36 
33se had firia taaat, very white la dolor, and v?«r« exoolioat 
la flavor* AH birds war® Mint with the toreas entire, with only tho 
toaa mopped ait so that it ma a Simple taattar to identify then* 
:j£%m tha close af the boating season on August 81, g&sio was 
not exposed for sal® openly sad when 1 Pads inquiry of the taar&afc pan 
1 was toM that it «M Illegal to sell it* However, it was still 
aval labia la the restaurants* Shoe on Ootohar 16 and Sovoabar 19* 
1929, 1 «u offered snipe, tlnariou, small birds n*od wild buois, and 
oa *bbruary 2d* 1921 tlnmm* wild ftaafe, B^rtra«i*n Sandpiper ^Upland 
viewer} at 1.30, wedl birds at 1.00 and Snipe. was tbs first 
appear am® of l&l&nd Hover mi hotel ma told m that am ms bird. 
rfnm an &a iy-tltu. was soaroo and hat 
again oa Saroh 1, 1 ordered &*!&&* 
a single bird 
as a portion* We* bird was served with head and fast intact so that 
there was ao question that it ms an Upland Plover as shown by parts 
of these two ajieotoofis that 1 preserved* on another evening my mite* 
brought in two freshly dressed Upland Plover on a plate to show m* 
She birds, as yet unooofcod with heed sad foot intact, had not been dead 
thou#* 
only 
Ourb on the open sale of gape dap lag the aimed season bee been 
recent as within two years birds of all icima wore sold daring the entire 
year without hindrancet u osadllioi that too been usual in t >■*> post. 
Attempts to learn to what extent was hold la oold storage 
wore not sttooeaefnl* Apparently the quantity handled thus me not groat 
as what birds were needed for Illegal vestanvatti sales we hilled as 
malted by mritot hunters. 
