Nov. 10, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Senvei* Shooters. 



Duck shooting here this fall has been exceptionally 

 good. Bryan Haywood, of the Queen City r,un Club, on 

 Sept. 1 killed 87, on the 8th 37, on the 32d 54, on the 29th 

 59, on Oct. 5 lU and on the 19th 78. These were killed 

 on the Queen City lakes and were all large ducks, being 

 mostly canrasbacka and redheads. Hayward shoots a 

 Spencer repeater when duck hunting and is the most 

 expert wildfowl shot in this section. 



Vic Kennicott and Sid Schroeter killed 29 mallards 

 and 3 geese at Hardin last Sunday; on the same day at 

 Fort Morgan D. L. Mechling and Geo. Eobinson killed 

 52 ducks and one goose. ... 



Bert Cassidy will start for the lakes in the vicinity ot 

 Loveland on the 10th and f xpects to kill any quantity of 

 snipe, ducks and geese. John Collier, G =o. Tuck and 

 myself expect to leave Saturday night for Boyd Lake, as 

 we are informed that the wildfowl are coming m fast. 

 Guy Chamberlin and Rudolph Kroeck have .just returned 

 from a hunting trip in Rouet county. They killed five 

 bear and numerous deer and elk. Large game is more 

 plentiful this fall than it has been for a number of years. 



The Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association hold their 

 fourth annual tournament at River Front Park on Nov. 

 10, 11 and 12. The managers have arranged an attrac- 

 tive programme and a large attendanc-^ is expected. 

 The excitement in regard to buffalo hunters has all died 

 out and the general impression is that it was a false 

 alarm. Tesreby. 



Birds in Virginia. 



Lexington, Va., Nov. ."i.— I regret to report that in my 

 experience of thirty years' shooting in this county, I have 

 never before known birds to be as scarce as they are this 

 season. Although we have had a dry summer, one pecu- 

 liarly suitable for rearing young broods, the quail do not 

 seem to have recovered from the effects of the deep snow 

 of December, 1890, which killed them by thousands. A 

 tramp of a day resulted in seeing not one single bird. 

 Another day resulted in a bag of three. The largest bag 

 made being thirteen. 



I was not a little surprised to see in your last issue that 

 a "New York correspondent who has been traveling in 

 Virginia expresses surprise at finding the robin there es- 

 teemed only as an article of food." 



I was born in Virginia, have lived here all my life, and 

 I consider that, the mockingbird excepted, the robin is 

 one of the sweetest, iE not the sweetest, songsters we have. 

 In Virginia the robin is, I fancy, quite as domesticated as 

 in the North. I have known as many as four pairs to 

 build in my yard, one pair building in a climbing rose on 

 the porch. 



The laws of Virginia prohibit the killing of the robin at 

 all times, though I fear the law is not strictly enforced. 



T. M. S. 



The Coon in Eastern Massachusetts. 



FRAMINGHA.M, Mass., iSov. 6.— I write a line to correct 

 the impression given by the paragraph on the Wayland 

 coon in "Special's" article in the issue of Nov. 3, that the 

 presence of the raccoon in this section is of rare occur- 

 rence. , 



This town adjourns Wayland and coons are reported 

 here nearly every year. Within the last three years I 

 have handled five, all taken within five or six miles of 

 my house; one of them I shot myself within 20yds, of 

 my front door, from an elm overhanging a much trav- 

 eled street, only about three-quarters of a mile from the 

 town, and no large woods near. I have heard constantly 

 of coons in this vicinity during a residence here of nearly 

 forty years, but I may safely say that they are more 

 often met with of late years than earlier, contrary to 

 what we might expect. 



I take advantage of the opportunity to express ap- 

 preciation of the very interesting and instructive arti- 

 cle by Mr. Rich on the lynx. It is the securing of such 

 papers as these that tends to make Forest and Stream 

 a iournal that "no one can do without." 



F. C, Browne. 



Central New York. 



IthaOA, N. Y. — Dr. Morris, of New York, known to all 

 your readers, and Mr. Norton, of this city, came in from 

 a shooting trip along the shores of Cayuga Lake the other 

 day with a bag of forty ruffed grouse and woodcock. 

 This, so far as I am aware, is by far the best bag scored 

 in this vicinity this season. Complaints from this and 

 adjoining counties have been quite general that the sup- 

 ply of ruffed grouse is limited, and my own experience, 

 based on twelve or fifteen days afield, bears out the 

 universal verdict. The cover for these magnificent birds 

 grows more restricted with each recurring season in 

 central New York, much to the regret of all the good 

 fellows who love the dog and gun and wooded slopes. 

 Why not shorten the season and stop, if possible, the 

 impending extermination? Gray squirrels, "the oldest 

 inhabitant" tells us, come once in seven years This is 

 one of the seventh years they are due, and I must corf ess 

 they have been with us in force. M. C, H. 



