English sparrow records, v4414
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June 9 - 1914 Shot this morning on Campus from 6 to 8, as above. He shot in: 16 sparrows: 6 ad. ♂♂, 6 ad. ♀♀, 3 jr. ♂♂, 1 jr. ♀. June 10 Shot as usual two hours in early morning. Shot in: 19 sparrows: 3 ad. ♂♂, 7 ad. ♀♀, and 9 fullgrown jvs. 2 of the jvs. are ♂♂, 7 ♀♀. These and the rest for the last few days have been mostly shot on the grain field near the vegetable garden on the western edge of the Campus. June 12 As usual; shot in: 8 sparrows, consisting of 2 ad. ♂♂, 3 ad ♀♀ and 3 jvs. — and one jv. Linnet. June 13 As usual; shot in: 11 sparrows; = 1 ♂, 3 ad ♀♀, 7 jvs. June 15 Forbes shot as usual 2 hrs. this morning; shot in 5 sparrows; = 4ad ♂♂, 1 jr. ♀. He reports sparrows as now extremely wary, so we will not hunt anymore for them.