AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Billed Wood Pecker Picus Principallis broke his Wing and 

 When he Went to take it up it Jump up and claimed 

 a tree, as fast as a Squirel to the Very Top, he gave it 

 up having but a few Loads of Shot— Joseph Came and 

 saw it— Shot at it and brought him down— 



We Boiled lo Parokeets to night for Dash who has 

 had lo Welps— purposely to try the effect of the 

 Poisoning effect of their hearts on animals. Yesterday 

 We Were told that 7 Cats had been Killed Last 

 Summer by Eating as Many Parokeets— Killed Two 

 Geese— Several Boats Landed along us to night 



Thursday Decemb"^ 21*^ 1820 



We at last had fine weather, floated about 35 miles 

 this brought us to the upper Part of Stack Island Now 

 only a Barr the former having being sunk by the 

 Earthquakes— Drawing nearly all day I finished the 

 Carion Crow, it stunk so intolerably, and Looked so 

 disgusting that I was very glad when I through it 

 over Board — 



Saw in the afternoon a Black Hawk, a flock of 

 Pelicans at which I shot at about 200 yards as near as 

 I could approach. Without effect, the Sand Barr 

 where they were was Literally covered with excre- 

 ments and their Feathers. Vast Many Geese seen all 

 day, these Birds Now Pairing. Spanish Moss very 

 aboundant on all the Cypress trees— Large flocks of 

 American Teals and the constant Cry of Ivory Billed 



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