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THE WILSON BULLETIN— June, 1922 
The first quarter of the Twentieth Century will soon be fin- 
ished. On every hand the Prairie Chicken is becoming in evi- 
dence and bids fair to again become the plentiful game bird it 
once was. We who love the Prairie Chicken as a resident of 
onr beantifnl Iowa farm lands, rather than for the amount of 
meat its body contains, dislike to think of the time when it 
will once more have to stand up before the firing squad. The 
automatic shotgun, the small edition of the deadly machine 
gun, is becoming all too popular among so-called “ sportsmen. 
Its manufacture ought to be prohibited. Covies of from ten 
to fifty of the birds are conimon in many regions. Frequent 
mention of their increase is found in the local presses. Where 
formerly we found none, we now see them rather regularly, 
and if present indications are at all prophetic, we shall have 
large numbers of them with us in the future. Time alone will 
tell whether this species can wholly adapt itself to the greatly 
changed conditions it now finds in its old haunts. 
November, 1921. 
