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W.B. Davis
1936
Bellevue, Blaine Co., Idaho, Jan 7.
the high school where I gave a talk
and demonstration on how to skin
and prepare study skins). Talked to
about 60 students and put in a few
licks against the poisoning program of
the B.S.
Rupert, Minidoka Co., Idaho, Jan. 8.
Twining, Fred Ennis and I left Bellevue
this morning about eleven o'clock and
travelled thru Shoshone, Eden and Hazelton,
arriving here about 4 P.M. The roads
were in fair condition although it had
snowed about two inches last night.
At the Ice Caves we saw about a
dozen Black-billed Magpies and two
Ravens. Just after we had crossed the
Lincoln-Jerome county line we killed
a Raven and then another one about
two miles E of Jerome. These birds are
wary and hard to kill. Both of them
were shot on the wing with no. 6
shot in a 16 gage shot gun. About
10 mi. W of Paul Twining brought
down an American Roughleg. The
bird was in full flight paralleling
the highway and Twining was
standing on the running board of