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FOREST AND STREAM 
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vllle, Conn." 
Problem No. 4. 
Tourney set— No. 9. Motto— Talk enough— Gossip 
1— K R-R6 
2— R-Q R5 
»— R-BO mates. 
1 — K R-R6 
9—15 ties Kt 
3— R mates 
While to more and mate in three moves. 
SOLUTIONS— NO. 2. 
1— K B4 I 1— K Bi 
2— K B5 2— R-BS 
I S—B mates. 
1- K B5 
2- K-KM 
1— Kt-Kt6 
2 — moves 
1— K R-R6 
2— B tks Kt 
3— males 
1- KUQ6 
2— moves 
Gnmo No. 6.— KING BISHOP'S OPENING. 
Played by correspond enco In 1SJ0. 
White. 
Norfolk. 
1- P-K4 
2- B-B4 
3- P Q B3 (a) 
4- O-K B'i (c) 
0 — Kt-K2 
6— P-Q4 
7— Castles (f) 
8— P tks P 
9— Kt-KtS 
10— Q-Q3 
11— p-q Kt4 
12— B-K3 
13— Kt tks Kt 
Black. 
New Fork. 
1- P-K4 
2- B Bl 
3- Q-Ktl (b) 
4 - Q-K Kt3 (d) 
n— p-qs (e) 
6— B-K13 
T-Kt-K B3 
8-P tks P 
tl-B-K Kti 
10- q Kt-qa 
11 — Kt-R4 
12- C istles q R 
13— B tks Kt 
White. Black. 
Norfolk. New York. 
11— Kt-Q2 14— Kt-K B9 
15-q-Q B2 15— R tks Kt (g) 
1G-Q tks R (h) 16 — Kt tks P 
17— q-Q B 17-B-Iv B6 
18— P-Kt3 18— P-K R 4 
19— B-q5 19— P-K R6 
20— B tks Kt 20 — Q tks B 
21— BtksB 21— q-KKi5! 
22— q-K3 ‘ 22— It P tks B 
23 — K K-Q kt 23-P-K5I 
24— q-K 24— P-K Bl 
25 — It-Kta 25 — P-K B5 
25— R-q Kt and black mates in four 
moves. 
NOTBS. 
(а) The best move here Is 3— Kt-K B3. 
(б) This move Is the Invention of the Italian school. Subsequent 
authors considered it inferior until Jalnlsch demonst rated its supe- 
riority.; 
(e) The best move. 
(</) Also the best move.) 
(c) 5— Kt-Q B3 Is equally good. 
(/) P tks P is usually played here and results In an even game. We 
prefer the text move. 
(p) This move Is eound. 
( h ) Better than taking with B. 
The subjoined game Is ohe of Cochran’s brilliant skirmishes : 
Came No. 7.— SCOTCH GAMBIT. 
White. 
Black. 
White. 
Black. 
Cochrane. 
Papert. 
Cochrane. 
Papert. 
1-P-K4 
1-P-K4 
11-Q Kt-Q2 
ll-B-K Bi 
2— Kt-K B3 
2-KI-QB3 
12-KttksP 
12— Kt tks Kt 
3-p-qi 
3— P tks P 
13-q Kt5 ch 
13— Kt-B3 
4 — B- q bi 
4— B-KL5 ch 
14 — K R-K ch 
14— B-K3 
5— P-q B3 
6— P tks P 
15— B tks B 
15— P tks B 
6— P tks F? 
G-B-R4 I 
16-qtks P 
16— R-Q 
7 — P-K 5 
7— P-037 
17-q tks Kt ch 
17-K-B2 
S— Q-Kt3 
8 — Q-K2 
18 — Kt-K4 
IS— Kt-K2 
9— CasUes 
9— P tks P 
19— Kt-Kt5 ch 
19—0 tks Kt 
10-B-R3 ! 
ID— q-K B3 
20 — q tks P ch and wins. 
The following Is the first game scored In the International Tonrney 
between Great Britain and the United States. Play copimenced July 
16, 1877: 
Game No. 8.— SCOTCH GAMBIT. 
White. 
