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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. i, 1861. 



BOSTON, Dec, 27.— The Massachusetts Rifle Association held its 

 regular weekly shoot for rifle and pistol at its range to-lay. The 

 shooting conditions were very good for winter weather. The 

 special event of the day was the directors' gold medal match, 

 which after a very close contest was won by Mr. H. Severance. 

 Following are the scores in detail, distanee 200yds., Standard 

 American target: 



H Severance 77888796 10 8-80 



SO Sydney 59679 10 88 8 10-81 



W Charles 9 6 8 6 9 10 7 5 .10 7—78 



H Cushing 6 6 7 6 10 6 10 7 6 10-77 



OM Howard.... 6986 9 7978 6-74 



All-Comers' Off-H nd Match. 



H Severance. 82 M T Day 72 J B Hobos 68 



W Charles 81 D Martin 71 ST Paul 65 



IB Thomas 81 F W Chester 70 A S Hunt 63 



S O Merville 77 O Moore 69 C Clark 61 



S T George 74 



All Comers' Rest Match. 



J Francis Ill M T Dav ...103 A S Hunt 85 



S T Crawford 103 P W Chester 9(5 J B Hobbs 80 



A H Ballard 102 J French ..89 



The Massachusetts Rifle Association have just completed their 

 programme of matches to be shot at their range at Walnut Hill 

 during 1891. This list includes 10 prize matches, to be open every 

 shoot day for rifl* and pistol, besides the practice and all-comers' 

 matches, as follows: 



1. Victory medal off-hand match, six prizes. 2. Victory medal 

 rest match, six prizes. 3. M. R. A. seal medal off-hand match, six 

 prizes, 4. M. R. A. seal medal rest match, s ; x prizes. 5. Military 

 medal match, six prizes. 6 Record off-hand match, six prizes. 

 7. Record rest match, six prizes. 8. Record pistol march, four 

 prizes. 9. Ttatve hundred shot off-hand match, six prizes. 10. 

 Two hundred shoot rest match, sis prizes. 



Also a special gold medal will be given to the shooter making 

 during the. year the highest score of 10 shots, either at off-hand or 

 rest. The standard American target will be used in all of these 

 matches except the military medal match, which will be shot 

 Oreedmoor count. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 matches will each close 

 June SO and the other Dec. 31. 



OREEDMOOR EXTENSION.— The Creedmoor Commission has 

 at last taken definite steps to acquire more land about the Creed- 

 moor Rifle Range. The addition which is to be made consists of 

 between forty and fifty acres on the west and north of the present 

 range, and most of which has heretofore been leased by the Com- 

 mission and the association before it. At a meeting held this 

 week at Albany by the Commission M resolution was adopted 

 authorizing The purchase., and Gen. Robbins was directed to open 

 negotiations with the owners. Said owners now ask $100 per acre 

 for the laud, which the Commission will not pay, and if Gen. Rob- 

 bins cannot effect a compromise then the Commission will take 

 the matter into court and begin proceedings to acquire title to 

 the Jand by the right of emineut domain. 



NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 30.— The bullseye match projected by Our 

 Own Club opened on the club ranges, at 136 Springfield avenue, 

 this evening, and should attract many visiting riflemen, as well 

 as the best of those belonging to local clubs. The bullseyes will 

 be 4in. in diameter, and the prizes will be awarded for the first to 

 sixth best center shot, by machine measurement. Each ticket 

 will entitle a shooter to three shots on one bullseye, and he may 

 purchase an unlimited number of tickets. The match will be 

 open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings of each week 

 until 200 tickets have been sold. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Dec. 25.— The bright light this afternoon 

 interfered somewhat with. the efforts of the marksmen to make 

 good scores at the range of the Onondaga Rifle Club, yet several 

 remarkably high scores were made, as well as some poor ones. 

 The first match, off-hand, 10 shots, possible 120, resulted: Barnum 

 07, Stillman 78, Ball 50, Cately 24, Seely 70, Smith 69, J. N. Knapp 

 58, Groosman 59, Robot ham (rest) 89. The second match off-hand 

 resulted as follows: Barnum 77, Stillnim 84, Ball 67, Smith 70, 

 KuappSG, Grossman 78, Seely 77, Lathrop 58, Cateley (rest) 96, 

 Robotham (rest) 82. 



THE TRAP. 



