will be generally so regarded. 



I am reminded of a man who the other day in speaking of 

 our new tish and game protective association, said to me 

 that had we inserted in our constitution one article which 

 had been omitted he would join the society. This was, he 

 said, a clause discountenancing the catching of fish on the 

 Sabbath. 



"My dear sir," said I, "if you had attended the meetings 

 and helped to organize the association, you could have pro- 

 posed that or any other article you chose, and it would have 

 been put to vote. As it was we lacked your valuable assist- 

 ance and had to do the best we could without it." 



Tbis man will reap the benefit of our labors in the increased 

 supplies of fish at his door; and those who do not join the 

 Audubon Society because they want to shoot hawks or 

 some other feathered creature will nevertheless profit by its 

 efforts and the result of its work. Kelpie. 



May 31. 



The "Hoop Snake" Myth.— Logan sport, Ind., June 4.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: Tally one more in favor of the 

 hoop snake question. 1 clipped the following from the 

 Peru (Ind.) Sentinel. —Kankakee. The inclosure reads: 

 "Most all our readers have heard of the hoop snake, but 

 comparatively few, if any, have seen one. Indeed, many 

 are inclined to doubt the existence of it, but all surmises 

 are set at rest, as James Nolan, living on O. P. Webb's 

 farm one half mile south of town, killed one Monday 

 forenoon. He discovered it in a ravine and when it saw 

 him it rolled up in the shape of a hoop, but he struck 

 it with a club and disabled it. Mr. Nolan had never seen a 

 hoop snake, but had heard of it and noticed that when he 

 touched the body with a stick the tail at once struck the 

 stick with considerable force. He experimented some time 

 until thoroughly convinced that he had found the genuine 

 hoop snake. After it was entirely dead Mr. Nolan cut_ off 

 the needle in the end of the snake's tail and now has it in a 

 bottle where all can see it who are disposed to make the trip 

 to his residence. The needle, or sting, is seven-sixteenths 

 of an inch long, looks like a thorn from a locust tree and is 

 of a black color. The snake is five feet and six inches long, 

 of a black color showing golden as it moved. The under 

 surface of the monster was a dirty yellow. The remains are 

 still where the snake was killed and can be seen by all who 

 are curious to look at a genuine hoop snake. Mr. Nolan is 

 a truthful man and there is not the slightest doubt that he 

 killed a hoop snake, as both the snake and stinger can be 

 seen. We believe it is the first instance of the kind in this 

 county." 



Game Breeding in Confinement. — Osalris, Minn., May 

 30. — Editor Forest and Stream: For the benefit of your 

 readers I note the breeding of wild game in captivity. T. 

 B. Johnson, our leading merchant, has his yard inclosed 

 with wire netting, the meshes small enough to hold quail. 

 In the yard he has a happy family, consisting of two ante- 

 lopes two years old (the female ol which threw two fawns 

 about a week ago), rabbits of several kinds, California quails, 

 Bob Whites, parrots, and several cages of native birds. The 

 Bob Whites he has had two years. The first season they 

 laid, but the nest was destroyed by a cat; last year the hen 

 bird laid, and after sitting about a week, was killed. The 

 cock bird then took the nest, hatched out the young and 

 reared them. The flock of eleven has dwindled down to 

 five, two of which are now laying. The California quail, of 

 which he has ten, are dropping their eggs around the yard, 

 but so far do not make any nests. They are all very tame, 

 so much so that they hardly get out of the way of even a 

 stranger. — S. W. S. 



The Toledo Eaglet.— Mr. Emory D. Potter, of Toledo, 

 O., writes to Dr. E. Sterling, of Cleveland, under date of 

 June 2, of the Toledo eaglets: "I visited the birds and found 

 the woolly head as lively as a cricket. The old ones will 

 allow no one but Mr. Hulce, who feeds them, to come near 

 the cage. I never heard before of eagles breeding in con- 

 finement. The young one is growing nicely. Mr. Hulce 

 has bred quail, blackbirds, robins, ring doves and several 

 other kinds of wild birds in wire cages. The eagle laid one 

 egg last year (at five years old) but it did not hatch. I see 

 no reason why he may not stock the whole country with 

 eagles and the singing birds of our forests.— E. D. Pottee." 



