Sept. 21, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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For Sale. 
GAME BIRDS 
Hungarian Partridges, Quail, Ring-neck Pheasants, Wild 
Turkeys, Capercailzie, Black Game, Wild Ducks, Decoys. 
Beautitul Swans, Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, 
Storks, Ornamental Ducks and Geese. 
“Everything in the bird line 
from a Canary to an Ostrich. ” 
I am the oldest established and largest exclusive dealer 
in land and water birds in America, and have on hand 
the most extensive stock in the United States. 
G. D. TILLEY, Naturalist 
Box “F" Darien, Conn. 
RAINBOW TROUT 
arc well adapted to Eastern waters. Try stock¬ 
ing with some of the nice yearlings or fry from 
•ur hatchery, and you will be pleased with the 
results. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK TROUT COMPANY, 
Colburn C. Wood, Supt., Plymouth, Mass. 
Small-Mouth Black Bass 
We have the only establishment dealing in young small- 
mouth black bass commercially in the United States. Vig¬ 
orous young bass in various sizes, ranging from advanced 
fry to 3 and 4 inch fingerlings for stocking purposes. 
Waramaug Small-Mouth Black Bass Hatchery. 
Correspondence invited. Send for Circulars. Address 
HENRY W. BEEMAN - - New Preston. Conn. 
'■'D/aTI'l* of all ages for stocking brooks 
an( j lakes. Brook trout eggs 
in any quantity. Warranted delivered anywhere in fine 
condition. Correspondence solicited. 
THE PLYMOUTH ROCK TROUT CO., 
Plymouth, Mass. 
BROOK TROUT 
For stocking purposes. Raised under most favorable conditions, 
those sold being surplus from very large private estate hatchery. 
No pains or expense spared in their care. Extremely healthy 
and hardy fish. 
JAMES CRUICKSHANH 
Big Indian Ulster County, N. Y. 
WILD MALLARDS AND PHEASANTS 
A limited number of pure bred wild Mallards, superior 
in size, form and color and straight flyers. Also twenty 
full blood Mongolian Cocks, one year old. and twenty 
first cross Mongolian Cocks, two years old. Can also 
supply a limited number of hen pheasants. Delivery 
can be made on or before Nov. 1, 1912. Address all 
communications to the Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club, 
Verbank, Dutchess County, N. Y., Game Department. 
FOR FALL DELIVERY 
Best home bred stock of Pheasants and Waterfowl, raised 
here under the best conditions. Prices reasonable and 
quoted on application. 
J. C. PHILLIPS. Windyknob Farm, Wenham, Mass. 
Brook Trout For Sale 
In splendid condition. Apply 
DRUMLIN TROUT HATCHERY, Barneveld, N. Y. 
Wants and Exchange a. 
WANTED 
High-grade 20-gauge gun. “T. R.,” Room 1002, Times 
Building, New York City. 
ANTI-CHIGGERINE 
An Outing Without Chiggers (Red Bugs) A Real Pleasure 
Why suffer on your outing from chiggers, when for 25c. 
you can procure an effective remedy and preventive suf¬ 
ficient for a month’s trip. 
Anti-ChiKgerine prevents chiggers from getting on 
one, also allays the irritation of the bite. It is non- 
poisonous, will not injure the most delicate skin, not 
offensive to use, not sticky, no smell. Outdoor life in 
beautiful September and October is marred only by chig¬ 
gers. If you use Anti-Chiggerine as directed, you can 
sit on old logs or stumps, have your lunch on the grass, 
and roam the woods without discomfort from chiggers. 
Send 25c., coin or stamps, for a box by mail prepaid. 
ANTI-CHIGGERINE COMPANY 
1800 S. Broadway ..... St. Louis, Mo. 
THE HOODED SEAL OF THE NORTH 
ATLANTIC. 
Exclusive of the walrus, there are live dis¬ 
tinct species of seals inhabiting the Atlantic 
waters contiguous to Northeastern America—the 
harbor or ranger seal ( Calloccplmlus vitulinus, 
Linnaeus), a small coastal breeding seal which 
frequently ascends fresh water .-streams; the 
ringed seal ( Phoca hispida t Schr.), also a small 
coastal breeding seal; the harp seal ( Phoca 
gnienlandica, Fabr.)., somewhat larger than the 
two preceding seals, and unlike them, breeding 
upon the north Atlantic ice floes; the bearded or 
square-flipper, sometimes called the big seal 
(Phoca barbata, Fabricius), a very large seal, 
breeding along the northern coasts; and the 
hooded or bladder-nose seal (Cystopliora cris- 
tata. Erxleben), which, like the harp seal, gives 
birth to its young upon the winter-formed ice 
floes of the North Atlantic. 
The five young seal pups which I brought 
from the north in May, 1912, and which are now 
in the New York Zoological Park, belong to 
this last species, and a brief description of the 
species, its habits and its economic value, may 
be of interest. 