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



Jan. 1.— Gerinantown Gun Club, New Year's Day Tournament, 

 at Gerniantowu , Pa. Address Harry Thurman. 



Jan. 1.— All-Day Tournament, at Auburn, N. Y. J. Henry Kerr, 

 Secretary. 



DEATH OF ANNIE OAKLEY.— London, Dee. 30. —Much regret 

 is expressed at the news of the cleat h at Buenos Ayres of conges- 

 tion of the lungs of Miss Annie Oakley, the celebrated female 

 rifle shot, and one of the most popular members of Buffalo BiU's 

 Wild West Show during its sojourn in London. 



RUTHERFORD. N. J.. Dpc. 20,— Boiling Springs against Leonia 

 Gun Cluh. of Leonia, N. J., at 25 bluerocks from 3 traps at un- 

 known angles, American Association rules: 



Boiling Springs Gun Club. 



B James .0011100011110110001011111-15 



Louis Lane 1100111 11010111 10110111 10-18 



Frank Post QHQ01 1101 1 01 000 1 1 1.0001100-11 



M F Lindsey 1160011101111110101111110-18 



Ed Collins 10111101110001 1 Q] 001 1 0010-14 



T heo Meyer 1000011 0101001 1 001001101 1—12-88 



Leonia Gun Club. 



Bauta 11001110101100110001111 00 -1 4 



Gladwin 00m01011101011011101u01-15 



Walker 0100110011101000001101011-13 



Beam .010011 101 10101 ! 1 1 10100011-15 



Dr Wells flOlOfJOOlOOOlOlOOlOOlOlOOl - 8 



Goesser 001001(XX)0000101001010CK)l— 7—71 



Sweep No. 1, 4 moneys, all ties divided, 10 bluerocks, 16 and 18 

 yards rise, American rules, SI entrance: 



Cutwater 1100010111- 6 Gladwin 1111101110— 8 



Lindsley 1010111111—8 Walker 1001110101—6 



Collins 1001011100- 5 Bauta 1111011101— 8 



Hunt 1100111000- 5 James 11O1111100— 7 



Van Riper 10010)1000- 8 Ely 1101011111— 8 



Post -. 1101011101— 7 Chaffee 0010010010- 3 



Klees lOlilOOOil— 6 Lane 1111111111—10 



Beam 0111101110- 7 Goesser 0011000111- 5 



Wells 0010100011- 4 



Sweep No. 2, same: 



Ed Collins. . . .' 1111110111- 9 Gladwin. . , 0100100011— 4 



Beam .1111010111— 8 Outwater 1110010011— 6 



Post 0111110111-8 Lane ... 1111011111— 9 



Walker lOlillllll- 9 Van Riper... 1010110100- 5 



Dr Wells , ..0101111011— 7 Klees 10111 11010— 7 



Ely ..0001010101— 4 Hunt. .U01110001— 6 



Chaffee 0110100011— 5 Bauta 1011110101— 7 



Lindsley 1111111111-10 Taylor 1101100111- 7 



Goesser 1111111111—10 Hollister OOOlOOllOO- 3 



Sweep No. 3, same: 



Klees .1111101011- 8 Collins . . 0011011101- 6 



Chaffee 0010000110 - 3 Beam 1011011111—8 



Van Riper .illlllllU-10 Post 1110011111- 8 



Ely. 0011011011- 6 Outwaier 1111000101— 6 



Goesser 0111111001- 7 Green 1111111111— In 



Hunt 0000000000- 0 Dr Wells 1011011010- 6 



Banta ,1111111101- 9 Lindsley llllllllQl— 9 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS.-Dec. 27.-Conditions, 



10 bluerocks: „ , „ „ „ 



Lindsley 10 6 9 8 Simpson 8 8 7 8 



Coll ins ...5 10 8 9 Osterhout 5 6 9 5 



Six live birds: 



Collins • .113231-6 Lindsley 111320-5 



Simpson 112131-6 



Five birds: 



Burnhcef 01011-3 Lindsley 10111—4 



Brickner 21012-4 Collins 23111—5 



Same: 



