It would seem that this statement ought 
to have been satisfactory, and probably it 
would have convinced anybody except old 
John Baukman, who then and there declared 
that you .couldn’t believe what you read in 
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Kingbirds . . . catch only the drones. 
books and newspapers. Anyway, he had seen 
a kingbird catch a bee; he hadn’t done any 
shooting for a long time, and he guessed he 
would go out now to see if he couldn’t kill a bird 
or two. 
There is no doubt that the kingbirds were in 
very grave danger that evening; but they were 
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