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1899. A few were noted in August but unfortunately the exact 

 dates were not recorded. September 21, beginning to arrive ; 22d, 

 first large flock, about 100, seen, three killed; 28th, increasing in 

 abundance; 29th, a great many came last night, about 500 in one 

 flock seen off Shady Point this morning ; 30th, very abundant, man\ 

 shot. October 1, abundant and becoming wilder; 2d and 3rd, 

 abundant ; 4th, abundant, close in shore, the weather being fine and 

 favorable; 5th, abundant, gunners out early, killing several; 12th, 

 less plentiful ; 16th, some noted. November 1, one hunter got 11. 



1900. September 16, saw several, the first of the season, near 

 Shady Point; they doubtless came last night; 17th, several seen; 

 they seem quite tame, probably young birds; 18th, a few noted; 

 22d, one near Shady Point and about 200 reported in south end of 

 lake in afternoon ; a gunner got 4 ; 23rd, several seen ; 26th, about 

 4p.m. A great many seen east of the Deep Hole ; as they flew, six 

 distinct flocks totaling 194 birds were observed, although only a 

 small proportion left the water; 28th, many on east side of lake 

 at 4 p. m. ; 30th, many off the Gravelpit. October 1, pot-hunters 

 in motor boat bombarding the Coots all afternoon; 2d, on both 

 lakes ; 5th, noted ; 8th, abundant ; 10th, many ; 12th, common ; 13th, 

 several flocks on west side and a good deal of shooting ; 17th, saw 

 300 to 400; 18th, very numerous in afternoon in front of Shady 

 Point; 21st, pot-hunters in launches pursuing coots and ducks; 

 24th, noted; 25th, many and very noisy; 26th, one hunter got 12; 

 27th, another hunter got 34; 28th, one found dead. November 

 5, many seen; 7th, about 1,000 a short distance off Shady Point, 

 a few horned grebes among them ; 8th, abundant in front of Shady 

 Point, from which they were scared by a passing train at noon; 

 three inches of snow; Coots most abundant, then little bluebills, 

 redheads, ruddy ducks and helldivers, no sprigtails; in the after- 

 noon, while a strong wind was blowing from the northwest and 

 some snow was falling, the coots and ducks came in near shore, 

 the coots and a few helldivers nearest, while the ducks remained 

 out along the line where the more quiet water protected by Long 

 Point from the northwest wind joined the unprotected portion; 

 9th, in a trip along the shore from Long Point to Norris Inlet a 

 great many coots were observed, all pretty well out from shore; 

 two hunters in the forenoon got 7 coots, 5 little bluebills, and one 

 redhead, while two others got 36 coots and ducks ; 10th, one hunter 

 got 6 coots, 2 others got 50, and 2 other pot-hunters in a launch 

 bombarded the coots and ducks all afternoon until dark; llth and 

 12th, many on lake ; 14th, two pot-hunters in a launch got 12 coots, 