Burnhoef 21010—3 21021—4 Lindsley. .... .11131— 5 10311—4 



Brickner 12011-4 00211-3 



SPARROWS AT THE TRAP.— Mount Vernon, N. Y.— There 

 was a novelty in the way of trap shooting at our club on Thanks- 

 giving. It was found shooters would not come down and have to 

 pay 30 cents every time they went to the score, consequently the 

 attendance was meagre. English sparrows were thought of and 

 nowtbe problem is solved. They were tried and proved an un- 

 doubted success, and as they are very cheap every one can shoot 

 live birds without blowing in a big pile of money. I believe they 

 will even supersede pigeons entirely, for they are out of the trap 

 like an arrow, no duffers among them. I write the above for the 

 benefit of clubs similarly placed, and any one writing to me can 

 have the address of the party Belling them.—W, COX, 



WALNUT HILL, Dec. 24 —Santa Clans stopped at this range 

 to-day on his way toward Boston and left some of his presents 

 with the izentlemen who make up the trap-shooting wing of the 

 Massachusetts Rifle Association. To-day witnessed the close of 

 all the matches wbich have been running during the past season, 

 and the knowledge that the prizes were to be awarded brought 

 out a large number of contestants. The most important match of 

 the year has been the diamond pin match, in which the winners 

 were decided by taking into acount not only the excellence of the 

 shooting but also the regularity of the attendance. Those who 

 won choice of prizes were as follows: Mr. Bowker qualified at 15 

 shoots and won first prize, $20 in gold; Mr. Parham, 15, second 

 prize, a set of table cutlery in plush case; Mr. J. Nichols, 15, third 

 prize, diamond scarf pin; Mr. W. Gale. 13, fourth prize, split bam- 

 boo trout rod and fly book; Mr. O. R. Black, 12, fifth prise. $10 in 

 gold; Mr. T. Curtis, 12, sixth prize, Lovell pearl-handled, double- 

 action revolver; Mr. M. Sergeant, 11, seventh prize, $5 in gold; Mr. 

 G. Wheeler, 9, eighth prize, pair of opera glasses; Mr. Hosmer. 9, 

 ninth prize, $5 in gold: Mr. Stanton, 8. tenth prize, S3.50 in gold; 

 Mr. Bradbury, 8, eleventh prize, $2.50 in gold; Mr. M. Knowles. 7, 

 twelfth prize, $2.50 in gold; Mr. W, Bennet, 6, thirteenth prize, 

 whist set. Mr. Nichols was awarded the gold medal for the high- 

 est aggregate in the total number of competitions, 17. The match 

 for the Keystone trophy also closed to-day, with the leaders well 

 bunched. Mr. Nichols again came to the front, however, and is 

 now the owner of the handsome badge. The management of the 

 Association evidently meant that no contestant should go unre- 

 warded, for every one present who had competed in the main 

 event of the year was presented with a souvenir prize, in addition 

 to those above noted. The summary of the day's sport follows: 

 Diamond pin match, 20 Keystone targets and 5 pairs standard 

 targets: Wheeler 27, Stanton 24, Black" 22, Cady 21, Bradbury 18, 

 Parham 18, Barrett 17, Nichols 16, Curtis 16, Knowles 15, Gale 14, 

 Needhnm 15. Keystone trophy match, 20 Keystone targets: Stan- 

 ton 19, Parham 17, Swift 17, Johnson 16, Black 16, Cady 15, Need- 

 ham 12, Wheeler 12, Knowles 12, Gale 10. 



NEWARK, N. J., Dee. 25.— The cold, raw wind kept theshooters 

 in a shiver, as well as causing the scores to be low, at the com- 

 bined shoot of the South Side and Woodside gun olubs at Newark 

 to day. The shooting was all at bluerock targets and the South 

 Siders were present on invitation of the Woodsiders. Lunch was 

 served bv the latter ctub, and all the sweeps from 9 o'clock A. M. 

 to 4 o\ lock P. M., were well filled. The winners as follows: 



Event No. 1, 5 singles: Miller, Geoffrey, Brientnall, Heller and 

 Walters 4. 



Event No. 2, 10 singles: Miller 9, Hunt 8, Walters 7, Osterhout 6, 

 Lee and Sickles 5. 



Event No. 3, 10 singles: Hunt 8, Brientnall and Heller 7, Geof- 

 frey 6. 



Event No. 4, 10 singles: Brientnall 8, Hunt and Heller 7, White 

 6, Geoffrey 5. 



Event No. 5, 20 "ingles, $3 entry: Hunt 19 Geoffrey 17, Brient- 

 nall 16, Phillips. Thomas, Heller and Miller 14, Walter 10. 



