FOREST AND STREAM. 
Block ba*», pcrcli nnd white catfish may be canght in nil streams of 
nny size. Tbe latter arc very plenty and often caught welshing sixty 
to eighty pounds in the Colorado. Wo have no prairie chickens here. 
Northeast of ns, on tho prairies, they are very plenty; but we have quail 
in large numbers. They are hard to shoot on the wing, however, owing 
to the low limbs on the trees and chaparral. Jack rabbits and cotton 
tails can be jumped almost anywhere. The first make fine sport for dogs 
on the open mcsqnlt lints. 
Having mentioned all the game anlmnls and birds of this section of 
Texas, I will not clo«e without giving space for our mocking birds, Mex- 
ican paradise, or forked tails, chaparral liens, &c. The latter arc a spe- 
cies of pheasant, are very pretty, nnd in one parlicnlnr arc peculiar. 
They lay one egg uud commence silting; while sitting lay four more, 
generally no more or less than five eggs, the first being the largest and 
the fifth the smallest. The birds, when grown, seem to be of the same 
size, lly the time tho fifth egg is hatched the first is nearly n fully Hedged 
bird. The first egg Is about the size of a pheasant's. The others grad- 
ually taper down to the size of u quail's ogg, or less. At some future 
day I may give sumo account of a day's sport In Texas. 
J. T. Bbeks. 
S' sl l § nltnr L e. 
—Tho Albany Argus says that Seth Green has been suc- 
cessful in hatching a quantity of sturgeon, with which the 
Hudson River will he again stocked in a few years; there- 
fore it is expected “Albany beef” will be plenty again. 
—Dr. C. W.Torrcy, Vice President, nnd A. J. Prime, 
counsel of the Yonkers Sportsmen’s club, keep up a sharp 
look out for persons suspected of infringing the game 
laws. Just now their efforts are particularly directed to- 
ward the proteclion of the oyster beds near Yonkers, and 
to this end the club wish to secure the co operation of the 
“New York City Society for the Protection of Game." 
i hat. body will hold no sessions until next November, but 
we commend the subject to the attention of its detectives 
and prosecuting officers. The destruction of the oyster 
beds very much impairs the fishing by destroying the food. 

GnAYbrao Raised Artificially-— W e arc iuformed that 
Mr. Fred. Mather has hatched out 4,000 graylin-r from 
spawn collected in Michigan this Spring. 
—The first instalment of 40,000 salmon arrived and were 
deposited in 1 emmigewnsset River, near Campton, N. H , 
last I hursday night by Messrs. Robinson it llodi'e The 
second lot ot 40,000 were deposited in Baker’s River, at 
1 lyuioulh, N. id., the following day. 
—Lake Cochickewick, in North Andover, Mass., l.as 
been leased of Hie commissioners on Inland Fisheries by 
sevcial gentlemen for the purpose of propagating useful 
wUh'black baii ! . lVC y C0,nme “ Ced stockin S the lake 
cels from time immemorial, their life history is still as re- 
condite as ever. Wo are not quite certain that male eels 
ever enter our rivers, for it has been asserted bv respectable 
autlionty that the femnlea ure only found there; and at all 
for f ! enn h f P re8en ? e of “ ale * where there is no roe ready 
for fecundation might seem useless, even if they then had 
wh?eh tU «o r"' 1 l ’ h,Ch , nobody pretends to have seen, and 
which, so far as we yet know, can only be expected during 
!if e t[,rte« ne , fG ' • rc do ,hc >' brced? 1,1 tbe shallows 
of tho sea shore, or in the greater depths towards the 
abysses of the ocean? Are eels oviparous or viviparous? 
Nay, as to such seemingly easy matter as the identity of 
the species, or rather genus, perplexing questions are still 
fn r, fi,n g, H V ^ nin 0l?r C0u : t8 of J usl ' ce . as exemplified lately 
in the administration of onr fishery laws. In short very 
careful anatomical investigations are required to illustrate 
the whole snbject; and how the most important prelimi- 
nary point now presents itself for inquiry we have already 
intimated . — Land and Water. y 
Ono Cujiybura, I/yrhoc/ir.nu eapybura. Porcbaied 
tZ ml an V,^r Ar “ cMoraptera. Purchased. 