A Toronto Quail Case. 



Thokas H. Cleghorn, the Yonge street fruiterer, was 

 charged with having exposed for sale some quail at his 

 store. Mr. Hope, secretary of the Game Protective As- 

 sociation, swore that he saw the quail at the defendant's 

 place of business. Mr. Cleghorn stated that he bought 

 the quail in Chicago. The plea that they were imported 

 did not enter into the question when the new statute 

 of 1892 was looked up. Mr. Boyd raised the point that 

 the Ontario Legislature could not pass legislation that in- 

 terfered with trade a.rid which fairly came within the pur- 

 view of the Federal G wernment. It was a peculiar thing 

 to his notion that the Dominion Parlian-'ent should place a 

 duty on quail and then the Ontario Legislature should 

 turn around and virtually prohibit the importation of 

 them. His Worship administered the law as he found it 

 and fined Cleghorn |10 and costs or ten days. Mr. Cleg- 

 horn immediately gave notice of appeal. — Toronto Tele- 

 gram. 



The Fish Laws of the Utvited States and Canada, in the 

 "Game Laws in Brief,'' m cents. In the "Book of the 

 aome Lows" (fit^J te.us), 50 cents. 



SALMO KAMLOOPS. 



HOW AND WHERE WE FOUND HIM. 



Quasimodo's little niece has been stopping with him, and 

 occasiooally making him smile with her quaint remarks. 

 Here is the latest: "TTncle, do dous get married? ' "Mar, 

 riedl No, mv chihh ct^rfcaiuly not." -'Theu what right has 

 Nettle t" growl at t; over while they are eating their hreak- 

 faet?" Quaw ia tbiefeiog it) over utiXh—DmWs Magamtit 



Our vacation last summer, besides rest and recrea- 

 tion, had in view a special object. We sought the 

 acquaintance of the landlocked salmon, ouinaniche, or 

 by whatever other name the fish of that species might be 

 known on our coast. We had frequently heard the desig- 

 nation silver trout and had sojnetimes taken young 

 salmon in our streams before he had taken Ids first bath 

 in salt 'water. We had heard of golden trout, but we 

 were not going in tlie direction of Mount Whitney. But 

 the most significant suggestion came from an English 

 sporting jommal, which had attracted our attention some 

 seasons" before and made a deep imprension that the game 

 fish corresponding with our idea was to be found in the 

 waters of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, and that 

 he rose readily to the fly. A theory, too, quite attractive 

 to a summer tramp who loves the rod, was advanced that 

 the engineers had discovered that the difference in eleva- 

 tion between the fountain sources of Columbia and Koo- 

 tenay rivers was slight, and that at some time of great 

 flood, the sources of the former being higher, overflowed 

 and carried spa wn or salmon fry over and into the waters 

 of the latter and so into the lake. There they developed 

 into the landlocked salmon. When or exactly how this 

 took place, so far as sport was concerned, made little dif- 

 ference to us for the while. The theory was pleasing 

 because there was added romance, and was somewhat 

 ingeniously supported by reference to certain historical 

 accounts of Catholic missionaries who from the early set- 

 tlement of our country are known to have intelligently 

 and accurately observed and reported much valuable 

 matter concerning their field of labor in the wilderness. 

 Some old and musty books or records, too, were supposed 

 to be on the shelves of the library of the British Museum 

 which disclosed interesting and corroboratmg testimony. 



However, without consuming too much space in your 

 journal, the writer yielding to the fascinating influence 

 of the story, awaited the arrival of his friend at the ren- 

 dezvous in northern California where we had met, as was 

 custom, to tarry awhile and gather pith and vigor to 

 overcome the effect of sedentary habit before going 

 further on. So inspired we passed through Portland in 

 the early days of July on our way to Spokane Falls in the 

 State of Washington, thence north by rail to Marcus and 

 Little Dalles on the Columbia River, where we took the 

 steamer Lytton, plying between the latter place and 

 Revelstoke, a station town on the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way. It was our purpose to stop off at Sproat's Landing 

 at the confluence of the Kootenay. 



There is a charm in this trip from Little Dalles to 

 Revelstoke which stirs the blood and thrills the nerves. 

 The little steamer sturdily fights her way through the 

 wild waters which buffet her until she has passed the 

 mouth of the Kootenay, for the gi-eat volume which pours 

 out of ArroAv Lakes meets the outpouring of Kootenay, 

 and being forced into the narrowing channel, to be sup- 

 plemented by the additional waters of Clark's Fork, or 

 Pend d'Oreille as sometimes called, whirls, bubbles and 

 hisses in a state of steamy fermentation. After passing 

 the Kootenay come the Arrow Lakes, an expansion of 

 the Columbia River, which greet you with smoother 

 face until after a night's rest on the steamer you meet the 

 cool morning shadows of the Gold and Selkirk ranges, 

 with their glacial peaks which have been found to yield 

 the right of way to the mightv Columbia. It takes a day 

 and a night run from Little Dalles to Revelstoke, about 

 twenty-four hours' time, and 230 miles river navigation. 