Event No. 6, 15 singles, $1 entry: Hunt 13, Brientnall 12, Heller, 

 Geoffrey and Miller 11, Phi lips 10. 



Event No. 7. 15 singles. $1 entry: Geoffrey, Brientnall and Mil- 

 ler 13, Heller 11. Phillips 10, Hunt 9. 



Event, No. 8, 10 singles; Sickles and Miller 9,T. Dukes and Wal- 

 ters 8, Geoffrey 7, Hunt 6. 



Event No. 9, 20 singles. $2 entry: Miller 20, Hedden 17, Geoffrey 

 15, Dukes 14, Walter 12, Sickles 10. 



Event No. 10. 15 singles, $1 entry: Hunt, Miller and Brientnall 

 12, Heller and Geoffrey 11. Phillips 8. 



Event No. 11,10 singles: Geoff rev, 9. Hunt 8, Sickles, Cottrel 

 and Miller 7, Wheaton, Terrill and T. Dukes 6. 



Event No. 12, 15 singles, $1 entry: T. Dukes 14, Miller 12, Sickles 

 11, Geoffrey and Cottrell 10 



Event No. 13, 10 singles, $1 entry; T. Dukes 9, Sickles 8, Miller 7, 

 Osterhout, Cottrell and Walter 6. 



Event No. 14, 10 singles: Walters, T. Dukes and Miller 8, O. von 

 Lengerke and A. O. Hedden 7. Osterhout, and Geoffrey 6. 



Event No. 15, 15 singles, $1 entry: Hedden 14, Hunt 13, T.Dukes 

 and Miller 10, Sickles and Von Lengerke 6. 



RED BANK, N. J., Dee. 25.-Shooting by the Riverside-Gun 

 Club was well attended to day and the sport proved very inter- 

 esting. The marksmen shot at both live birds and bluerocks, 

 under American Association rules. The programme opened at 10 

 o'clock and lasted until dark. Following is a summary of the 

 events: 



First event, 10 bluerocks: Fred Bealle and Oscar Hesse, 7 each; 

 Edmund Throckmorton 6; John Cooper, Ten Broeck, Davis, Jacob 

 and John Worthley and Leander Campbell, 5 each; Edward Bus- 

 sell and Neil Campbell, 4 each; Walter Parsons, 3; John Dey, 2; 

 Albert Ivins 1. Beale won first money in the shoot off. 



Second event, 10 DluerocKs: Bealle, Throckmorton and John 

 Cooper 7 each, Dey, Bussed and John Worthley 6 each, Leander 

 Campbell, Davis, D miel Kearney and Ivins 5 each, Jacob and C. 

 Worthley 4 each. Parsons 3. Bealle won first money in the shoot 

 off, and second and third moneys were divided. 



Third event, aiiss and out at live birds, $1 entrance: Bealle and 

 James Cooper 1 each and divided; Henry White and John Cooper 

 nothing. 



Fourth event, miss and out at live birds, $1 entrance: Bealle 

 and James Cooper 2 each and divided: White and John Cooper 1 



Fifth event, miss and out at live birds, $1 entrance: White and 

 Bealle 3 each and di vided, Ivins 2, James and J ohn Cooper nothing. 



Sixth event, 8 live birds, $3 entrance, 2 moneys: M. F. Cornell 

 and James Cooper 7 each. White, Ivins and Dey G each, Bealle, 

 Davis and John Cooper 5 eaeh, John Bergen 4, James Bray 3. 

 Moneys were divided. 



Seventh event, 5 live birds, $3 entrance, 2 moneys: Cornell, 

 James Cooper and Bussell 4 each, Bealle, White and Dey 3 each, 

 Wm. H. Little and Davis 2 each. Moneys were divided. 



Eighth event, miss and out at live birds, $1 entrance: Bealle 

 and White 2 each and divided, Cornwell 1, James Cooper, Ivins 

 and Throckmorton nothing. 



Ninth event, miss and out at live birds, $1 entrance: Cornwell 

 2, James Cooper and Bealle 1, White nothing. 



