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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