house, while The other flew toward pigion house. I went up to look at what I supposed was a young bird on tree by from its pose by outline made a clive for my gun & got 2 shells of X8 & from Corners of drop pin saw it both bbls. got a tail shaft & a few small fths. Bird flew toward bull coral & I thgnt it had lodgrd dract in one of the oats, but on my approach it flew out from above with no limbs broken & lit on oak by stable door, beneath which I had thrown wheat to carrirr gang &c of my having forgotten to let them out to feed yesterday, as the wild bird was attracted to them. The freeing flock was not alarmed although on the wing they get rattled at wild birds. Got another shell & killed it stone dead by the d- thng lodged at the top of tree. This ftrm got a ladder & a hole & had a