IMPORTED ARMS.— The Board of General Appraisers in New 

 York handed down a decision last week of considerable public 

 interest. Schoverling, Daly & Gales protested against the rate 

 of du ty which the collector assessed on twelve finished gun-stocks, 

 with locks and mountings. These articles were complete and 

 ready to be attached to barrels which had come by another 

 steamer. The collector had assessed the stocks at the rate of 35 

 per cent, ad valorem, with a specific duty of $1.50 each, under 

 paragraph 170 of the McKinley tariff law as "double-barreled 

 sporting" brecchloading shotgunB valued at not more than $6 

 each." The importers alleged that a gun-stock, did not constitute 

 an entire firearm and should be Assessed as •''manufactures in 

 part of steel under paragraph 315 of the new tariff law, at 45 per 

 cent, ad valorem." But ex-Judge Somerville, who made the 

 decision, said that gun-3tocks or other parts of guns separately 

 imported would be ordinarily classified as manufatures of wood 

 or metal. But this was a case unlike any that had been con- 

 sidered by the board or decided by the courts. In deciding the 

 case the appraisers take the view that the stocks and the barrels 

 were imported to be put together in this country. Therefore, the 

 importations should pay duty as breechloading shotguns. 



ONEIDA, N. Y., Dec. 27.— Oneida |Gun Club annual side shoot 

 for supper. Captains, Maxwell and Markham, 25 single king- 

 birds, 18 and 16yds. rise, 3 trap3, unknown angles, American As- 

 sociation rules: 



Maxwell 111111101.1011111111111111-23 



Dr Cavana 111011111111111111001)011-21 



WDevereux 0011011000110100111100011—14 



Marble. 111111101111101" 110100101-18 



B Clark , . 1111 1 01 11 31 1 1 011 111 01 11 11— 21 



Myers lUOllOOOfXXfOllOlllOOOOlO— 11 



Bailey 01011 11111100Q10011111110 -17-125 



Markham 1011111111110111110111111-23 



t i is - v -i-.o,-.[, -,- .. . .moiiomii iooioimioii-19 



Erenwein 0011111110110010011011111-17 



Hefner 01111101 1003011 1100101111-15 



Dr Carter 101011 11 10001011101111001—16 



SAClark' .loooi: HCO'io ui .oniOOll-15 



Moot - - ■ .0101111110101011110011011-17—121 



BROOKLYN, Dec. 25.— E. C. Maginnis, of the Atlantic Rod and 

 Gun Club, shot a match with Henry Brown, of Brooklyn, at the 

 Prospect Heights Gun Club to-day. The match was for $100, 30 

 birds each, 30yds. rise, under Hurlingham rules. The former won, 

 killing 30 straights. Brown killed 29. Woodlawn Park, L. 1., did 

 not have a very large attendence of members to-day, and the 

 shooting also was poor. Four sweepBtakes of 5 birds each were 

 shot. The first was won by Dr. Van Seil. He divided the second 

 with Dr. Schurz. Dr. Schurz won the third, and Dr. Van Sell the 

 fourth, the two shooters making a clean sweep of the board. Dr. 

 Van Seil shot from the 35yds. mark, and Dr. Sshurz from the 

 30yds. mark. 



THE SOUTH SIDES.— South Side Gun Club, Newark, N. J., 

 New Year Dav reception, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. The pleasure of 

 your companv is requested. Load for bluerocks and elay-pigeona, 

 and come prepared to stay all day,-W. ft. Hobabt, See'y; I, H. 

 Tbbbkud, Manager, 



BERGEN POINT, N. J., Dec. 25.-The gunners of the New Jer- 

 sey Athletic Club held their annual Christmas anniversary clay- 

 pigeon shooting carnival to-day on the organization's grounds 

 here, the forenoon and early part of the afternoon being spent 

 before the traps. The card for the day's sport comprised eight 

 events for prizes, the matches and results being subjoined: 



First, event— A walking match at 10 birds each for two prizes. 

 First prize, George W. Purdy, 10; second, G. DeWitt Smith, 9. 



Second event — A shoot for three prizes from unknown angles at 

 10 birds each: Henry M. Popham, first prize. 10: A. F. Compson, 

 second prize, 9; Charles A. Pope, third prize, 8. 



Third event— A match for three prizes at 20 birds each: George 

 W. Purdy 20, first prize; Major James M. Taylor 18, second; G. De 

 Witt Smith 16, third. 



Fourth event— A shoot for three prizes at 5 singles and 5 pairs 

 each: First, George W. Purdy, 30; second, G. DeWitt Smith, i); 

 third, Charles A. Pope, 8. 