Crow Catching Minnows.— Richardson Lake, Me., June 

 2. — Editor Forest and Stream: I saw a somewhat curious 

 feature in the crow line to day while I was looking upon the 

 lake, which I never saw before, but may be common enough 

 for all I know — that of a common crow striking for minnows 

 in the water. After two unsuccessful efforts the crow car- 

 ried off from the surface of the water in its bill a minnow 

 about three inches long. It was in quite plain sight, and 

 evidently taken from a school of small fry about 100 feet 

 from the shore. — J. P. W. 



Recent Arrivals at the Philadelphia Zoological Garden.— 

 Purchased— 1 black-head ed lemur (Lemur brunneus), 1 Mona mon- 

 key (Cercopithecus mona), 6 Rhesus monkeys (Macacus erylhroeus), 

 2 Hamadryas baboons (Cynocephalus hamadryas), 1 Diana monkey 

 (Cercopithecus diana), 1 blacK-banded spider monkey (Ateles mela- 

 nochir), 2 Oille-pie's hair seals (Zalophus gillespii). 1 Peruvian jay 

 (Xanthoura mcas), 1 yellow-winged sugar bird (Ccereba eyanea), 1 

 European wax-wing (Ampelis yarrulus), 2 Egyptian geese (Chelano 

 pex ceg : ,ptiaca), 1 ground dove (Chamcepelia passerina) and 8 two- 

 lined pythons (Python bivittatus). Presented — 1 wildcat (Lynx 

 rupus), 1 opossum (Didelphys virginiana), 1 woodchuck (Arctomys 

 monax), 8 yellow birds (Chrysomitris tristis), 2 crows (Corvus ameri- 

 canus), 5 crow blackbirds (Quiscalus purpureus), 1 great-horned owl 

 (Bubo virginianus), S scre*ch owls (Scops asio), 1 robin (Turdus mi 

 gratorius), 4 alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). 1 pine snake (Pi-- 

 tyoiJhis mena noleucus), andl red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa) . 

 Born- 3 prairie wolves (Canis latrans), 1 bactrian camel (Camelus 

 baotrianus), 5 prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) , and 1 elk (Cervus 

 canadensis). Exchanged— 2 golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetus). 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Co. 



THE TRAJECTORY TEST. 



npHE full report of the Forest and Stream's trajectory test of hunt- 

 * ing rifles has been issued in pamphlet form, with the illustra- 

 tions and the tabular summary, making in all 96 pages. For sale at 

 this office, or sent post-paid. Price 50 cents. 



TURKEY SHOOTING FOR A HAT, 



ABOUT the middle of April myself and three others 

 planned to go to the woods and spend a week after tur- 

 keys, so one Monday morning we packed a tent and camp 

 equipments and some provisions into a wagon, and drove to 

 the woods where we proposed to camp. We arrived at our 

 destination a little before dark, and a/ter pitching the tent 

 and making some hasty arrangements for the night, ate our 

 supper and turned in, planning to be up early in the morning, 

 there being a prize of a new hat awaiting the man who 

 should kiinke first gobbler. The hat was, to be paid for by 

 the other three. 



Our camp was situated near the line between Garland and 

 Perry counties, in a very mountainous piece of country, 

 being on the watershed between the waters running south to 

 the Washita, north to the Eourche la Pave, and east to the 

 Saline. The teamster who had brought us out was to return 

 home in the morning and come after U3 again at the end of 

 the week. Our party consisted of, first, Mr. P., a man of 

 somewhere near fifty years of age, who belongs to the legal 

 profession. He bad acquired some experience in woodcraft 

 previous to this trip. He used a breechloading gun of Colt's 

 make. Second, Mr. L., of about one-half the age of the 

 former, of mercantile pursuits, a genuine lover of the woods 

 and the gun, and who never lets a chance of enjoying them 

 go by unimproved; his gun was a Parker. Third, Joe A,, a 

 native of this State, also a half centenarian, and who had 

 spent probably one-half his life in camp among the forests 

 and mountains of the frontier. He still sticks to the old 

 muzzleloading rifle, and says he would not give it for any 

 of the new-fangled perpetually loaded arrangements of the 

 present day. Every one to his notion, you know. Lastly, 

 the subscriber. My gun on this trip was a .38-cal. Ballard 

 rifle. 



