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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 4 , 1910 . 
I have left the birds undisturbed, except for an 
occasional trip to see if they still inhabited the 
same site. Two weeks ago, however, I made 
another descent to secure the photographs that 
are here shown. 
I found two young about one week old lying 
on the remains of former feasts. There is no 
attempt at nest building by this pair of birds, 
and the eggs are laid in a depression about 
eighteen inches wide between the side of the 
mountain and the rock that forms the edge of 
the ledge. 
The photographs were taken with the camera 
within four feet of the young birds, and the 
bones left from meals with a pigeon’s wing in 
the background can be plainly seen. 
Pigeons are being eaten in goodly numbers 
and the fanciers somewhere are contributing 
largely to the falcon family’s support. 
Leg bands with these numbers were found and 
are now in my possession: J. M. 52668, Y2354, 
T. C. 16462, J. 6017, Co 1835, F. S. B. 441SO, 
1 98I3739, N. H. 26301, L. H. C. 500, (99)2585, 
C. R. H. 40, C0892, V78S7, G17873, O. O. H. 839, 
L. B. 6. R. B. Potter. 
Interesting in connection with Mr. Potter’s 
observations is the following note clipped from 
a recent issue of the London Field: 
It has lately been a great pleasure on Salis¬ 
bury Plain to watch a wild peregrine falcon in 
blue, fully matured plumage flying about. I have 
unfortunately not yet seen a “flight,” but on the 
6th inst. when out with the race horses, I came 
across what I imagine was some of her work, 
viz.: a recently killed pigeon picked to the bones. 
I happened to note that the wings were not those 
of a wood pigeon, and as we do not see many 
tame pigeons in the middle of Salisbury Plain, 
I examined the remains closely. On one of the 
legs was the accompanying ring, so I presume 
the unfortunate pigeon had been taking part in 
some long distance race when fate overtook 
it. The ring bears the following inscription: 
N.W.O.6.S.D.9.90.—W. B. Purefoy. 
New York Zoological Society. 
Not very long ago the report of the Director 
of the New York Zoological Society’s Aquarium 
was noticed in Forest and Stream, and now the 
fourteenth annual report of the society comes 
to hand. 
As usual it is a beautiful volume and this 
year it possesses a historic interest which almost 
outweighs the scientific interest. The Zoological 
Society was chartered in 1895 and the park was 
first opened to the public in 1899. The decennial 
of the opening was held last year, and in the 
present report are shown a number of photo¬ 
graphs of the same spots taken with a ten-year’s 
interval. Thus we have a graphic record of the 
changes that ten years of time, unending energy 
and effort and a very large amount of money 
have wrought in the wilderness where were 
driven the first stakes for what is now the Zoo¬ 
logical Park. 
The enormous popularity of the Zoological 
Society’s Park and Aquarium, visited during the 
past year by nearly 5,500,000 people, continues to 
astonish the managers, and is the highest pos¬ 
sible tribute to the efficient work done. The 
Bronx Zoological Park grows more attractive 
month by month. There are now confined there 
over 5,000 specimens representing 1,117 species, 
an increase over 1908 of 155 species. The gain 
in attendance of the year 1909 over the previous 
year was 200,000. The different curators of 
mammals, birds and reptiles make interesting re¬ 
ports, and that of the veterinarian and patholo¬ 
gist is especially so. The excellent results of 
this work seem to be shown in his table show¬ 
ing the causes of deaths among mammals in 
1909. 
In speaking of the report of the Director of 
the Aquarium recently, we called attention to 
the urgent need of more room—which means 
more money—for that institution, and a like need 
—more money for maintenance—is felt by the 
Zoological Park. 
The endowment fund now amounts to $200,- 
000. It must be brought to $250,000 before the 
first of July next. 
It is gratifying to see an increase in the num¬ 
ber of members of the society, but on the other 
hand it is extraordinary that the number of 
members is not twice as great as it is. Every¬ 
one who is interested in North American life 
should endeavor to interest his friends in the 
Zoological Society, and to get them to join it. 
Mountain Sheep in Estes Park. 
Estes Park, Colo., May 25. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: In Colorado, mountain sheep have 
increased remarkably since they have been pro¬ 
tected. Not only in the vicinity of Estes Park, 
but from the northern boundary to the New 
Mexican border of the State, mountain sheep can 
be seen in their natural state and in numbers as 
high as sixty and seventy at a time. 