Fifth event— A match at 30 singles and 5 pa>ra each for four 

 prizes: First, a handsome ivory-handled pistol. George W. Purdy, 

 31; second, G. DeWitt Smith, 26; third, John Newman, 25; fourth, 

 Edward L. Vredenburgh. 23. 



Sixth event— A competition, Keystone system, at 10 birds each, 

 for two prizes: Major James M. Taylor first, 8; Edward L. Vred- 

 enburgh, second, 7. • 



Seventh event— A walking match at 10 birds each, for three 

 trophies— For first G. DeWitt Smith and Major James M. Tayjor 

 tied at 8 breaks each, Elmer E. Bigoney secured second with 7 

 hits, George W. Purdy captured third with 6 smashes. 



Eighth event— A walking match for two prizes at 6 pairs each: 

 First, Major James M. Taylor, 5; se.cond, E. L. Vredenburgh, 4, 



Dec. 27.— Six inches of snow covered the rifle range of the New 

 Jersey Athletic Club's grounds at Bergen Point to-day, but did not 

 deter the gunning detachment of the organisation from holding 

 its regular weekly competition during the afternoon. The marks- 

 men were clad in tarpaulins, oilskins and gum boots. They cleared 

 a calendar of sport numbering half a dozen prize events at clay- 

 pigeon targets, the results of which are summarized below: 



First event— The twenty-third competition, at 20 oirds each and 

 class handicap allowance, for the club's gold emblem: Edward L. 

 Vredenburgh first with 15. The other principal scores were: Major 

 James M. Taylor 14, Chirles R. Pope 13. 



Second event— A shoot. Keystone system, at 20 hirds each, for 

 two prizes: First, George W. Purdy, 18; second, Edward L. Vre- 

 denburgh, 15. 



Third event— A walking match at 10 birds each for two prizes: 

 George W. Purdy captured first with 10, Charles A. Pope secured 

 second with 8. 



Fourth event— A competition for three prizes at 10 birds each 

 from unknown angles: Elmer E. Bigonoy got first with ten; with 

 9, George W. Purdy gained second. 



Fifth event — A walking match for three prizes at 20 birds eaeh: 

 Edward L. Vredenburgh 20, first; George W. Purdy 19, seeond; G. 

 DeWitt Smith 18, third. 



Sixth event— A shoot at 5 pairs each for three prizes: First, 

 Charles A. Pope, 10; second, George W. Purdy, 9; third, A. F„ 

 Compson, 7. 



RED BANK, N. J., Dec. 23.— Inclosed find scores of the River- 

 side Gun Club's regular monthly shoot at live birds, which was 

 held on Friday, Dec. 19. The wind blew a gale from the north- 

 west, causing a great number of birds to come in either direct or 

 to the right. Many birds that were killed dead in bounds were 

 carried out by the force of the wind. Sweep No. 1, at 5 live birdB, 

 5 ground traps, A. S. A. rules: 



Beale 1112110-6 E M Cooper 1221111-7 



White 11U1U— 7 Dr Crater ., ..21ooll0-4 



Ivins 0111113-6 Rergen 20101oo— 3 



Cornwell 12ol220-5 John Cooper 0221111-6 



Throckmorton 21112Co 5 



White and E. M. Cooper div.; tics on 6 and 5 shot off in No. 2. 



Sweep No. 2, at 5 birds: 



White 01111—4 Ivins 13111—5 



E M Cooper 10111-4 Little 02102—3 



Beale 11011-4 Worell 02011—3 



Throckmorton lool2— 3 John Cooper ool22— 3 



Cornwell 11120-4 



Ivins first in No. 2 and second in No. 1; White second in No. 2; 

 Cornwell third in No. 1; Throckmorton third in No. 2. oDead out 

 of bounds. 2 Killed with second barrel. 