In size, the hooded seal ranks second to. and 
sometimes rivals, the bearded seal, which is 
classed as the largest of the Atlantic seals. A 
full grown hood "dog” will not infrequently 
measure from eight to nine feet in length, and 
tip the scale at one thousand pounds, while an 
old female hood will often weigh between eight 
hundred and nine hundred pounds. 
In color, the adult is bluish-black on the 
back, with a belly usually of lighter shade, varied 
with paler spots, though sometimes the belly is 
of a light grayish tinge, with darker spots. 
The male has a muscular sac or bag ex¬ 
tending from the nose backward to the center 
of the head. This bag may be inflated at will, 
forming a hood-like covering to the head. It is 
this hood which gives the species its name. 
The hooded seal has one other distinctive 
feature. While each of the other four species 
mentioned has six front teeth or incisors in the 
upper jaw and four in the lower jaw, the hooded 
seal has but four above and two below. 
Both males and females will attack their 
enemies with boldness and savage ferocity, and 
in all my experience I have never encountered 
a more determined or dangerous antagonist 
among wild beasts than an angry hooded seal 
brought to bay. I have seen an old dog hood 
seize a gaff between his teeth and chew it into 
splinters. They travel upon the ice with re¬ 
markable speed, and the hunter must always be 
alert, prepared to meet their vicious charge. 
Hood pups are nursed by their mothers until 
about two weeks old, when they are left to 
forage for themselves. After capturing the five 
little pups now in the Bronx Zoological Park, 
and taking them aboard our ship, the Neptune, 
I was confronted with the difficulty of securing 
proper food for them, and it occurred to me to 
examine the stomachs of the carcasses of several 
of the old ones which had been killed. To mv 
surprise I found that all I examined contained 
perfectly fresh herring, and in nearly every in¬ 
stance the fLh were whole and entirely free from 
injury without a tooth mark or scratch. From 
a single one of the old dogs I secured in this 
way six large fish. It is claimed that the seal 
herds off the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts 
destroy more codfish and herring each year than 
are taken by the entire fishing fleet. 
The hooded seal is migratory in its habits. 
During the summer the greater herds are found 
along the southeast coast of Greenland. In 
February and March they appear in countless 
numbers on the winter-formed ice floes off the 
Labrador and Newfoundland coasts both in the 
open Atlantic and in the Gulf of St Lawrence.— 
Harry Whitney, in New York Zoological So¬ 
ciety Bulletin. 
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Taxidermists. 
J. KANNOFSKY, 
PRACTICAL GLASS BLOWER 
and manufacturer of artificial eyes for birds, animals and manu¬ 
facturing purposes a specialty. Send for prices. All kinds of 
heads and skulls for furriers and taxidermists 369 Cana] 
Street, New York. 
Please mention "Forest and Stream.’’ 
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Write for Illustrated Catalogue 
“Heads and Horns” 
It gives directions for preparing and preserving Skins, Antlers, 
etc. Also prices for Heads and Rugs, Birds and Fish, and all 
kinds of work in Taxidermy. 
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ROCHESTER. N. Y. 
ROWLAND, 
TAXIDERMIST, 
A specialty in mounting- Moose, Elk, Caribou and Deer 
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Property For Sale. 
A RARE INVESTMENT 
Safer than Bonds and Mortgages 
Four hundred and eighty acres of beautiful level land 
in Keith County, Nebraska. Rich black loam, six feet 
deep, which produces all kinds of big agricultural crops. 
Forty bushels of wheat to the acre, and all other crops 
in proportion. These lands are located eight miles from 
the county seat, and six miles from the thriving, bustling 
town of Brule, on the main line of the Union Pacific 
Railroad. The town has church, high school, hotels, 
all kinds of stores, grain elevator, etc., etc. I will also 
sell 160 acres adjoining Brule, fronting on the Union 
Pacific Railroad, under cultivation, with all improvements. 
The climate is unsurpassed for all lung or throat dif¬ 
ficulties. Elevation, 3,200 feet. 
For terms and particulars address . 
E. H. BARTON, 32 Bank St., Batavia, N. Y. 
FOR SALE OR RENT 
(Owner having built larger house) 
Gentleman’s Country Home or Farm 
Fully furnished and ready for immediate occupancv. 
House and shade trees over 100 years old. About 100 
acres in Litchfield County hills, between Waterburv 
and Litchfield, Conn., % tillable. % pasture and % 
woods. Three hours from New York, iy 2 miles from 
railroad and trolley. Parlor, library, dining-room, 
6 master’s bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, 
butler’s pantry, kitchen pantry, 3 piazzas, 5 servant’s’ 
bedrooms, ‘ 6 open fire places, hanging cranes, brick 
oven, etc., two hot air furnaces; never-failing, gravity, 
spring-fed water supply, genirne antique furniture, tele¬ 
phone, etc. Large concrete floored stable-garage; barn 
and outbuildings, carriages, etc.; extensive piazza view; 
delightful location: house thoroughly rebuilt and repair¬ 
ed; every modern improvement. For price and terms, 
address owner 
F. K. CURTIS, 30 Broad Street, New York. 
