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1894
while I fired 3 shots on lawn.
2/18 Duck ward came up, wanted
to go to Naywards for wild pigeons with
my gun 7 shells. I fooled him on that.
We went downtown & got a Winchester
shotgun & 50 shells #54#6 gave
me 25 of them & more later. Had
bad luck even at hot shots & got
but 2 on wing. Had 6 of my brass
shells & after using the 32 of
mine rewards quit @ 1:30 with
12 robin 1 jay & 1 flicker towards
10 robin. Shot 3 shots into 1 bird.
2/17 Sat, word 22 shells got
11 robin & 2 on wing. Bluebirds
lately on their old slapping ground
on S. C. Ave.
2/18 Got another mass robins &
some good wing shooting as they
flew over carrot patch. I was
behind a clump of briars.
2/19 Same, but birds flew higher.
2/22 to Lake Chabot saw but of