Bon as a \:u'aljollus 
Somerville, li^ss. 
1897. 
NOV. 18. 
" On Thursday, Nov.lSth, 1897, 10 A.M. , my 
■Ruffed CJrouse on the fence betv/een my house and 
The bird sat there for a moment or two and then 
to Norton's Grove about 150 feet away. This is 
From a letter by William E.Wall, 14 Morgan 
ville, Mass., dated Jan. 22, 1898. 
wife saw a 
my neighbor's, 
flew over in- 
authentic. " 
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