F'OReST AND STREAM. 



Not Much to Look at but a Rare 'un to ao. 



THE 



"Niagara Falls" Black Bird 



Has the most natural Qight of any artificial target naade. 

 Will sail against the wind without raising, a fault with 

 all other targrets. Can be thrown from clay-pigeon 

 trap or our trap. Sample box of 100 birds, $1. 



'NIAGARA FLYING TARGET COMPANY, 



Makers, 



Black Birds $10 a 1000; Target Balls $6 a 1,000; Traps $5. P- O. Box 427, Suspension Bridge, N . Y. 



LEARN TO SHOOT QUICK 



Snap or wing 

 shooting with 

 rifle easily 

 and clieaply 

 learned with 

 the Raub Mag- 

 azine Trap. 

 No assistant 

 required. 



Practice cardboard and clay targets. Giv&s 

 10,000 shots for $5. Address JOS. L. RAUB, New 

 London, Conn. Haktley & Graham, New York 

 Wholesale Agents. 



JOIN THE^NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION. 

 Send 10 d!fits, for handbook giving all infor- 

 mation, to the Secretary. Matt R. Freeman, Gen- 

 eral Manager. F. 0. Etheridge, Secretary and 

 Treasurer, Macon, Ga. Board of Directors: Dr. L. 

 E. Russell. Springfield, O.; C. M. Stark, Winchester, 

 Mass.; J. Von Lengerke, New York city; Washing- 

 ton A. Coster, Flatbush, L. I.; Wm. G. Cooper, 

 Savannah, Ga. ; E. A. Crawford, Tallahassee, Fla. ; 

 M. R. Freeman, W. W. Parker and F. C. Etheridge, 

 Macon, Ga. 



J. N. DODGE, ""^ 



376 &:378 Division Street, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



The only manufacturer of VSTiite Cedar Decoy 

 Ducks. Cedar is the lightest and most durable 

 wood. Also Geese, Brant, Swan, Coot, Snipe and 

 Plover Decoys. All decoys made larger than the 

 natural bird, and a perfect imitation. Illustrated 

 price list free. 



Schwatka's Search. 



Sledging in the Arctic in quest of the 

 FRANKLIN RECORDS, 

 —BY- 

 WILLIAM H. GUILDER 

 Second in Command. 

 1 Volume, 8vo., with Maps and Illustrations. 

 Price, S.dO. 

 For sale by the 

 r CREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO 

 39 Park Row, N. Y. 



The Bat. 



Thrown from a 

 Clay-Pigeon Trap 

 or our own Trap. 



No breakage or fail- 

 ures in trap. No hard clay. No shot marks. Every 

 one breaks when hit. Flight and price not equalled. 

 We also manufacture Balls and Traps. Send for 

 our prices before ordering elsewhere. TARGET 

 BALL & B. P. CO., Limited, Lockport, N. Y. 



MESSENGER, Proprietor. 



QUIET, HOMELIKE, FIRST-CLASS ACOOM- 

 modations, one mile from post office and 

 telegraph station, with fine ^'ie^v of the Gulf, 

 where there is good, deep water fishing, and fair 

 shooting can be had one mile east of Cedar Keys. 

 Boats constantly on hand for fishing. The fine 

 8-ton cabin sloop EUa M. Little fitted up in first- 

 class style, with four bunks for cruising down 

 the Gulf or to westward, can be chartered. Also 

 a good, staunch, light draft 24:ft. catboat. Hav- 

 ing had eighteen years experience on the Gulf 

 Coast, am prepared to help fit out parties tor 

 cruising or give any desired information. 

 For further particulars address 



ALFRED P. JONES, 

 Formerlv of Homosassa, 



Box 104, Cedar Keys, 



Florida. 



WILD TURKEY, QUAIL AND RABBITS. 

 Sportsmen going South in search of good 

 shooting locality can find none better than War- 

 renton Junction, Fauquier Co., Va. Wild Tur- 

 key, QuaU and Rabbits in abundance. Good 

 hoard with a Northern family. Rates, $1..50 per 

 day, including guide, turkey dog, etc. Address 

 WM. HODGSON. 



AUDUBON'S 



Birds of America 



We have obtained and now offer for sale singly a number of the plates of this magnificent work. 

 These plates are the originals of the edition of 1856, and represent the birds as life size. The sheets 

 are elephant folio, and the paper heavy. The drawings were made from nature, and for accuracy 

 of delineation, fidelity to detail and accessories, 



Audubon's Birds have never been equalled. 



Any of these plates if framed would make a 



For a sportsman's dining room, and no more beautiful and appropriate gift could be found for the 

 lover of nature than one of these. The constantly increasing scarcity of this work makes these 

 large plates each year more valuable. Some of the plates are double and can if desired be cut in 

 two and put in small frames. 



There are represented many species of Ducks, GulLs, Grouse, Snipe, Heron and small birds 

 almost without number. 



