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England that they were for sale at six cents apiece. 

 Cape Cod was one of their stopping places on the 

 great annual migration from the North Pole re- 

 gions to the South Pole lands." 



"Were they good eatin', too?'' asked Bull. 



''So good that they were popularly known as 

 'dough-birds,' " the expert replied. "Labrador 

 and Newfoundland fishermen used to salt down 

 hundreds of barrels of them every year. It is 

 possible that in their nesting-range in Alaska or 

 Labrador, or maybe in their wintering range in 

 Patagonia, a few scattering specimens may be left, 

 for one was shot, as recently as 1913, in Mas- 

 sachusetts. But the Labrador Duck is entirely 

 gone. The Long Island markets used to be glutted 

 with the birds but the last living Labrador Duck 

 was seen in 1878. 



"It's not only the food-birds which go that 

 way," he continued. "When you were down in 

 Florida, years ago, maybe you remember seeing 

 some small parrots down there?" 



"Quite a few," agreed the pot-hunter, "yellow 

 head an' neck an' all the rest green, the way I 

 remember 'em." 



"That's the bird," agreed the official; "we call 

 it the Carolina Paroquet, though there hasn't been 



