1893 
Mas s . 
Tympanuchus cupido. 
Jan. 31 Martha's Vineyard . -local and non-resident. Two menwho a Heath 
to large tract of land near Mr. Shaler-^s place ostensibly, and in Hen. 
Feb . 4 fact chiefly, for the Woodcoch and Quail shooting which it fur- 
(K0.2) nishes hilled and sent to Boston market in the aut'omn of 1889 
between 70 and 80 Heath Hens. These birds were attracted by some 
fields of barley which had been sown and left standing for the 
benefit of the Quail but which also drew the Heath Hens from 
every direction. This on the authority of Mr. Evans. 
Another almost equally sad story was told by a livery stable 
keeper in Cottage City, who asserts that early last autumn two 
men from Providence R. I. bringing guns and three setter dogs, 
hired from him a horse and wagon and spent the day driving aoout 
the country frequented by the Grouse allowing their dogs to range 
on every side. They returned that evening with twenty Heath Hens 
which they took back to Providence. 
A great many birds have been also killed within the last two 
years by people living on the island especially by fox and rabbit 
hunters, as I stated in my Forest and Stream article. The hounds 
used by these men will follow the trail of a Grouse as readily as 
that of their legitimate game. This Mr. Bangs actually witnessed 
for the Heath Hen^ which he saw among the large oaks was"roaded" 
and flushed by a hound whose owner fired both barrels at the bird 
quite as a matter of course but fortunately without effect. Mr. 
Bangs met several other men with guns and hounds evidently look- 