Wm. Olcolt. 
;i-p-K4 * 
2— Kt-K B3 
3— P-qi 
4— Kt tks ? 
5— B-K3 
6— P-O B3 
7— B-K2 
Black. 
H. Williams. 
1— P-K4 
2- Kt-q B3 
8 — P tks P 
4— B-q B3 
6 -q-K B3 
6 — K Kt-K2 
7- P-q4 
Black. 
H. Williams. 
8- P-q R3 
9- B-KI3 
10 — Kt tks P 
11— Castle9 
12 — P-K Kt3 
13— R-q 
14 — q-K Kt5 and black resigns. 
CURSORY JOTTINGS. 
—Mr. MacKenzIe and associates won the grand consultation match 
at the Cafe International. Does this contest decide who Is to represent 
America at Paris 7 
— Consultation games are played at the Wednesday and Saturday 
evenings’ sessions of the Brooklyn Chess Club. The season of 1877-78 
has surpassed all previous ones for some years paBt, In the life and 
spirit manifested at the club meetings, and the interest taken by mem- 
bers in the club contests. We will gladly give space to games played 
by the members of this famous club. 
—Max Judd, on his recent Southern trip, contested seven games with 
Mr. Galbraith, and won by a score of 5 to 2. It Is evident that Mr. Gal- 
bralth Is a fine player. 
—A handicap chesk tournament Is now in progress at the Manhattan 
Chess Club at Cafe Logellng, No. 49 Bowery. This Club now numbers 
over forty members, Including such players as Delmar, Perrin, Von 
Frankenberg, Limbeck, Mohle, Rice, Ettllnger, Frere, Fowler, Ray, etc 
The tourney Is divided into four classes, and the prizes ore : First, a 
gold medal, and the second, third ;and fourth to be divided Into equal 
parts. 
— AJub, the automatic chess player. Is quite a curiosity, and pit chess 
players should visit the New York Aquarium, where It Is now located. 
— Chas. A. Gllberg, Esq., has carried off both prizes for the best two 
aud three move problems In the recent problem tourney of the Danbury 
Hew*. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
F.W. Skinner Cincinnati, O.— Instead of Castling on the 12th move, 
black should play 12-B-Q3 or q-Q3. Mr. Lowe’s move, q-q, might 
Iso bo played— the only, and perhaps, serious objcotlon thereto, being 
iliatQ, Kt cannot afterward retire to his square— after 13— P-B3 followed 
by 14— q-R4. The attack on tbo K R side may be effective then, al- 
though, after a hasty examination, we full to discover any line of play 
yielding black a superior position. If black make either of the above 
suggested moves, he obtains the superior game. We do not consider 
the sacrifice severe, viz.; 13 , 13— q~q; 14— P-Q Kt4, 14— Kt-QI ; 
1B-P tks B, 1B-Q-R5 ch ; 18— R-B2, 10— Q Iks R P; IT— Q-R4, 17— P-K 
Bi ; IS— Kt-Kts, 18— R-B3 ; 19- Q tks Kt, and wins. However, our line 
of defence may be weak, and should you so discover, wc will give this 
variation a more careful examination. 
W. A. Briggs, Moptpeller, Vt,— Solutions aud problems at hand. Send 
other problems as soon as possible. 
Geo. Noble, Flsliervllle, Can.— Solution noted. Glad you are pleased 
to see the valuable addition of chess to the Forest and Stream. 
G. R., Philadelphia, Pa.— Right glad to hear from you. One or two 
games from Philadelphia experts would find a place In our columns. 
Wm. Parker, New Britain, Conn.— Can you not elaborate a set for 
our tourney? Problem No. 1 might be called a double-hinged one. 
W. D. Mills, Savannah, Tenn.— Your soluHon Is written In as Intel- 
ligible uiaDuer as the English chess notation admits of. 
Rich. Fatrey, Chatham, New Brunswick.— Have credited you with 
solutions. Gossip’s " Manual,” $5 00 ; Staunton's " Ilaudbook ” and 
"Praxis,” $5.00 each; lost edition of the German Uandbuch, about 
*9.50; Agnell’s “Book of Chess," $2 00; Pocket chess board (best 
made), with set of men, $ 1 . 00 ; and rubber chess type for printing, $ 1 . 00 : 
we will furnish you, or any of our readers, any of the above chess books, 
etc., at the prices mentioned. 