T rl Sk nr ? 10 ;: Purchased. 
Oue Crola r l L ' Purchased, 
uui Created Curuaow, Croxaltelor. Purcha-cd 
Two WMi T °" Clin ; tiampb ujIos t oco. Purchased 
Purchased. 
On 1 .™ /w ’ moral/. Purchased. 
Impl.ZdmoSr ***' Pru “ Ut0d **»•. Oldfield & 
<3& ed *nd %$iver ^ishitfg. 
FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
iturnl ^jistorv. 
MOUNTING vs EMBALMING. 
GENERATION OF EELS. 
'r™ sub i ect bas bceu obscure and overlaid with fables 
1 rom the time of Aristotle to that of honest Izaak 
milllnr 1 ' f U n l 1 ll ' e , fa ' lie, I ' of natural science and the 
author of the Complete Angler” left the question with no 
better answer than they found it. The late Edward Jesse 
scetiig its interest and importance, entertained the inquiry 
in hi.s Gleanings of Natural History," and with the assist- 
anee of the late William Yarrcll, concluded that eels, like 
other fish, are unisexual, t. c., diceeious. Meanwhile ob- 
servations bad been made from which it appeared that ex- 
I c .°P ll,,,,s occur to the rule, even in higher osseous fishes 
since some ol the perch tribe, notably ikrrunus, were found 
I b,> b,8cxuul or hermaphrodites, each individual with an 
ov.-iry or roe on one side, and a milt or testis on the other. 
Bui though this fact lias been amply confirmed by inde- 
pendent researches, it at the same time proves to be merely 
I an accidental exception, nothing more than a turns naturae 
n io7 V M ’| 1,0U, r. ,IU ' < 'n 0 '' a S°. l 'VO Italian anato- 
"Ms, Balsaino-Crivelli and Maggi, came to the conclusion 
iliat cels are truly montecious or hermaphrodite, and these 
observations have since been credited rather extensively. 
bull, an announcement so at variance with all our pre- 
vious knowledge of the universality of the separation of 
me sexes in fishes, and so important in a physiological 
point ot view, was not likely to be accepted without fur- 
ther inquiry Ami now, in the “Bibliotl.eque Universalle 
de Geneve, Felmiary, 1875, M. Syrslu has a memoir in 
wiuoi, i 1L . di S8C ,,ts altogether from the couclusious of the 
aiorementioned Italian physiologists, fie asserts that the 
| so called testes and spermatozoa described by them are noth- 
ing more than fatty bodies, and the unisexuality of eels is 
t ie truth after all. The males are smaller than the females, 
and it would seem (lie Italians had only the lurger females, 
M filch they mistook lor hermaphrodites, under observa- 
tion 1 he testes in the smaller male, according to M 
f 7/. sk '- a , r .*f lon £> slender , flat bodies, always paired and at- 
1 uart o^Ti °? rieS in „ 1 lbe . Dunale — along the under 
1 } a „ , 1110 ' s P mal column. But in these observations there 
A m 1,1 Kcr ! ous deficiency. No spermatozoa was found. 
Ami this is just the point which now requires investiga- 
uon ; ami such residents at our sea coasts as may have 
S U 1 l ' c . losc ' , l ,es . and a . las,e f(JI ' physiological science, 
..S' 1 ,ind 1,1 , 1,118 interesting and important branch of ieh- 
ii ?r S ? ump u scope for rational amusement ami instruc- 
A scries of diligent searches for tho spermatozoa of 
cti- would probably be rewarded by valuable results; and 
relation^ 001 .' 81 ' 1 Z lU - i 1 uhcrent ’“'crest of the subject in 
va n O ’ ,°|, P'^f^'oeica science ami the great economic 
be sna?!.ri th i «! s U wdl b0 sni'itcd that no pains should 
ri.p. m? . tho investigation of their true nature. The 
(jiillK- i i? a n 01 ! ',? lan ‘P'cy have been figured by Prof. 