Soon after taking steamer at Little Dalles we made the 

 acquaintance of General Assistant Passenger Agent 

 Brown of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who was enthu- 

 siastic in his recommendation of sport on the Kootenay, 

 having just returned from the stream. He kindly gave 

 us the use of the lodges then being built by his company 

 for the accommodation of parties visiting the falls. We 

 stopped over that evening at Sproat's Landing. 



Kootenay Lake is elevated about three hundred and 

 fifty feet above the level of Columbia River and dis- 

 charges into it through a rugged but not narrow canon 

 with high gray granite walls. It is not bare of forest or 

 undergrowth, but the timber does not appear to us of 

 special value. The stream is twenty miles long and flows 

 out of the extreme west end of the lake, which is nearly 

 equal length with the river. It is broken by falls about 

 midwav between the source and confluence, the series of 

 falls covering about three miles of the river's course. The 

 first in ascending is the St. Agnes, which is about thirty 

 feet vertical height on the north side and of such volume 

 and velocity on the other, that the ascent of salmon from 

 the Columbia is barred. They nevertheless gather at the 

 foot in great numbers in the vain effort to ascend, and in 

 consequence the fall was once a famous resort of the wild 

 tribes for their supply. Within two or three miles further 

 on, the other falls, Pillar and Geyser, are met with, re- 

 spectively deriving their appropriate names from sugges- 

 tions of nature. There is much beauty in the scenery, 

 which appeals strongly to the best gifts of pen and pencil. 

 The water is magnificent and fascinating in its display, 

 and the whole scene is wild, bold and impressive. 



So irresistibly inviting to the angler it was impossible 

 to pass such opportunity, and so between these falls we 

 found the sport we had anticipated and succeeded in 

 taking the fish we were in quest of, to be afterward 

 taken with surer identity in other waters of British Col- 

 umbia, as will be described further on. We camped dur- 

 ing parts of the second and third weeks in July; found 

 the average temperature agreeable: the morning and 

 evening fresh, we can hardly say cold; were not annoyed 

 by insects; had during our stay occasional showers, fol- 

 lowed by sunshine, which gave no discomfort, but added 

 pleasure, for the bluebells, which never grew richer in 

 Scottish Trossachs, with other dainty fiora, always rose 

 resplendently in recognition of nature's favor of sunshine 

 and flower. We have heard since of the experience of 

 others not so happy as was ours, 

 Breaking camp and returing to Sproat's Landing, now 



Eob?9P, w© \m% the hp^n again ob ber regislartrip north 



through the lakes to Revelstoke. We had information 

 that we would find our fish in the waters of Kamloops 

 Lake, one of the Shuswap series, at its foot, where the 

 South Thompson receives its flood and bears it to the 

 Fraser, which mingles its volume and delivers it to the 

 Gulf of Georgia. 



Savona is the station, about two hundred and twenty- 

 five miles east from Vancouver, where we found a hospit- 

 able host in Mr. Adam B. Ferguson. Here the best 

 specimens were taken and the best opportunities afforded 

 of observing the beauty and grace of this superb fish, 

 whose gracious quality follows him to the table. 



It strikes me like the sound of a trumpet, to use an ex- 

 pression of the gentle author of "Angling Talks," as I 

 recall my friend's triumphant halloo as one evening his 

 voice came cheerily up stream and I turned to behold him 

 erect in the bow of his boat, every sense of the accom- 

 plished angler concentrated with new born joy as he 

 realized that he had well hooked a superb specimen on 

 his fly. Forty feet of line out straight and a flash of sil- 

 ver shot in the air and glistened in the rays of the setting 

 sun. It was dangerous game for a novice, joy for an ac- 

 complished hand. Then the wild dash for freedom and 

 the fierce struggle under the water. The reel clicked, 

 hummed, and five times again under the strain of the 

 practiced rod the silvery phantom flashed in air until at 

 ast, with steady and skdlful play, the gallant struggle of 

 the perfect fish, whether landlocked salmon, ouinaniche 

 or silver trout, as we were to be advised scientifically, 

 was over and the net inclosed him. Four pounds, and as 

 silvery and bright as the dollar new coined and fresh 

 from the mint. We unjointed our rods, and as we turned 

 our faces toward the hostelry, from afar up the lake came 

 the wailing cry of the loon. 