Prof. David s. Jordan, Irvington, Ind.— Solutions duly received, and 
we sincerely hope that "you will find time to continue them." 
Rev. H . C\ Brog, Rocky Hill, N. J.— You are very prompt and accu- 
rate iu solutions, uud we are greatly surprised to hear that you have 
not, for six years past, played a game of chess. 
THE FOREST AND STREAM PROBLEM TOURNEY. 
Recognizing the Increasing favor with which this branch of the royal 
game Is regarded we have decided to offer a number of liberal prizes 
for competition. 
THE PRIZES. 
1. For the best set 
3. For the third best set ^ 
4 . For the best three move problems * ™ 
5. For the best two move problems 
6. For the second best three move problems’. 77777 o oo 
7. For the second best t wo move problems o on 
8. For the best problem entered In the tourney go,, 
Each composer Is invited to send In a two move problem accompanied 
by his photogiaph, the author of the winning position to receive as a 
prize oU the photographs. 
Problems will be Judged according to the following standard. 
BULL’S PROBLEM CODB. 
. Beauty and originality of design T 1n 
2. Difficulty of eolation “ 
3. Accuracy and elegance of construction.’.’.'.’.' .V .7.7.1 to lo “ 
RULES. 
Competition is open to the world. AH problems to be direct mates- 
tbat is to say, white to play and mate in two or thi-ee moves, as the ease 
may b.e. All problems must be original and not hitherto published Com- 
petitors may enter as many sets, or single problems as they please 
Each competitor will affix a motto to every single set or problem sent 
in and also Inclose his name and address. Competing problems will be 
submitted to the umpire, Charles A. Gllberg, Esq., who will report all 
unsound positions. American composers will be allowed four weeks In 
which to correct such positions ; foreign composers being allowed eight 
weeks for the same purpose. Should the requisite corrections not be 
received within the time specified the positions will then be ruled out of 
the tourney. The tourney will be open to competition until the first day 
of July 1818, after which date the list will be closed. The prizes will be 
awarded within two weeks after the publication of the last problem 
Address E. A. Knnkel, Wolcottvllle, Conn. 
THE FOREST AND STREAM SOLVERS' TOURNEY 
This tourney commences with problem No. l and wlU continue until 
all the problems entered In the above problem tourney are published 
THE PRIZES. 
1. Cash prize of 
2 . " " “ • 09 
3. The Forest and Stream for' one year 6 00 
4. Cash prize of 
6. " •• «. . .. 3 On 
" “ 2 oo 
2 00 
tew $nbliwioi\L 
'^^TT 08 ^ 01 ' 0071 NATDBAL HI8TORY OF THE BlBDS 
United States. By Alexander Wilson and Prince 
0 WilLn U hv\ ? apart ?,r T r he “active Note 8 and Life 
fra. i • ' b T Sir ’ ,ame sW. Jardine. Three volumes illus- 
way, d 1877. CO ° rS ‘ N ® W York: J ‘ W ’ Bouton, 706 Broad- 
Al tx P am.i r , w,, t " elr v r 10 the 8c,ent,0c man ’ the life and labors of 
l „ r y y T 8 ° f thls centary were f° rce « undergo In their 
"ZT ° r knowled * e - Different sections of the country coaid on) J be 
reached by means of boat or horse, and the distance that we now tia 
verse in an hour required then a day. To go from New York to 
ulC T !"" flde ' P " la 10 Plt,abQr * h ’ was then a serious under- 
taking, and when we consider the time occupied by this means of con 
veyance, we may well wonder how It was that WtUnn . 
accomplished all that they did. Only one w!o hi mounted MaT™ 
and fared wearily along for a thousand miles or so can at ! « 018,3 
elate the difference between the travel . 80 CQn at 811 appre. 
