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FOREST AND STREAM 
[April 8, 1911. 
golden plover were marked “ducks’ ; mallards 
were marked “pidgeon”; grouse were marked 
“fowl”; snow buntings were marked "fancy 
squabs" ; 300 big yellowlegs were marked mixed 
fowl”; 500 quail, “fancy poultry”; 2,400 English 
snipe, “ducks,” and so on to the end of the 
chapter. 
Besides the birds already mentioned there 
were of ducks, broadbills, pintail, green-winged 
teal, dusky ducks, blue-winged teal, widgeons, 
whistlers and ruddy ducks. I here were thou¬ 
sands and thousands of sandpipers and hundreds 
and hundreds of upland plover. English pheas¬ 
ants and deer carcasses were there, the latter 
readily recognizable by bits of the hide and the 
tails still attached to the flesh. 
Suits have been brought against the freezer 
company for penalties in large amounts, and if 
these should be carried to a successful issue, it 
is hoped that the business of keeping game out 
of season in New York city will have received 
a shock from which it will not easily recover. 
It is certain that nothing that could be done in 
the way of preserving the game supply would 
be at all comparable in importance with the put¬ 
ting an end to this freezer business. Men will 
not kill for the market unless they can sell their 
game, and purchasers of game—even in the cities 
—will not buy it in great quantities unless they 
can be sure that it will be preserved. 
Attention has already been called in Forest 
axd Sream to the fact that the game held in 
cold storage in the rooms of the Arctic Freez¬ 
ing Company was in a double sense illicit. It 
was held unlawfully in close season, and besides 
this, it can undoubtedly be shown that it was 
shipped in violation of the laws of the States 
where it was killed. While, of course, in the 
case of many of the packages it would be im¬ 
possible to determine whence the game came, 
yet there is evidence in the marks on barrels 
and boxes that some of it came from Indiana, 
a State in which the law provides that certain 
specified game as deer, quail, partridge, wild 
duck, grouse, prairie chicken and woodcock 
shall not be transported by any railroad com¬ 
pany, express company or other common carrier 
beyond the limits of the State. It is, of course, 
well known that Connecticut, New Jersey, Penn¬ 
sylvania and other States forbid the export of 
their game, and such game reaching New York 
is contraband and cannot be dealt in. 
We give below a list of the different lots of 
birds seized by J. E. Overton in May and June 
last, at the rooms of the Arctic Freezing 
Warehouse. This list, however, does not in¬ 
clude the seizures of the first day, which by 
order of Police Justice Brann. were sealed up 
and put back in storage before samples were 
secured by the game protector. 
The “lots” enumerated often consisted of sev¬ 
eral boxes or barrels, but in the list are given 
the number of birds in each lot, the English 
name and the Latin name. The list is com¬ 
mended to the attention of all gunners: It 
follows: 
ROOM 5, LOTS I TO 4. 
741 quail (Colinus Virginia mis'). 
97 grouse (Tympana chus). 
2 pheasants (PJiasianus). 
ROOM 36, LOTS 5 AND 6. 
808 wild birds, golden plover ( Charadrius dominicus). 
ROOM 37, LOTS 7 TO IO. 
4 web-footed wildfowl, broadbills ( Fuligula tnarila). 
214 grouse, sharp-tail (Pediacetes). 
60 grouse, pinnated ( Tympanuchus ). 
ROOM 4, LOT II. 
wild deer, not seen. 
ROOM 3, LOT 12. 
600 wild birds, English snipe (Gallinago delicata). 
ROOM 39, LOTS 13 TO 31. 
23 web-footed wildfowl, green W. teal ( Nettion caro- 
linensis). 
333 grouse, sharp-tail. 
63 web-footed wildfowl, mallards ( Anas boschas). 
45 web-footed wildfowl, canvasbacks ( Aythya vallis- 
neria). 
602 wild birds, golden plover. 
115 grouse, ruffed ( Bonasa ). 
1416 wild birds, snow buntings ( Plectrophenax nivalis). 
10 web-footed wildfowl, dusky ducks ( Anas obscura). 
43 grouse, pinnated. 
96 wild birds, pectoral sandpiper ( Tringa maculata). 
276 wild birds, English snipe. 
ROOM IO, LOTS 32 TO 47. 
22 wild ducks, mallards. 
226 grouse, pinnated. 
IS pheasants, English. 
67 grouse, sharp-tail. 
2S8 wild birds—reed birds, bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzi- 
vorus). 
29 grouse, ruffed. 
398 grouse, pinnated. 
35 wild birds, upland plover ( Bartramia longicauda). 
26 pheasants, English. 
ROOM 23, LOTS 48 TO 53. 
52 grouse, pinnated. 
598 quail, Virginia. 
41 grouse, ruffed. 
ROOM 24, LOTS 54 TO 64. 
240 quail, Virginia. 
38 grouse, ruffed. 
120 quail. 
121 grouse, pinnated. 
96 woodcock ( Philohela minor). 
44 wild ducks, canvasbacks. 
14 venison, Virginia deer. 
75 grouse, sharp-tail. 
ROOM 25, LOTS 65 TO 68. 
28 wild ducks, mallards. 
61 grouse, sharp-tail. 
72 quail, Virginia. 
ROOM 26, LOTS 69 TO 89. 
108 teal (domestic pigeons). 
36 wild ducks, canvasbacks. 
48 grouse, pinnated. 