These plates are so large that they cannot be sent by mail without danger of heing crushed, and 

 the best method of sending them will he on rollers by express. 



LIST OF BIRDS REPRESENTED: 



Black Vulture and Head of 



Deer : J 



Redtail Hawk 



Jer Falcon 



Sparrow Hawk 



Swallow-tailed Kite 



White-headed Eagle 



Pigeon Hawk 



Black-vringed Hawk 



Duck Hawk 



Fish Hawk 



Barn Owl 



Crow 



Fish Crow 



Blue Jay 



Crow Blackbird 



Redwing Blackbird 



Baltimore Oriole 



Orchard Oriole 



Boat-tail Grackle 



Rusty Grackle 



NuttalVs Marsh Wren 



Common Marsh Wren 



Crested Titmouse 



Hudson Bay Titmouse 



Carolina Titmouse 



Mocking Bird 



j Hermit Thrush 



i Wood Thrush 



Brown Thrasher 



Prairie Titlark 



Brown Titlark 



Grass Finch 



Henslow's Bunting 



Chipping Sparrow 



Field Sparrow 



Seaside Finch 



Lincoln's Finch 



Song Sparrow 



White-throated Sparrow.. 

 ^^^lite-c^owned Sparrow. . 



Towhee Bunting 



Purple Finch 



CrossbOl 



Pine Grosbeak 



Blue Grosbeak 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak... 

 Nighthawk 



Chimney Swift $4 00 



113 00 Carolina Parroquet 10 00 



10 00 Golden - winged Wood- 



10 00 pecker 5 00 



8 00 Pileated Woodpecker 8 00 



8 00 Belted Kingfisher 7 00 



13 00 Yellow-hQled Cuckoo .5 00 



7 00 Mangrove Humming Bird. .5 00 



7 00 Ruby Throat Humming 



10 00 Bird 6 00 



10 00 Columbia Humming Bird. 5 00 



5 00 Forktail Flycatcher 5 00 



5 00 Arkansas, Sav's & Swal- 



6 00 low-tail Flycatcher 8 00 



7 00 Pipiry Flycatcher 4 00 



7 00 Kingbird 4 00 



8 00 Great-crested Flycatcher. 4 00 

 8 00 Olive-sided Flycatcher. ... 4 00 



8 00 Small green-crested Ply- 



9 00 catcher 4 00 



7 00 Wood Pewee 4 00 



5 00 White-eyed Vireo 4 00 



5 00 Red-eyed Vireo 4 00 



a 00 Yellow-throated Vireo .... 4 00 



4 00 Green black-capped Fly- 



4 00 catcher 4 00 



8 00 Wilson's Flycatcher 4 00 



3 00 Canada Flycatcher 4 00 



3 00 Bonaparte's Flycatcher. . . 4 00 

 8 00 Hooded Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Kentuckv Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Bay-breasted Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Pine-creeping Warbler — 4 00 



4 00 Azure Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Yellowpoll Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Rathbone Warbler 4 00 



4 00 ChUdren's Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Yellow Redpoll Warbler. . 4 00 



4 00 Black and Yellow Warbler 4 OO 



4 00 Swainson's Warbler 4 00 



4 00 Bachman's Warbler 4 OO 



4 00 Carbonated Warbler 4 00 



5 00 NashviUe Warbler 4 00 



5 00 Black and White Creeper. 4 00 



7 00 Wood Wren 4 00 



7 00 J Winter Wren 3 00 



8 00 I Rock Wren 3 00 



7 00 Cedar Bird 4 00 



Bohemian Waxwlng 



Purple Martin 



White-bellied Swallow. . . . 



Cliff Swallow 



Barn Swallow 



White-headed Pigeon. 



1 Black Rail 



'/ Yellow Rail 



j Buff-breasted S'dpiper.. 



( Little Sandpiper 



} Pectoral Sandpiper 



I Red-backed Sandpiper.. 

 Semi-palmated Sandpiper. 



Curlew Sandpiper 



Great Marble God wit 



P 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 7 00 

 3 00 

 3 00 



!-7 00 



Esquimaux Curlew 



Spotted Sandpiper , 



Solitary Sandpiper 



Yellowleg Sandpiper 



Greenshank Sandpiper — 



Glossy Ibis 



Night Heron.... 



Yellow - crovraed Night 



Heron 



Green Heron 



Great White Heron 



Peale's and Reddish Egrets 



Blue Heron 



Flamingo 



White-fronted Goose 



Mallard Duck 



Black Duck 



Gad wall Duck 



Wood Duck 



Canvas-back Duck 



Redhead Duck 



Ringneck Duck 



Broadbill Duck 



Eider Duck 



Smew 



Brown Pelican. 



