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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.