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jMartlia's Vineyard, iviass. 
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|(Ho,2). value and laid his plans. He said he did not want to get 
I them until they were in full feather and he was afraid that 
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I the other fellows would find them, so as soon as they oom- 
raenoed to fly he leapt driving them off their aooustomed feed- 
ing grounds by firing blanh charges and other means and final- 
I ly got them so wild that they“fly at the sight of a man no 
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1 matter how far off. He wrote me that not a bird had been shot. 
! He said there were 27 birds in all and he would send me 
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I some of them. Since then he has sent me 27 birds and with 
the last one wr64o that he had cleaned them up and did not 
expect ever to see another one. 
Now I iTould ash you not to let the above information go 
any farther than yourself for, as you fully understand, it 
would reduce the value of my birds very much should it be 
known that birds had been taken this year* I feel quite sure 
that this is the last chapter in the history of this species, 
I thinlc it quite probable that these birds were the offspring 
of those reported to you by Prazar, The covey had probably 
been shot into by pot-hunters early in the season which would 
account for my man not finding them as he did not look for 
them until the first of Ddc. — 
Yours truly. 
C .E. Hoyle" 
