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company and its telephone line comprised the evidence 
of civilization beside the road. In the sand were many 
cat tracks, lor the makers of which I watched m vain, 
I longed for a couple of light-footed, arge-jawed dogs 
wfth the proper dog idea of cats well developed. In 
those barrens cat hunting must be the ideal sport 
At Shives (the old Borden place) I got a drmk of milk 
and some cookies. In return I tackled a sap-heavy, 
wind-toughed section of oak bottom with a dull buck saw 
-tackled it successfully; but it seemed too wasteful to 
burn wood with such a grain as that log had Neverthe- 
less I reduced it to proper stove wood, and then took 
the down grade to Hyner Run. It was five miles or more 
to the next house, but on a brook three miles down I 
found a deserted hemlock cutters' camp. I bmlt a tire 
there, and made an extra large mess of pan cakes. I ate 
^^I'fixld up a table and wrote on it for a couple of hours, 
and then as it was a valley where the day dies slowly, 
went to bed in the straw-fiUed bunk upstairs. At dark a 
buffffv passedl by— it was not so wild alter all! But i 
wenfto sleep listening to the cries of foxes on the hills 
and straining my ears to catch the broad-chested yeowl 
of a tawny dweller in the scrub oak thickets. 
A thkk fog came over the moonlighted landscape, ob- 
scuring the .-iew, and chilling the air, so that Uvice I 
awakened and drew a coverlid of straw over me to dnve 
°1 Slb?eakfast-pancakes-at lo o'clock a. m. basking 
in the sunlight meantime. My offer of PJ-akes^^U. a 
driver and two pretty giris was '^^J^^^^^"^ J^^l^^i J^'fi/e 
if" fnr the cakes were good, though my month-oia, nre 
melted sun-?hawed. frost-bitten tinned butter is getting 
pretty strong. By the way, sugar is not so good m pan- 
Skes for "browning" as molasses. A sP°'^"f"l °' "f]^ 
molasses is good eating, too, on pancakes. A four- 
ounce bottle will last weeks. . , , , 
I intended to stay two nights at ^l^^^J^^^i^S 
so T°vent to the most reliable atlas to be found-the 
'TSril^fotTT.i 36 miles long without a 
inert i .ic^ ^ hunters' camps, likely 
?o°b?ocrpied in tb'e'ffrst of November.when deer hunt- 
xo ue ut^^up oronose to follow now. 
"^Sc'k h s i en pLuy heavy and on 
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Sra"ect'na»-carrie^do.«^^^^ 
North Bend, Pa, Oct. SI. 
the property of John James Audubon. Some original 
paintings by the artist-naturalist, belongmg to the Amer- 
ican Museum, were also exhibited. -r, i.- ^ 
From the report of the Committee on Protection ot 
North American Birds, we gather that .satisfactory re- 
sults had been obtained the past year. , , ■ ^ r 
Mr. Dutcher spoke of the great good obtained tor 
protection, made possible by the Thayer Fimd--;money 
obtained through the efforts of Mr. Abbott H. Ihayer. 
Dr. T. S. Palmer and Mr, Dutcher had appeared before 
legislative committees in many States and new and bet- 
Report of the Committee of the Protection of North American 
Birds. Witmer Stone. t-> ^ . 
Results Obtained Under the Thayer Fund. William Dutcner. 
National Bird Protection; Its Opportunities and Lmutauons. 
T. S. Palmer. -n, ^ j. j 
Gulls of the Maine Coast, and Miscellaneous Notes, niustrated 
by lantern slides. Wm. Dutcher and \Vm. L. Baily. 
Some Results of Bird Protection. Illustrated by lantern slides. 
Frank M. Chapman. 
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ter protective laws had been passed. Mr. Chapman re- 
ferred to the abundance of bird life on Gardiner's Island, 
N. Y.— the result of rigid protection. 
Rev. H. K. Job showed some remarkable lantern 
slides from photographs of birds taken in North Dakota. 
Mr. Job spent several weeks in obtaining the pictures, 
ingenious expedients had to be resorted to to secure 
good results. . . , . , , 
Mr. E. W. Nelson described a collecting trip which he 
took through portions of Yucatan. He discovered m 
that country, occupied until recently by hostile Indian 
tribes, more than one hundred birds new to science. 
Prof. W. W. Cooke traced the routes of bird migra- 
tion across the Gulf of Mexico, bringing out many new 
and interesting facts. 
On the afternoon of the 14th a joint meeting of the 
Union and the Audubon Societies of the United States 
was held in the large lecture hall of the American Mu- 
seum. 
American Ornithologists' Union. The New York zoological society invited the mem 
The nineteenth congress of the American Ornithol^ 
ogists' Union convened in New York city, Nov. 11, ana 
continued until Thursday, the 14th. rnuncil at Mr 
Monday was devoted to a meeting of the Gouncii at mr 
Dutcher's and to the evening or business meeting of the 
FellSvs Which was held at the. American Museum of 
Natiira History. The public meetings commencing Tues- 
d-iv Nov 12, were also held at the Mtiseuni 
Thf Fellows present were : Drs. J. A. Allen, Jonathan 
Dwight Tr.. and R. W, Shufeldt. Messrs, Frank M Chap- 
mrn and Wm. Dutcher. of New York city; Drs. C Hart 
Me^riam. A. K. Fisher and T. S Palmer, Messrs. E W 
Nelson and Wm. Palmer, of Washington D. C , Lhas. 
