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land about 1869 by Dr. Purnell. If this is true, it 

 would seem that these birds had survived and bred for 

 a period of ten years, indicating that the conditions 

 were then very favorable in that locality. 



About the year 1870 a number of birds are said to 

 have been imported from the West and set free on 

 Long Island, where they did well, and reared broods, 

 but finally disappeared. Within two or three years 

 after that the late Shepard F. Knapp, of New York, 

 long a member of the Southside Club and an enthusi- 

 astic sportsman, told me of having seen on Long Island 

 two prairie chickens that had recently been killed some- 

 where near Islip, L. I. 



In the year 1874 a number of sportsmen strongly 

 urged the restocking of certain barren areas in New 

 Jersey with pinnated grouse, which had been extermi- 

 nated there not very long before. Their idea was to 

 import the birds from Illinois, where they were then 

 numerous. 



That same year there was talk and correspondence in 

 England and in the United States as to the desirability 

 of importing the pinnated grouse to England and at- 

 tempting to establish them on the Scotch moors. The 

 price put upon the birds seems to have prevented any 

 action in this direction. Dealers asked 2 55. per pair 

 for the birds, but later Mr. Chas. Hallock succeeded in 

 finding an animal dealer who agreed to furnish 100 

 pairs at i IDS. per pair. To-day many sportsmen 

 would be glad to close with an offer such as this. 



Mr. Brewster, in the work already quoted, tells of 