Here in Estes Park where they come in con¬ 
tact with man, perhaps more than in other por¬ 
tions of the State, they are more like domesti¬ 
cated sheep. You can drive among them and 
almost put your hands on them. I can go out 
from the hatchery and see them on the moun¬ 
tain side close by at almost any hour m the 
day, and can see them of all sizes from the 
very old ram which is always on guard to the 
lamb by its mother’s side. 
Deer are to be seen close by and in their 
natural state, and this is what we have been 
working for, to have the park more as it was in 
earlier days, not only with the game, but also 
the flowers and the trees. G. H. Thompson. 
Finding a Wolf Den. 
Binford, Wyo., May 20 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: In April we had a storm which gave 
us about five inches of snow, and as this was 
the time for wolves and coyotes to den, a friend 
and I decided to take a look about and see if we 
could find one. 
In this part of the State gray wolves are 
quite numerous, and as they do much damage 
to the ranchman, a bounty has been placed on 
them. The State bounty is $5, and the bounty 
offered by v the ranchmen $10 on pups, and $15 
on old wolves. The total is thus $20 on grown 
wolves and $15 on pups. 
The land about our ranch being rough moun¬ 
tain ranges, wolves breed there quite often. The 
breeding season is usually from the 1st of April 
till the 1st of May. 
One morning we started out, and took along 
with 115 one of a good pack of foxhounds which 
we own. We had gone about seven miles from 
the ranch, when we struck the trail of a very 
large wolf, and back trailing it for a short dis¬ 
tance I found where the wolf had lain down. 
As I have spent about ten years in this business, 
this told me that I was going the wrong way. 
I started in the other direction, and as the go¬ 
ing was exceedingly rough, I tied my horse to 
a tree, and went forward on foot. 
I had trailed the wolf about a mile, when, 
suddenly, the dog began to growl and show 
signs of uneasiness, and at this I began to look 
closely for the wolf, and suddenly I came upon 
the den. It was situated in a rough pile of 
rocks, facing the south. 
It was now about noon. I stood there quietly 
for a moment, and then to my great surprise the 
old wolf came out of the den. She had not seen 
me yet, and not being over fifteen feet from her 
I killed her with a shot from a .30 United States 
Army rifle. The male, hearing the shot, jumped 
up about fifty yards away, but the ground was 
so rough that I got only one shot at him. We 
worked all the afternoon at the den, but did 
not get to the pups; but the next day we went 
back and got five young ones, making a bounty 
for us of $80. I have kept one for a pet. 
J. A. S. 
For the Carnegie Museum. 
Childs Frick, son of H. C. Frick, of the 
United States Steel Corporation, recently started 
on a trip to Africa, with a view to collecting 
material for the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburg, 
Pa., somewhat as Theodore Roosevelt went for 
the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. Mr. 
Frick is reported to have shipped seven tons of 
material to the Carnegie Museum *and his col¬ 
lections, shipped from Nairobi, British East 
Africa, fill thirteen barrels and seventeen cases. 
Besides elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, 
giraffes and zebra there are many sorts of ante¬ 
lopes and gazelles, some carnivores and monkeys 
and many smaller animals. Besides the skins 
there is a large collection of skulls and skele¬ 
tons and some tanks of alcoholic specimens of 
reptiles. 
Enforcement of Plumage Laws in Missouri 
At the meeting of the Association of State 
Game Commissioners and Wardens held at New 
Orleans on Feb. 5 it was decided to enforce 
laws against possession and sale of bird plum¬ 
age. In pursuance of this decision the State 
game commissioner of Missouri immediately 
published notice of his intention to enforce the 
plumage clause of the Missouri law. 
Bob White. 
There’s a plump little chap in a speckled coat, 
And he sits on the zigzag rails rem'ote, 
Where he whistles at breezy, bracing morn 
When the buckwheat is ripe and stacked the corn: 
“Bob White! Bob White! Bob White!” 
Is he hailing some comrade as blithe as he? 
Now I wonder where Robert White can be? 
O’er the billows of gold and amber grain 
There is no one in sight; but hark again! 
“Bob White! Bob White! Bob White!” 
Ah! I see why he calls; in the stubble there 
Hide his plump little wife and babies fair! 
So contented is he, and so proud of the same, 
That he wants all the world to know his name: 
“Bob White! Bob White! Bob White!” 
—Henry T. Coates, in the Alabama Bird Day Book. 