F. Batchelder and Wm. Brewster, of Cambridge Dr. A 
P Chadbourne. of Boston; Prof. Witmer Stone, ot 
PhiladelS Dr E. A. Me^rns, U. S. A., of Newport. 
RID . Louis B. Bishop, of New Haven; Ruthven 
Deane of Chicago, and John H. Sage, of Portland, Conn. 
tL members and associates present during the sessions 
were: Mrs. Olive Thome Miller, Miss Man' Mann.Mil- 
kr John Irving. Miss Eliza S. Blunt, Geo. K. Cherrie, J, 
Alden Loring. Louis Agassiz Fuertes Miss Lucy F. 
Meyers, Philip J. McCook. Mr^ John R Reynolds, C. 
Wm Eeebe C W. Crandall, H. C. A. Lentloff C. C. 
Young ani W A. Johnson, of New York; Mrs. Elizabeth 
B. Davenport, of Vermont; Walter K. Fisher, of Cali- 
fornia ; Dr. Wm. C. Rives, W. H. Osgood and H C. 
ObXlser, of Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. Jtdia Stockton 
RobLs, W. E. Clyde Todd, Wm. Bailey, Geo. Spencer 
Morris, Samuel Wright, C. J. Pennock Dr. W. L. 
Hughes, of Pennsylvania; Walter Deane Mrs. Anna B. 
Phelps and W. R. Davis, of Massachusetts ; Rev IL K. 
Tob Dr Edward F. Bigelow. Judge John N. Clark, W. G. 
VaA Name and James H. Hill, of Connecticut. 
Dr C Hart Merriam was re-elected President; C. IS. 
Corv' and C. F. Batchelder. Vice-Presidents ; John H. 
Sage, Secretary; William Dutcher, Treasurer ; Frank M. 
Chapman. Ruthven Deane, Jonathan Dwight, Jr. A K. 
Fisher, E. W. Nelson, Thos. S. Roberts and Witmer 
Stone. 'members of the Council. fr).,i„ 
Outram Bangs, of Boston; Joseph Grmnell, of Palo 
Alto Cal ■ Dr T. S. Palmer and Prof. F. E. Beal of 
Washington, D. C. and Dr. Louis B. Bishop, of New 
Haven Conn were elected Fellows. Montague Cham- 
berlain of Boston, was elected to corresRonding member- 
ship Fifty-five associates were elected to the new class, 
known as anembers, and eighty-three new associates were 
elected 
By the adoption of certain amendments to the By-Laws, 
five classes of members are now recognized by the Union, 
and are known as Fellows. Honorary Fellows, Corre- 
sponding Fellows, Members and Associates. ^ ^ . 
A technical paper of great importance was Ur J. A. 
Allen's "The Present Outlook for Stability in Nomen- 
clature." He dwelt upon the American method and its 
gradual acceptance by foreign ornithologists as well as 
by workers in other branches of science. , , , 
Mr Deane spoke on "Auduboniana," and showed books 
and other relics from his own libi-ary which were once 
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bers of the Union to visit its park, and many availed 
themselves of the privilege on Friday, the 15th. Director 
Homaday was on hand to conduct the party through the 
grounds. 
The next annual meeting will be in Washington, D. C, 
commencing Nov. 17, 1902. 
Following is a list of the papers read at the sessions : 
The Present Outlook for Stability in Nomenclature. J. A. Allen. 
The Plumages of the American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis), 
Jonathan Dwight, Jr. ^ . ,r • -tir ur 
Routes of Bird Migration across the Gulf of Mexico. W. W. 
On Methods in Museum Bird Exhibits. Frank M. Chapman. 
Ornithological Notes from Northern New Hampshire. John N. 
Clark. , ^ . . . 
Some Impressions of Texas Birds. Louis Agassiz Fuertes and 
H. C. Oberholser. ^ . . , „ 
The White-winged Crossbill in Captivity. James H, Hill. 
Tlie American and European Herring Gulls. J. A. Allen. 
Auduboniana. Ruthven Deane. 
The Moults and Plumages of the North .American Ducks 
(Anatide). Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 
A Naturalist in Yucatan. Illustrated by lantern slides. E. W. 
Nelson. 
Photography in North Dakota Bird Colonies, etc. Illustrated by 
lantern slides. Herbert K. Job. 
A Reconnaissance in Manitoba and the Northwest. Illustrated 
by lantern slides. Frank M. Chapman. 
Are Hummingbirds Cypseloid or Caprimulgoid? Hubert Lyman 
Clark. 
List of Birds of Wequetonsing, Mich. Otto Widmann. 