The average railway tourist can have no conceffikJro? the' l. 1 ” 080 " 1 - 
labir involved by a Journey fifty years ago P tlme 00(1 
those of Bonaparte and Audubon, who and 
the birds of North America are better known to-dav than n, h tliat 
territory of equal size upon the globe. to' VSStoXT 
works of these authors gave an Impetus to the 2 l 0 orn^ 
which It yet feels, and, happily for science iho ? f ornltholo ffy 
great men of the past has In our dav fA il . ''' by tbe 
To say that WllL ^evTerJed 
than man. He did make mistakes, but they ^ 1! 
such as the best of us are liable to. He was hoover , f 0 “ e8 ' and 
tlflc man In the best sense of the term - careful and cn ° 7 “ 80len ' 
bis observations, and Just and scrupulous In recoIdfn?2 a8 
But he was also a true poet and an ardent enthusiast In his chosen 
study, and heuce his writings should be as popular with the geueral 
reader a9 with the specialist. What cau bo Oner than his description 
of the robbery of the fish-hawk by tho wlilte-lioaded oaglo? 
“Elevated on the high, dead limb of some glgantlo tree that com- 
mands u wide view of the neighboring shore and ocean, he seems 
calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that 
pursue their avooatlons bolow ; the snow-white gulls slowly winnow- 
lug tho air ; the busy Trlngm courting along the sands ; trains of daeks 
streaming over the surface, silent aud watchful cranes ; lutent and 
wading; clamorous crows, and all tho winged multitudes that subsist 
by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of Nature. High over all 
these hovers one, whose action Instantly arrests all his attention. By 
his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension In air, he knows 
him to be the fi9h-hawk settling over some devoted victim of the deep. 
Ills eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened' 
wings on the branch, he watches tho result. Down, rapid as an arrow 
from heaven, desoends the distant object of ills attention, the roar of 
Its ivlugs reaching the oar as it disappears In the deop, making tho 
surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the Eagle are 
all ardor; and, leveling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once 
more emerge, struggling with his prey, aud mounting In the air with 
screams of exultation. These are the slguals for our hero, who, 
launohlng Into the air, Instantly gives chase, soon gulus on the fish- 
hawk. Each exerts his utmost to m Hint above the other, displaying 
In these rencoutres tho most elegaut aud sublime aerial evolutions. 
The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and Is Just on the point of 
reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of 
despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, 
poising himself for a moment, as If to take a more certain aim, de- 
scends like a whirlwind, snatches It In his grasp ere It roaches tho 
water, and bears hl9 Ill-gotten booty silently away to tho woods." 
No reproduction of the works or Wilson and Bonaparte, which wo 
have ever seen, will at all compare with that now before us. Tho 
writings of these two authors, brought together and edited by Jardine, 
comprise the greater part of what had been done In American orni- 
thology up to tho time of Audubon, and are thus of tho highest Interest 
to all. A full set of colored lithographic plates, excellent copies of 
those In the original quartos, bat reduced so as to come within the 
size of these volumes, accompanies the text. They are remarkable 
for excellence aud beauty of finish. The type of the volumes 
Is large aud clear, aud the pages clear and attractive In appearance. 
We heartily congratulate the publishers on the success of their edi- 
tion, and bespeak for It tho attention of all of our readers who have 
auy liking for natural history. 
Nuttall Bulletin.— it is with feelings oP no, little satisfaction that 
we tender to the Nuttall Ornithological Club our congratulations. 
These are called forth by tho appearance on our table of the January 
number of tbo XuUall Bulletin, which since Its last Issue has been In- 
creased in size to forty-eight pages. Wo have so often In the past 
called attention to this admirable periodical, that it Is unnecessary 
here to spesk further in its praise. To any one who desires to keep 
up with the progress of ornithology In this country It Is simply lndls 
pensablc. Take for example the present Issue • In the General Notes 
are to be found three additions to the Avifauna of North America, the 
occurrence of Cotumieuhu henalowi In New Hampshire, of Polioptil 
catnutala Massachusetts, of Ctrrvus otii/ragus near West Point, New 
ork. of Calamo>.piza bicolon In Massachusetts; and a dozen other notes 
of the utmost Interest, which, but for the Bulletin, might have re- 
malncd lor years burled in a note-book, and which now will not come 
° f ?° 8e coUectora wh0 not read this periodical 
until the publication of the next general work on ornithology. 