Our vacation this summer was the natural sequence of 

 last season's pleasant experience, and carried the purpose 

 of not only renewing the sport with which we had become 

 familiar, but also of securing specimens for scientific ex- 

 amination. With this plan we met at our rendezvous. 

 My friend who got a day ahead of me, by an accident 

 which was in no way a disaster, was on his way to Port- 

 land where I joined him early in July. He had carefully 

 made preparation for preserving and bringing home some 

 well-selected specimens of the fish known as silver trout, 

 only, in the waters where we had found him, but so dis- 

 tinguished from other Salmonid-as that the Indian, in his 

 own dialect, had honored him with a distinct name. 

 Believing in the preservation of aboriginal native names, 

 I choose to use it that it may become popularly known 

 among anglers. We agree -that Stit-tse is distinguished 

 by better fighting qualities than any other of his species 

 that we have taken in any waters west of the Mississippi. 

 Almost any bright- colored fly lures him, but preference 

 may be given to colors of the golden pheasant, wifh dash 

 of silver tinsel on number two hook. The South Thomp- 

 son at the outlet of Kamloops Lake at Savona is six hun- 

 deed feet wide and from fifteen to thirty feet deep, with 

 current of six or seven miles per hour. Rainbow {irideus) 

 and Dolly Varden {Salvelinus) trout are abundant at this 

 point. The rainbow was locally named redsides, weighing 

 not uncommonly as much as nine and a half pounds, and 

 on hook or platter is only inferior to Stit-tse. Either of 

 these fish, Stit-tse or rainbow, may be taken in the lake 

 by trolling, and often of larger size. The better time for 

 the anglers here is from June 20 to July 15 as a rule, de- 

 pending somewhat on the condition of the w^aters. and 

 the best is when the water is falling. The hotel is within" 

 one hundred yards of the lake, the best point for sport 

 being a mile and a half from the hotel across the lake 

 and is easily approached by boat, or on foot as the river is 

 spanned by an excellent bridge at the outlet of the lake. 



When we left Portland it was with the intention of 

 going as far as Banff Hot Springs, with a aide trip into 

 new country also contemplated. We purchased tickets, 

 going by rail by way of Tacoma, Seattle and New What- 

 com to Mission Junction on the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way, and thence to Savona, where we stopped to accom- 

 plish our purpose. The satisfactory result, which is due 

 to the thoughtful preparation and excellent care taken of 

 the specimens by my friend, is given in the following 

 paper. ^» 

 Stockton, Cal.. October, 1893. 



Description of a New Species of Salmon. 



OncoThynch^ts liamloops, from the lakes of British Col- 

 umbia. 



BV DAVID STARK JORDAN. 



(Copy of MSS. sent to SmittiBoman Institution for publication). 

 Oncorhynchus kamloops, species Nova: 

 Head, 4i in length to base of caudal; depth, 4^; dorsal 

 rays, 11, not counting the rudiments; anal rays, 11 in one 

 sppcimen, 12 in the other, besides 3 rudiments; scales, aO. 

 145, 26 (in second specimen 135 scales); about 120 pores; 

 length of body, largest specimen, 16iin. ; smaller speci- 

 men, 15fin. 



Body moderately elongated, somewhat compressed, 

 the general form resembling that of the silver salmon 

 {Oncorhynchus kisutch); jaws in the typical specimens 

 not prolonged, the maxillary extending beyond the eye, 

 its length not quite half the head; snout slightly rounded 

 in profile, the profile regularly ascending; eye large, 

 about as long as snout, four and a half times in head ; 

 teeth moderate, some of those in the outer row in each 

 jaw moderately enlarged; teeth on tongue and vomer, 

 as usual in Oncorhynclius: opercles striate, not much 

 produced backward; branchiostegal rays, eleven on each 

 side: dorsal fin rather low, its longest ray slightly greater 

 than the base of the fin, 1 3-5 in head ; anal fin lower and 

 smaller than usual in Oneorhynchiis, its outline slightly 

 cdncave, its longest ray greater than the base of the fin 

 and a little more than half head; adipose fin moderate; 

 caudal fin rather broad , distinctly forked , its outer rays 

 about twice inner; pectoral fins rather long, li in head; 

 ventrals moderate, If in head; gill -rakers comparatively 

 short and few in number, about 6 plus 12 or 13. 



Coloration, dark olive above, brightly silvery below, 

 the silvery color extending for some distance below the 

 lateral line where it ends abruptly; when fresh the mid- 

 dle of the sides in both specimens was occuiiied b-^ £ 

 broad band of bright, light rose pink, covering about one- 

 third of the total depth of the fish; back above with small 

 black spots about the size of pin heads irregularly scat- 

 tered and somewhat more numerous posteriorly; a very 

 few faint spots on upppr part of head; dorsal and caudal 

 fins rather closely covered with small black spots similar 