Notes on the Ornithological Observations of Peter Kalm. 
Spencer Trotter. 
Park Animals for Washingfton. 
Gardiner, Park Co., Mont., Nov. ^.—Editor Forest 
and Stream: I spent a day or two with Captain 
Pitcher at Fort Yellowstone. I was there to see 
about the animals for the National Zoological Park, 
as they are to be shipped soon. The antelope and 
young mule deer are very tame and interesting little pets. 
Everyone became very fond of the antelope especially. 
All the people at the post regret the fact that they are 
going. "Billy," one of the antelope, will watch people 
playing lawn tennis for hours,, appearing to wish to join 
in the sport. The young deer and antelope have great 
times playing together, running races and dodging each 
other. When anyone enters the inclosure they gather 
around for something to eat. In the two pictures yvith 
this they had eaten all the oats and they were enjoying 
a feast of wild rose leaves. These they are very fond of. 
Capt. Pitcher gives me the pictures for Forest and 
Stream. 
I see bands of over two hundred antelope nowadays. 
The last snow sent them down off the high country they 
use in summer. Specimen Ridge and the country between 
Hell Roaring Creek and Slough. 
In this part of Montana we are in want of a game 
warden. The coal miners, coke burners and others from 
around the camps below here do not understand the 
game laws of the State, it appears, or are unable to read 
them or any English print; for the other day two men 
came up from about Horr and killed two antelope, 
which are protected for the next few years by law, with 
no open season at any time. Measures are being taken 
to get after these people with officers from Bozeman or 
Helena. ^ _ E. Hofer. 
Snakes as Climbers and Swallowers. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
If our friend George Kennedy has any doubts about 
snakes being expert climbers he can easily satisfy him- 
self by experimenting with a real live snake of almost any 
kind. I am convinced that blacksnakes can do wonderful 
stunts in climbing moderat.ely rough surfaces. A tame 
six-footer which I had last year climbed to a windowsill 
and then up the casing and over the top of the sash. He 
took advantage of the groove in which the inner sash 
and cord runs, but did not twist his body around the 
cord. After that I repeatedly made him climb up the 
bark of a soft maple eighteen inches in diameter. He 
did not attempt to encircle the tree, but made slow 
progress upward by careful undulating, using his sharp 
tail in crevices and apparently getting a grip upon the 
bark with his belly plates, which he seemed to have the 
power of pushing out at an angle from his body. At 
one time the snake was almost horizontal, cHnging to the 
tree with his neck and head raised from the bark. On 
several occasions he slipped and fell, but quickly tried 
to climb again when released from the hand at a height 
of four or five feet. Harrimac. 
Newark, N. J. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Mr. J. E. Loudon in last week's Forest and Stream 
writes about snakes swallowing their young, and relates 
a case he saw of seventeen young ones entering the old 
one's mouth. I can go him nineteen better. My brother 
and I ^vhen boys one day had landed on the river bank to 
catch some small frogs for bait, when but a few feet from 
the boat we saw two large black water snakes. We 
started to kill them, when, to our surprise, we saw the 
ground alive with young snakes about four inches long, 
which were crawling into the mouth of the smaller of the 
large snakes as fast as they could crowd in. _ After they 
had all entered we killed the two large ones, and then 
counted thirty-six small ones that had entered the old 
one's mouth. 
Your clipping from the Philadelphia Record this week 
in regard to bullfrogs eating birds, reminds me of an- 
other time while trolling we saw a bullfrog grab a spotted 
sandpiper, and by the time we got there had swallowed 
it all but one wing, which was crosswise in his mouth. 
He tried to get under the water, but was unable to do so, 
and we easily caught him. I have been attracted by the 
cries of a frog being swallowed by a snake that had too. 
much of a mouthful, but never knew of another instance' 
of a frog swallowing birds until I read of it in this week's, 
Forest and Stream. W. P. D.wisoN. 
Albino Chipmunk. 
Lockport^ N. Y., Nov. 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have just read in this week's issue of Forest and 
Stream of the three albino red squirrels from Madison, 
N. J., whichi reminds me that I failed to report to you 
of an albino chipmunk brought to me a few weeks since 
by Mr. B. C. Covert, of this city. The specimen was 
pure white. I sent it to a taxidermist to be mounted, who 
reported that it had been dead too long. Mr. Covert 
said that he thought it was a weasel when he saw it. _ I 
hardly think he would have found a white weasel in 
October. Mr. Covert is the same gentleman who re- 
ported to the Forest .\nd Stream the good joke on him-: 
self of trying to shoot a deer while he had a live porcu- 
pine hanging on his gun over his shoulder. Mr. Covert 
certainly had plenty of time to find out that the deer was 
not a man while he was trying to drop that porcupine, 
which during the excitement had slipped down against the 
sweater on his back; and the deer was not waiting to see 
the finish of the hot time Mr. Covert was having. Mr] 
Covert knows a porcupine from an albino chipmunk aftef 
he gets them in hand. J. L. Davison. 
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