n ..mh Wl8h » tliatWehad8pacetorev,ew ’ atlen 8 th the content* r>* tbi* 
I o M , er ‘ ^ We not ’ we can on, y enumerate the titles of the 
articles, most of which are of great interest. Dr. Cones gives a brief 
o e on cuserculuo bairdi and P. princepe, which Is accompanied by a 
beautifully colored plate of the former species, the first correct figure 
published since Audubon’s original specimen was Introduced to sci- 
ence. Species of the Genus Passerdla are treated at some length by 
Mr H. W. Henshaw, so well known for his admirable report on the 
!IiMn!!“ e « ed T by Wheeler's Survey, and for other ornithological 
writings. Mr. Wm. A. Cooper tells ns of the breeding habits of Carpo- 
dacus purpureas, var. Californians, and Mr. Rldgivay describes a new 
wren from the Tres Martas Islands, under the name Thryothurus felix 
nZinZZTT' In a „ fleoond artlol ° Mr- Henshaw defends himself 
agalnetthe charge by Mr. Elliott that he has erred m giving the name 
Selasphoru* allinx to the green-backed hummer of California, and gives 
what seems to be good reasons for thinking that Gruellus’ bird wa 
“ ““ rufous-backed species. By some omission both the pre- 
ceding articles are omitted from the title-page of the Issue. 
4 r ' p“; Brew8le J contributes a paper, full of Interest, on the 
din,™ k “ ° US SpecleB of Nortb A “or‘can Birds," these 
first plumages, be It understood, having never before been described. 
article oS'" a 7T;^! ^‘‘“r-ln-chlef of the Bulletin, demolishes, In bis 
S?Mr A T TUe0ry of Blrd «' Heats," a theory advanced 
IttS allace 10 a °count for the different kinds aud positions 
coDtrtbutu a* short* 18 ® r0Up8 0f b,rd8 ’ <*»>•*. 8. Goss, of Kansas. 
The «?an ° U 1116 " Duck *Hawk Nesting In Trees." 
already saffi of be " lferred fr om what we have 
men? Si J “ n " ne ° f WeaUh to the writer in thlB depart- 
Z BP m? t0 ,e, ‘ ° f 811 the ‘“‘cresllng facts brought 
character nnri wh * 7 b0Be w,l ° (le 8lre to be Informed as to their 
1 ° W0Dld keep Dp wltu the times in this science 
should subscribe to the Bulletin forthwith. We wish It all success. 
a “ ERI0AN Naturalist. — In our issue of January 17th 
Prof e <i r ie V ° Wner8lllp ot tnl# ff ou rcal, its purchase by 
whThZ 611 traB8rer 10 D'-Uaaelphla, and to the d.ssa- 
mei Wei ! ? i i ‘ ange w “ 8 r-’gafded by leading scientific 
Sa?u I!i7uinv ?n , at ^ fee “ ng ° f <ll8aatl8f “ctlon "Is so strong 
l VUhdrawal 01 those who have hither- 
we were iiot at ibeitv t ? T* ,nfluent,al 8u ' J ' )0r tcrs. At that time 
Ihlh Ju«meU ?‘° re dennltely - alth ongh the documents 
i 8 . tlned our renia rks had even then been submitted to us We 
the new conditions advertised In the'nppimi bo Batne , connection under 
December lo, iBT?. “ 1 December number of 1877. 
A. Allen, W. G. Farlow.^James J ! d^O c V iSTV V TZl i’ t 
8. Newberry. A. R Ornt» a.^.t . ' ttr8b ’ Al VorrlJI, J. 
8. Newberry, A. R. Grote, Sami. Lockwood. 
Fordham Flower; Casse*L 1 narn T'” hy Edward 
York. " New McMiod of i„7 * Dalpln, London, Paris and New 
Training of iSw " ,UUlUd '" g 1,10 Droaklng and 
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