21 wild ducks, ruddy ( Erismatura rubido). 
228 wild ducks, redhead. 
3600 wild birds, golden plover. 
53 wild ducks, brant (Branta bernicla). 
1152 wild birds, snow buntings. 
ROOM 30, LOTS 90 TO IO4. 
1050 grouse, pinnated. 
40 wild ducks, mallards. 
9 grouse, sharp-tail. 
7 carcasses venison, Virginia deer. 
ROOM 29, LOTS 105 TO Il8. 
42 grouse, ruffed. 
425 quail. 
16 wild ducks, canvasback. 
48 wild ducks, pintail. 
74 wild ducks, mallards. 
124 ruddy ducks. 
80 wild ducks, brant. 
68 grouse, pinnated. 
ROOM 28, LOTS 119 TO I24. 
186 grouse, ruffed. 
40 wild birds, snipe (Bartram’s sandpiper). 
48 grouse, sharp-tail. 
ROOM 27, LOTS 125 TO 129- 
3168 wild birds, sandpipers 
18 wild ducks, mallards. 
1296 wild birds, English snipe. 
60 grouse, ruffed. 
ROOM 41, LOTS 130 TO I46. 
103 grouse, ruffed. 
720 wild birds, reed birds (bobolinks). 
30 wild ducks, ruddy. 
5760 wild birds, snow buntings. 
121 grouse, sharp-tail. 
174 grouse, pinnated 
12 quail. 
48 wild ducks, widgeon. 
3G pheasants. 
975 quail, Virginia. 
143 wild birds, Bartram’s sandpiper. 
ROOM 43, LOTS I47 TO I55. 
22 wild ducks, goldeneye ( Clangula clangula). 
230 grouse, pinnated. 
4 carcasses venison, Virginia deer. 
90 grouse, sharp-tail. 
227 quail, Virginia. 
65 wild ducks, canvasback. 
ROOM 44, LOTS 156 TO 164. 
10 grouse, ruffed. 
36 grouse, sharp-tail. 
2S8 wild birds, little yellowlegs ( Totamis flavipes ). 
30 wild ducks, mallards. 
28 wild ducks, green-winged teal. 
96 wild birds, pectoral sandpiper. 
64 wild ducks, canvasback. 
150 wild birds, golden plover. 
ROOM 45, LOTS 165 TO 177. 
70 quail, Virginia. 
1157 grouse, pinnated. 
1200 wild birds, Bartram's sandpiper. 
128 grouse, sharp-tail. 
43 wild ducks, canvasbacks. 
100 wild ducks, blue-winged teal. 
200 wild birds, small yellowlegs. 
20 wild ducks, mallards 
ROOM 13, LOTS 178 TO l86. 
16 wild ducks, broadbills. 
129 grouse, sharp-tail. 
36 wild ducks, mallards. 
150 quail, Virginia. 
49 grouse, ruffed. 
ROOM 12, LOTS 1S7 TO 202. 
45S wild birds, golden plover. 
5 wild ducks, pin-tail 
40 gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis). 
3000 wild birds, sandpipers. 
3000 wild birds, English snipe. 
730 quail, Virginia. 
300 wild birds, greater yellowlegs (Totanus melano- 
leucus). 
100 grouse, pinnated. 
84 wild ducks, mallards. 
ROOM II, LOTS 203 TO 2o8. 
144 grouse, ruffed. 
1 carcass venison, Virginia deer. 
168 quail, Virginia. 
1800 wild birds, English snipe. 
3200 wild birds, golden plover. 
Sandhill Cranes in Illinois. 
Tarpon Springs, Fla., March 28. —Editor 
Forest and Stream: In an article published 
several weeks ago your correspondent, Sandy 
Griswold, gave us some interesting notes on 
the old-time sandhill crane. 
To me, who knew them well, it seems odd 
that they should be a thing of the past in Illinois, 
yet such seems to be the case. I doubt if there 
is now one of them to be found within the limits 
of the State. 
I first met them in Central Illinois in the 
autumn of 1855. At that time the Chicago 
branch of the I. C. R. R. had just been con¬ 
structed as far south as Champaign. There 
were few houses on the prairies, and the timber 
was almost confined to the streams in conse¬ 
quence of the frequent prairie fires. Game- of 
many sorts was abundant and I remember count¬ 
ing fourteen deer in one herd about two miles 
west of Lodi. The prairie chickens and other 
birds were there in great multitudes and we 
seldom shot many of them unless to send away 
to some friend. 
The cranes were conspicuous because of the 
noise they made. The great white crane was 
not numerous, but the others were very abund¬ 
ant. They were .sometimes domesticated, and 
became very tame, although they would at times 
attack strangers, and the long sharp bill was a 
dangerous weapon. I never found one of their 
nests, but it was said that these were made in 
the top of a tussock, and the mother bird sat 
on them with her feet in the water. Their 
“dancing” was very comical, and I think not 
common. It seemed to be practiced as an amuse¬ 
ment. 
I have shot a number of them, and I found 
that the surest way to get them was by riding 
toward them at full gallop and to shoot in pass¬ 
ing when perhaps thirty yards away. 
They were very tenacious of life. I once sent 
a ball from my old “Punkinslinger” rifle through 
one of a flock. The bullet (32 to the pound) 
passed completely through its body, yet the bird 
rose with the rest and flew perhaps a quarter 
of a mile before it fell. When I reached it, it 
was dead. Kelpie. 
