ISSUED IN BEHALF OF THE SCIEXCE WHICH IT .VDVOCATES. 
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M MliEU 10,/ 
DECEMEEE, 1875. 
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|{eminisoenoes or a Colleotoe 
BY "OOl.OGIST.' 
I I NK 21.— One oftlie Link killed by 
Hiisli i.s a .singular typo ol' Bliickbird. 
It liM.s a filiurt tail, and ((uite liijht brown 
\\ iiijfs. with its remuinin*; eliaractcristics 
tlio sanat' as tiiOHC of the Crow Blackbird. 
When I dissceled it tor exumiuution. I 
I'oiind in it the renuiauts ot' an ininumse 
iri'as.shopper, or something imich like one. 
It was the the gole contents of the sttfinach, 
with exception ol* a kernal or so of ratlier 
green corn. The fellow who knocked it 
down, says he thinks he will take it ! He 
said before it was stuffed, that as it was of 
no use to iiini he would give it to me, and 
now lie claims it. Oh, no ; it is too much 
of u curiosity to let go noAv, and I intend 
it shall gra<Hi my <'olIection when I get home. 
Though it rained this afternoon, I suc- 
ceeded in capturing a nest of young Spar- 
roAV-hawks : four. Tliey are almost able 
to fly. Besides being wild, us is natural 
with the family, they nm savage and lierce 
and dart at any (jbjeet that attracts their 
eye. One of them succeeded in pulling a 
buttjpn from my eoat in this manner. To 
observe their greed. I shot a s])arrow and 
gave it to tliem ; sueli a fighting and squeal- 
ir?'^- ^u'er it would put a pair of cut,-^ to shame. 
Jviie 25. — Kd. and Sam. Blatchford a- 
greed to go with me to tlie lake to-dav. the 
latter Ibr fishing. AVe staid from nine in 
the morning till four at night, without even 
as nmcb an catching a fish. I did not en- 
tertain a snspieion that we shouhl come a- 
way emi)ty-handed. 
Junt' 2t>. — A heavy wind to-day blew a 
warbler of some kind in our ti-nt or "sban- 
Js'." anrt it was so badly frightened that 
with the aid of one of the boys I caught it. 
My a"slonishment was great when, tlutter- 
ing slightly, it tumbled from my hand anfl 
died. It is the first time I knew that wind 
Could blow a bird so. Kd. says it is too 
liite for birds' eggs now, but we mmf tiud 
a few by searching diligently. 
While walking through the deep woods 
to-day, I suddenly came upon a brood of 
young Partridges. They were lively and 
came near getting out of sight, when I stoop- 
ed down and caught ont;. It struggled very 
hard to get away, nn<l tinally feigned dead. 
I was surprised, and thought that, in a sud- 
den paroxysm of fear, it had (liod, and I 
opened my hand. I had no sooner <lone 
this tlnm 1 was still more snrpn-^cd to see 
it jump to the ground and disappear — ail in 
about two seconds. The (dd bird 1 ept a- 
]>out, squealing piteously, and came so 
near, that I thought 1 might catch hei'. but 
she was too Avily for me and as 8oou as iho 
chick •:?C:n*>-rl, ^;h^j ^vns ""'^r:';. 
