News from John Burroughs i8i 



West Park, N. Y., May 27, 1906. 

 To W. B. Mershon : 



Dear Sir: — I can give you no more definite infor- 

 mation about that flock of pigeons than I reported to 

 Forest and Stream. I have no doubt about the fact. 

 If you will write to C. W. Benton, Prattsville, N. Y., 

 he can put you in communication with several people 

 who saw the flock. 



I am just about to write to Forest and Stream oi 

 another very large flock of pigeons that was seen to pass 

 over the city of Kingston, N. Y., on the morning of the 

 15th. I have written to Judge A. T. Clearwater of 

 that city, who replies that he has talked with many per- 

 sons who saw the pigeons and who had seen the pigeons 

 years ago. The flock Is described as a mile long. I 

 am going up to Kingston soon to question the persons 

 who saw the flock. If I learn anything to discredit the 

 story I will let you know. We never have a flight of 

 any birds here that could be mistaken for pigeons by 

 any one who had ever seen the latter. If these flocks 

 were pigeons, where have they been hiding all these 

 y^^'"S • Very sincerely yours, 



John Burroughs. 



Prattsville, N. Y., June 9, 1906. 

 W. B. Mershon, Saginaw, Mich. : 



Dear Sir : — Yours of the 6th inst. is before me and 

 I hasten to reply. Now, in the first place, you speak 