Crested Grebe 



Black Skimmer 



Arctic Tern 



Sandwich Tern 



Puffin 



Razor-billed Auk 



Great Auk 



-7 00 

 6 00 



6 00 



7 00 



6 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 



7 00 



8 00 



8 00 



8 00 



9 00 



9 00 

 8 00 



10 00 

 10 00 



n m 



12 m 



13 00 

 15 00 

 15 00 

 8 00 

 7 00 

 7 00 



10 00 

 10 00 

 10 00 



7 00 

 7 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 



e 00 



10 00 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 39 Park Row, New York. 



Atlantic Ammunition 



MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBERLIN GARTRIDRES. 



Cartridges for Trap Shooting. 



^ dr. powder, 



i oz. 7 Trap Shot, per 100. 

 I " 7 " 

 I " 8 " 

 i " 8 " 

 I " 7 Shot, 



12-gauge Clay Pigeon Cartridge, « 

 m " " ** " 4 



Blackbird 



American Clay Bird, 



Blue^Rook ctg. ^ 



Cartridges with wadding one size larger tlian bore of gun. One card and 

 powder. Thin wad on shot. Star quality shells. 



Load No. 56, i2-gauge, 3)4 dr. Dead Shot powder, 1 

 " " 57,10 " " " 



Second 

 quality. 

 ....$3.25 

 ... 3.50 

 ... 2.35 

 .... 2.50 

 ... 2.25 

 ... 3.50 

 .... 2.25 

 ... 3.50 



Better 

 quality. 

 $2.75 

 3.00 

 3.75 

 3.00 

 2.75 

 3.00 

 2.75 

 3.00 



two P. E. on 



& oz. shot , 



»J.75 per 100 

 3.00 " 



American Wood Powder Cartridges. Star shells wadded with one %-in. white felt wad be- 

 tween two cardboards, 75 lbs. pressure on powder. 



; dr. Wood powder, primed with 



'i dr. fine black powder, 1% oz. shot, 

 dr. fine black powder, 1J4 oz. shot, 



Load No. 40, 12-gauge, 

 *^'^Load No'. 42, 10-gauge, dr. Wood powder, primed with 

 $4.10 per 100. ChiUed Shot will he 15 cents per 100 extra. 



Hieliest Quality Cartridges. Pigou, Wilkes & Lawence's celebrated English Powder, or any 

 of the highest grades of American Powder. First quality shells. One card and two P. E. wads on 

 powder. Thin wad on shot. 



Load No. 58, 12-gauge, m dr. powder, oz Soft or ChrLled shot ?4.25 per 100 



" " 59,10 " 4 " " lj4 — D.uuperxw 



Cartridges for (lame Shooting. 



Lithograph label on each box of game cartridges has picture of the bird for which the cartri( 



are best adapted. 



Woodcock Cartridge, 

 Snipe " 

 Quail 



Prairie Ch'k'a " 

 Ruffed Grouse 

 Squirrel || 



Pintail ^" 

 Mallard 

 Red Head 

 Canvas Back 

 Turkey \\ 

 Goose " 



18-g., Star Shell, 

 10-g.. " 



12- g., " 

 10-g., " 



13- 1., " 



10-g., " : 



12-g., " 

 10-g., " " 

 12-g. " " 



10-g., " 



12-g., " 

 10-g., " " 

 12-g., Waterproof Shell, 



12- 1',' 

 10-g., 



10-g., 



13- g., 

 10-g., 

 13-g. 

 10-g., 



12- g., 

 10-g., 



13- g., 

 10-g., 



3J4 dr. powder, 1 

 4 dr. " 



4 dr. " 1) 

 1 



Second Beq 

 quality qua 

 per 100. pen 



oz. No. 10 shot $2..50 



oz. No. 10 shot 2.75 



oz. No. 9 shot 2.50 



oz. No. 9 shot 3.75 



... oz. No 8 Trap shot 3.50 



1% oz. No 8 Trap shot 3.75 



moz. No. 8 shot 2.60 



IM oz. (scant) No. 8. shot. 2.a5 

 IH oz. No. 7 Trap shot. . . . 3.60 

 lU oz. (scant) 7 trap shot. 3.85 



^'^ oz. No. 6 shot 2.50 



, oz. No. 6 shot 3.75 



oz. No. 7 shot 2.60 



oz. No. 7 shot 2.85 



oz. No. C shot 2.60 



oz. No. 6 shot 3.85 



oz. No. 5 shot 3.60 



oz. No. a shot 2.85 



oz. No. 4 shot 2.60 



oz. No. 4 shot 2.85 



1)1 oz. No. 3 shot 2.60 



IM oz. No. 8 shot 2.85 



iMoz. No. 3 shot 2.75 



m oz. (full) No. 2 shot. ... 3.00 



1}| oz. BB. shot 2.75 



IM oz. (full) No. 3 shot. ... 3.00 



KTOTES -Second Quality Cartridges as above listed are loaded in Club. Rival or Climax Shells, Rifle gm^^ 

 Ed^WiS: The Better Quality Cartridges are loaded in Star quality shells. C. C. Co/s Ducking Powder. Pink Edge T^ads. 