December ffiD 1C |S 7 n r n C T "' SS | 0f 11,0 Zool oa:iciil Society," 
vcp ..!! I, i I 8 .* 0 ,' und Wu . ,10 P e that some British obser- 
objeels^in ppi!* 6 om l ,u disc °vcry of the like significant 
pShion f ■' 1 hc "\ und " ut 11,1 tlieu > sltilll we be in a 
SSSStSSZ&Si who " > “—T- 
ly mm U1 V ,d that . thi9 is by no means mere- 
the itniffi np ““"ibcrless curiosities ot natural liistory, 
u gS 'f m w .i W , . C ‘ \ 3 n ° t 1 VC ‘ ,y “PPmct. It concerns 
the peip|« from h. * ra n'f UU b,gbly esteemed as lood for 
Prc'im |u V I ?, f our Saxo “ forefathers to the 
St cKfv » ' H* ll,e l,u P 0l 'tance is obvious to the 
m-st cupauty. But, though wo arc thus fumiliar with 
Editor FonasT and Stobam 
m yonr i»?ne of Jnnc 3<i your correspondent, E, II. Crane, claims to bo 
the discoverer of a process to embalm any nnlmal or bird In a more skill- 
ful manner than any taxidermist can mount it. Verily, I hope that 
Lvut"r.? d v .w WOr dwl11 glvel ' im crcdit for the ndvanccmcnt of 
taxidermy yet before ivo take the above fora fact, let us agitate tbe 
subject and look at embalming mechanically. Mr. Crane speaks of the 
embalming art as sncccssfolly applied to cabinet specimens. Now, small 
Irds and mammals embulmed will do very well for scientific n sc, but 
when it comes to large specimens, their anatomy must be preserved, nnd 
their natural eyes must be substituted with glaaa ones. Such being the 
case, the rouble of inserting them mnst necessarily exceed that of puP 
ing eyes into a skinned specimen. The natural eyes most be removed 
[hem ln U "v ’n , u /. 0,lndatlon of "'Serial must be used to set 
then in. Now, al of tins work has to be done through the eye hole o[ a 
specimen, and unless performed ve.y carefully the bird’s eve will be 
ruined, or the eye holes In an animal’s skin will be stretched out of shape 
sock!" 20 m,ln,ma 8 0,0 Decd8 co,1 «klerable coaxing to make It leave lig 
In speaking of birds' eyes. I will mention the owl's. Any taxidermist 
remove fh “ n<1 con * lrnction of “>eir eyes, und if Mr. Crane can 
fr^h m r i ,n l aKrC '“ h ° rncd 0wl and “T'ocu them naturally 
th h °, nl8lde °, f th ? 8kin ' “" d polte hi8 O'-- 3 “nd materials through 
the iye holes quicker than we taxidermists can form a seat for. and in- 
srn the eyes in a skinned bird, he can do twice the amount of work in 
,-mm ' T 1 TV be8t taliderml - ta CBM - He further says ho can 
compensate for shrinkage. Now, there is but oneway to do that and 
that is to build out the shrunken parts from the inxU/Zot the skin with 
ani^rif . d br a [ 0 h a 'M U ° W i9 * milU C ° lr ‘ ? lo C"' ut “‘0 flesh side of an 
mammals if b "' ld ° nt Bny nunll,nr “l depressions unless be skins lbe 
mammal? If one wishes to perforate a skin with holes, and work from 
he outside, he can do so with a long coated animal, when the friendly 
hair can he made to cover the stitches and incisions; but that mode can 
be practiced with but few of our mammals, particularly during Sum- 
mer. I would like to Bee some of iho muzzles of tbe rumiimnila em- 
balmed successfully. or tbe snout of a horse or swine, also the fleshy In- 
dentured combs of some of the rosorial b.rds. 1 find it necessary to use 
iron rods two and an eighth of au inch thick to mount substantially a 
!ill!n m I'caVnm ° ' V"*’ particu,ar| y P'>H.ng it in an active )m- 
sltion. I cannot ace bow an embnlmer can fasten a specimen in any 
required position without patting irons in them, nnd further, one mns^ 
necessarily have something more solid to fasten them to than flesh, or 
the viscoru of an animal. Supposing wo have birds of prey to be pre- 
