Diary, 1928, of trips to Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC
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Orthin allen spoke when I gone away but said that then Swin still having mystery problems connected with it. Of 25 sound under artificial condition all but one died after being turned by newly adult stage. This bird hatch a brood from eggs laid by wild Rams. The spring fly at about three weeks In a Trode of 1004 acres when a careful census the ground was taken then was found 22 birds. There was some hunting on the area, and at its close only 2 could be found. The hunting had been of such a character that it was thought that some other agency had caused the mortality. But a careful study showed that the Twenty birds had all been killed by gunners