THE WAYNES ON THEIR NEW GROUNDS.— Philadelphia, 

 Dec. 20.— To-day, for the first time since August last, our gun 

 club held a shoot on our own grounds. In our late quarters we 

 had to give way to improvement. Where we scattered lead from 

 out shotguns the. Midvale, Steel Co., in their extended works, will 

 soon be turning out the immense steel tubes and rings for Uncle 

 Sam's heaviest rifled breechloaders. After a lively skirmish for 

 grounds, in which one disappointment followed another, we at 

 length dropped into our present quarters, which we think second 

 to none in this neck of the woods. We are located at Sixteenth 

 and Wingohocking streets, on a knoll overlooking the Wingohock- 

 ing Creek, a little breezy at this season but very pleasant in the 

 summer, as we shoot with our backs to the sun, with plenty of 

 shade trees in the rear. We have eight minutes walk east from 

 Wayne Junction, and no mud holes, iu fact, paved sidewalks ex- 

 tend to within one block of the grounds. The attendance to-day 

 was slim and shooting somewbat rocky. Cheyney took another 

 lease on the gold badge. Full score appended. Match at bluerockB, 

 5 traps, 16 and 18yds.: 



Kane llllOOilOlOlOlOlOOlO-U Cheyney . .11110011111111110001- 15 



Davis 00001001000000011001- 5 A Ulary . . .10001111000100111000- 9 



VV Ulary. .11101111111100010011-14 T Mac^. . .01001100101000000001— 6 

 Seargle. . .1001100 1100000101010- 8 



PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS* 



TN our issue of Jan. 31, 1889, we called attention to an exceed - 

 X ingly valuable report upon the birds of Pennsylvania by the 

 State Ornithologist, Dr. B. H. Warren, and announced that a re- 

 vised and enlarged edition would doubtless be provided for by the 

 State Legislature at an early day. The new edition is now in pro- 

 cess of distribution through the Pennsylvania State officials and 

 other persons mentioned in the act providing for the publication. 

 This new edition, however, instead of being limited to 10,000 

 copies, as we anticipated, includes 19,000 copies, 15,000 of whioh 

 will be distributed by members of the present Legislature. The 

 first edition of the work contained 272 pages and £0 plates; the 

 present edition contains twice as many plates and 176 additional 

 pages of text. By copying the plates from Audubon's "Birds of 

 America" the expense of original drawings was saved. The plates 

 were colored from specimens either in Dr. Warren's collection or 

 belonging to the National Museum. As a measure of economy 

 the, lithographer was again restricted in the number of colors to 

 be used, but the reproductions have suffered little, if at all, on 

 this account. Wnile the number of plates is but 100. there are 160 

 species figured, and, as a rule, the two sexes are shown, and in 

 many cases the young as well. We may repeat what we said 

 about the contents of the first edition in order to convey an idea 

 of its scope. The introductory pages are devoted to brief explana- 

 tions of the topography of a bird and the descriptive terms used 

 in the accounts of the species. The descriptions are clear and 

 concise, sometimes limited to a few lines when the species is fig- 

 ured. Full notes are given on the habitat in the State, the time 

 of arrival and departure, the nest and nesting habits, the size and 

 color of the eggs, the feeding habits and the food as determined 

 hy the records and the examination of thousands of stomachs. 

 Dr. Warren endeavors, by demonstrating the nature of the birds, 

 to foster public sentiment in favor of protecting tho«e that are 

 really serviceable to the farmer and the fruit grower, as many 

 useful birds which are now destroyed would be rigidly protected 

 if their true character were known. The appendix has been nota- 

 bly increased by statements as to the food of hawks, owls, crows 

 and the English sparrow, as well as by some shorter papers. It 

 contains also a glossary of the technical terms used in describing 

 the species. , * ,,. . , 



The work of Dr. Warren and those associated with him in the 

 painstaking investigation of the birds is deserving of the highest 

 encouragement and the most unstinted praise. The text of his 

 Report is clearly and neatly printed on good paper, the binding is 

 half morocco, and altogether the superiority of the new edition 

 over the first may be taken as an index of the increased sympathy 

 with the author's efforts in behalf of the birds of Pennsylvania. 



*Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, with Special Reference 

 to the Food Habits. Based on over Four Thousand Stomach Exam- 

 inations. By B. H. Warren, M.D., Onithologist, Pennsylvania 

 Slate Board of Agriculture. Second edition, revised and aug-. 

 mented. Illustrated by one hundred plates. Harrisburgr E. K. 

 Meyers, State Pr inter, 1890, pp. xiv-i-434. 



A Book About Indians.— The Forebi and Stream will mall 

 free on application a descriptive circular of Mr. Grinnell's book, 

 "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales," giving a table of content* 

 and specimen illustrations from the volume.- J.cto. 