served, with wings full spread, what is to hold them in position f Ilow 
is shrinkage to be overcome when mounting animals with tne.r mouths 
open? Mr Crane also claims to embalm specimens in one half the lime 
it takes to skin ana stuff them. Now he will have to lahcl his specimen 
and get Ins preservative through its flesh in two minutes and twenty 
seconds or else be can be easily beaten by four of your correspondents 
who skin i heir specimens, on hi. half time. He says his cabinet has been 
pronounced superior to a#y other. Now that is certainly covering more 
ground than lie or his friends have been over. I am happy to suy that 
cabinets containing zoological and ornithological specimens are numer 
ous here nnd abroad, and I do not think it possible for Mr. Crane to have 
observed them all, to say the least. I know of many he bus not seen 
In conclusion I would tay that I would bo pleased to see the present 
ninnner of mounting specimens improved upon; bat taxidermy ha- n 
mechanical bams to rest upon, aud although the general public may be- 
ieve embalmed spoelmens are as good .vs mounted oues, yet our best 
taxidermists have their practical knowledge of the nan. re of hides und 
fle^b, and embalming must be practically uud substantially Illustrated 
or else empty assertion, will not be c. edited. I have skinned thousands 
of birds and mammals during the lost thirteen years, working at it in 
camp and ut home, at all seasous, aud experience, a gooa teacher 1ms 
taught me that shrinkage in mounted epeeimons is exceedingly difficult 
to overcome, nuless portions of animals are substantially modeled in 
some haid material. I could fill several of your columns w ith objections 
to embahniog, and give sound reasons to back them; but the few facta 
which I mention In this paper are simple enough for nil to comprchoud. 
J. U. Battv. 
CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE. 
Dbpahtmbnt of Ppbi.io Parks, | 
, Nkw York, Jane 18, 1875. f 
Animals received at Central Park Mouagerie fur the week ending June 
12tli, 1876: — 
One Woodchuck, Arctomys tnonax. Presented by Mr. F, G. Skinner 
One Seal, PUocti vltutlna. Captured In New York Bay. 
One Mocking Bird, M/mus polyyloltus . Presented by Mr. D Porter 
Lord. 
Three small Alligators. Presented by Mr. Robert G. nono. 
Two Striped Squirrels, Tamla* slrla/ut. Presented by Master ncury 
C. Curler. 1 
Bred In the Menagerie — Two Lions, Fells l*o; two Elks, Cervut Cana- 
duixis; two cygnets, Cyynus olor. 
W. A. Conklin, Director. 

Gauden or Tiia Zoological Society, i 
Faiiimount Park, Pailadki.pmia, May 7ib, 1875. j 
The following are recent urrlvals;— 
One Spreading Adder, UtUmdon slrrius. Presented by Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington. 
Oue Black Snake, fiascanion constrictor. Presented by Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington. 
Five Scaly Lizards, Sctloporus undulatu*. Presented by Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington. 
One Bald Eagle, Hallaxlue leneocepatus. Presented by Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington. 
Ouo Moose, Alcet mactitU. Purehnsed , 
Oue Beaver, C<utor canadeii , <>. Purchased. 
Four Weeper Capuchins, Ct’nu capuclnus. Purehnsed. 
Three Brown Capuchins, Ctbutfalutllua. Purchased. 
One Squirrel Monkey, Sti/marU tclurta. Purchased. 
One Green Monkey, Crrcopittueiu cuUUrichm. Purehnsed. 
One Spotted Cavy, CotUxjtmyt paca. Purchased. 
&zj 0 :z us ' u, ' u,eo ^ nu - 
Land locked Salmon, txd mo Oloteri 
Trout, Sahno fnnUnnlU 
-. Salmon, Xulmr, „dar 
Muskononge, Esox nob d lor. 