Thursday morning was cloudy and windy, a state of 

 things rather unfavorable to our morning's hunt. Mr. P. 

 and Joe went to the east of camp and Mr. L. and I went to 

 the west. It was not yet daylight, and the clouds obscured 

 the moon, which was just past full, so that traveling in 

 strange woods was attended with some difficulties. After 

 leaving camp a short distance we separated, each one taking 

 a different direction and striking out for himself. I followed 

 a narrow ridge of the hills until I thought myself far enough 

 from camp and from the others, and daylight beginning to 

 appear, I sat down to wait and listen. The wind made so 

 much noise among the treetops that sounds could not be 

 heard at any great distance. After waiting until the sun 

 must have been f ully up I thought I heard the gobbling of 

 a turkey to windward and I moved in that direction and 

 got near enough to hear him quite plainly; but he seemed to 

 be traveling away from me, and the country being so rough 

 and broken I did not succeed in getting near enough for him 

 to hear me call, so I had to give him up, and finally returned 

 to camp. I found Mr. P. in camp, and the others soon came 

 in, no One having yet won the new hat. 



After breakfast we fixed up the camp in better shape and 

 then started out again, Joe and Mr. L. going together this 

 time and Mr. P. and I taking the opposite direction. The 

 country is a series of high, rocky and gravely ridges, run- 

 ning in every conceivable direction, with steep hollows 

 between, some of them occupied by small streams formed by 

 springs. A good country to get lost in unless one is pretty 

 well versed in woodcraft. The woods had been burned over 

 earlier in the spring and was very free from underbrush. 

 The timber is mostly yellow pine, interspersed with hickory 

 and several kinds of oak. Our object to day was not so 

 much to procure game as to look for signs and locate the 

 ranging places of turkeys. We saw several deer during the 

 day, but, it being the close season for them, we did not pay 

 much attention to them. We found turkey signs quite plen^ 

 tiful and saw turkeys three or four times; but the woods 

 being so open, their sharp eyes proved better than ours, as 

 all we saw were cither running or flying. But we learned 

 the woods and found their range, and laid our plans to "sar- 

 cumvent" (to quote Nattie Bumpo) some of them in the 

 morning - , when we would have the chances more in our 

 favor. We killed some squirrels and saw a good many quail, 

 but the open season for quail having closed the 1st of April, 

 they were not molested. 



We returned to camp about the middle of the afternoon, 

 and somewhat later the others returned, also bringing some 

 squirrels. Joe had taken a running shot at a gobbler but 

 without effect, and Mr. L. had seen a turkey hen within 

 shooting distance but did not shoot, as it was agreed among 

 us that we would not kill a hen at this season "of the year, 

 although there was no law to prevent. 



Wednesday morning we left camp before daybreak, and 

 each one started for the place he had selected the day before. 

 The morning was still and warmer although still a little 

 cloudy. But the moon gave sufficient light to make travel- 

 ing tolerably easy. 1 went to a high part of the ridge where 

 several hollows started out from near the same place, run- 

 ning off in different directions, and Mr. P, went to another 

 such place some distance away. Soon after daylight I heard 

 a gobbler in the head of a sharp hollow a little to my right, 

 and soon after another off in front of me and further away. 

 I commenced to call and both would answer me, and soon 

 the one nearest me flew off the roost, alighting about seventy- 

 five yards from me and somewhat below me, as I was on the 

 top of the ridge. I began to think that perhaps the new hat 

 would be mine, but just about that time I heard the report 

 of a gun away off to the east of me, and I was not quite so sure 

 of it. But in about five minutes after, I had the satisfaction of 

 seeing first the head and neck and then the body of the gobbler 

 appear above the rise of the hill and coming toward me. He 

 came up within about fifty yards of me, and stopped to look 

 and listen for the old hen he supposed to be up there on the 

 ridge. I was sitting with my back against a tree, facing 

 him, gun to shoulder and finger on trigger, and hardly dar- 

 ing to wink or draw a long breath. As soon as he stopped 

 the front sight dropped upon his breast and the sharp report 

 of the rifle startled the echoes. The turkey gave one bound 

 and spread his wings to fly, but the bullet had done its work 

 and he rolled upon the ground a dead gobbler. The other 