^ in We ea ? ■ 3 "‘ v ,l><ct 
quulUm. Thit ,oou/d ™ uirt “ ki " fU & 'i amf <»» 
noting gnmt w, art anUu'/h, ^ »/»««• In •Una- 
Mon u roundtd. and our i u . ,>on whU ' A " u tegU- 
with the laws of th<\r rttiMctiv* StaUn for °, iiutJfi** 
our attemol* to iUt 1/ 0/Aeru,Ue, 
Fish in Market. -S almon ftro arriving more Hberallv 
S Ms; 
ermeu, but ttic.r eaicli scureely effect, lb. market £ ' 
but are abundant at 15 cent.,, which remark and mdj * , 
apply also to sheepshcad. Weakfish are in fair Lp^ J 
12 cents; bluckfish nnd sea bass beiug from l*> (n P y , 1 
Striped hare are very sc „rce, and L m . T 
choice sizes. Porgies are abundant at 8 cent. Green 
turtle are worth 15 cents per pound. Sort crabs from New 
Jersey are scarce bringing $1 50 to *1 7,5 perdoaen Lo™ 
sters are being taken in New York l.ari^-.i • 0 
to 2,000 pS per 
nor s Island. Staten Island, Robbins' Reef and from n 
vicinity of Long Branch. There have tcn\ertS ar 
rivals of fresh mackerel during the week- thovLiif ,r 
to 18 cents each. Codfish from Nantucket’in li'mitedm! ^ 
titics are selling for 10 cents per pound ^ 
Striped Bass.-Wc saw at Middleton, Carman & Co 
stand, Fulton Market, some magnificent specimens of tliia 
fish, averaging from 35 to 40 pounds each. They we ' 
taken in the surf at Fire Island, one boat catching .? 
weighing 800 pounds. Some few catches of drin h | fl 
lmvo also been made at Rockaway beach durimrS ^ 
week with the hook and line, onegcut^ 
formed taking sixty fine fish. u ‘ 
£3?"0ur subscribers will irrcatlv olili.r« i 
" S ” rW -oZ'Z: 
the first week in July, both in Gaspo. K 0r 
-Mr. Beattie, of Messrs. Alfred Field & Co No 01 
Chambers street, hits kindly left with us a specimen of 
greenheart," the wood which is now attracting attention 
SLr^d\! 'o at !:: p ' ed for ,,,c o\zz 
Messrs. 1'ield iv (.o. are importing tlie wood for n. r 
rod makers in Philadelphia und Baltimore, and tho^e inter 
ested can see the specimen above alluded to in our office 
-We learn that the Great Falls Fishing Club of Wash 
ington has changed its name to that of Anrinr'. a V 
Uon of Washington. The follow!^ 1 ^ 0 ^^ 
been elected for the ensuing year.- S W Sloan m- 1 
Norman Wiard. Thco. Friebus, Samuel^ 
-Our correspondent “Valley City” writes us from Grand 
Rapids, Midi., that the Kent couuty Sportsmen's fh.i 1 
resolved to offer a standing reward rn.e arrest ind Z° 
viclion of all violators of the game and fish jaws there 
being now a great deal of netting and spearing going’ on in 
that vicinity. It is also proposed to suppress shooting and 
fishing on Sunday. Our correspondent writes further that 
bass and pickerel are taking kindly ,0 the spoon he l av 
mg taken on the 4.1, inst.. in three hours' fishing, s^eu flno 
pickerel and fifty bass. 6 0 
n .I7n her fi I 3 m di8pUtC at I ^ arne ff at os to who caught the 
lirst bluchsh this season, but ns it makes little difference to 
any of our readers and none at all to the fish, wo decline 
to say more about it. 
Game Protection m Massachusetts. -In addition to 
he rewards provided for by tho laws of Massachusetts the 
W orcester Sportsmen's Club offer <0 pay Twenty-live Dol 
-ars to any person who will give information that shall lend 
to the conviction of any one in the county of Worcester 
detected 111 breaking the game or fish laws of the Common 
wealth during the year 1875. A circular issued for distri- 
bution, which is before us, rends. 
, ^" er V r °' vn P r £ !mi zntIon8, nnd others bavin s p,,,' 
vateI'isu Ponds that are molested or encroachedunon 
also owners of forests or covers where birds nr7. .iu,l .i ’ 
snared, are invited to communicate with the SecMtarv S 
a I aid in its power to ms.st on the enforcement of , 1 m 
above named laws, us well as cultivate nnd mV. i,,. • , 
mutual good will and understanding which shou XV 'v 
isi between all landbolders and those wio wXI 
.u the honorable aud healthy recreation or field fpoZ ^" 
1 lie co-operation of the Mayors, Aldermen and Select- 
mcn of the several cities and towns in the btate is solicited. 
This is a capual movement and worthy of imitation in 
