THE ffl-IARLUFFETOWN GUARDIAN _

TIMELY NOTES ON

CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming '

Tbs 13th annual Provincial hive FOX Show Wk the centre oi inter. est for a great many breeders the past week. The some 400 entries were pretty representative oi must sections of the province. There were a number oi new breeders exhibiting-that. is newcomers i0 the ElhlbltlOn-Hiild most of the old standbys were on hand with their wares. Some, like w, H_ 1*- mursh, Charlottctc-zvn, who has n01; exllibltgd ltfgr ﬁr?“ years, came tllrou w yng colors as the prize ist will show.

A feature of the Exhibition was the presence oi a representative oi Dr. J. A. LaFol-est, Quebec, with five foxes of the LilFoi-est strain. There were a. great many who wanted to see the original or rather the home ranch product, and it was not to be wondered at, that the booth which these foxes occupied held the attention oi many visitors. They are certainly a v93’ il-illtliie type, so different from anything we conceived of yearn ago that it would be diffi- cult to describe ihem One known as a platinum light rilult was very, very large with a tremendous brush and at lcsst a ten-inch tip. Tile fur was very thick, could ai- nlost be described as wooly, fully an inch thick, with only a lnedium coverin of guard fur. This in the lig t from the electric lamp above showed a bluish cast, which must make that type oi fur appeal- ing to ladies fcr evening wear.

one of the ndults was a real acrobat and it inok the caretaker and an assistant sometimes ten minutes to capture him with the iongLHe would dodge his head

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We are buying all kind, n; m“, li-‘urs and unless asked to do so we no not keep shipments scparaic as _ c returns we send are always 58l- isiuctory,

Following our long established gustiom we are o n for business gﬁnllkrd" u:ik|§:'t=-RSedlpF_ or bring your skunk pa“! ‘or 0X. Coon and

J- D. JENKINS, "09- The Royal Packing Co. Charlottetown. P. E. l.

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TOPICS

all kinds oi ghgpes. d k t under his bod mmoeuifr,

twist, jum y‘

in the mosrt) rllllllatltlllnc§§ertshesofﬁﬁf

gages henwould snarl and appear e m“ Y mall. but the caretak-

ei‘ said he did not think i, w“

‘mm MP" but Just w show oii.

The m i’ i an Direvwr och-elf?“ sltlln°n°lllil fliatlisldent of the Association, were s o greet him on his visits. He too. was pleased to see ' (itesoendants o! WW Ylles atth h Few take time 5o fitallillg; lttlfetgtllr!’ irlbuiion Mr. Brown made to 5m. gnligilii? by raising such good uni. a .

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Geoise D. Warren of Howlim a‘; torture“ yoee.

f/lllf- {Warren has been a. success. bf dos rancher for years. also a, l ‘iefﬁcyl “($53,195. boP95S€1SSlllg lil- -. w. i - a ye ._ “Be Biiyiiiius he puts ills 110 is s. succes. Years ago he 101.. owed the horses and was an ex- pert shoer oi high-class can, Piilgncrs. One oi the plcasantcsi. 0i 1121s memories is when it harks 21161 to the memorable {mining 11:9 between bee Axworthy, world's cniiemaiuu iuur-vesr-cla trotter and l‘ YWB-Yiis worlds champion trot- ierhdand Hamburg Belle 2.01 1-4, 20- s champion trotting marg oi i?!‘ dﬂy- George made the shoes that she wore in that great mam; lace which was witnessed by one of the largest crowds that ever attended a Grand Circuit meeting. ﬁf.‘§o.l‘§“w21§°‘§..i"’§. “l, a“ "r

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triumphed‘ am urg Bede

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One oi the ioxmen absent from the show was Brent Howatt of East Royalty, who is now manag- ius a. ranch in strathr . Ontario. Mail can be uddressedoln care of Wilson ilourist House. where he and Mrs. Howatt reside. While we will all miss Brent with his genial “W's yet We are sure the company which secured his services will benefit very greatly as he under.

stands fox ranching as well as m;

wyvne we know of and has bred 811d exhibited many high-chug prize} winners.

It was a pleasure to see W. B. MacArthur again exhibiting and while he did not tuk-e in very many foxes yet. ii you look through the list you will find that they made their presence felt in no uncertain way. This season he had 80 pups from 20 females, which you u'lll admit b a mighty fine average.

His exhibit virus next door neighbor to that oi his son-ln-law Roy Tanion oi St Elcanors, Roy kept three males and 11 females and raised 53 pups, which is a still bet-tcr average production. Roy had some lovely foxes on display and we notice buyers from Que- bec bidding on them, also on the Bud Mountain foxes that were in the same section and under Roy's care.

l‘ i MIISKRATS i

def. Must be received by Nov.

. ml“. Iiwiliwn. red fox, etc. If unable to bring your furs l l" ﬁend by mill u!‘ CXDIEHS. We pay all charges. Your par-

. cel will be held one week fo

. fer and if not satisfactory furs will be returned i0 you j Prﬂlmill. A trial shipmPni will convince you our prices arc

right Send ior new price list,

OPEN SATURDAY mom's P. E. I. FUR TRADERS m quarts s1‘.

WIVES oi Nova Scotla farmers and ﬁshermen with their hue- banlls dropped their pcacr-limc pur- suits to become builders of ships for Canada's merchant navy. Onc of

these chips launched at the new

Pictou, N.S., shipyard wnschristened _ "S.S. Victoria Park" by Mrs. Robert Iirnser, n farm woman from ncnrb Sylvester, who, with her husban , had worked on (his ship from the laying oi the kccl. Mrs. Fraser won the honor of sponsoring the ship in a drawing from tickets held by tl_lc Shipyard workers. Slic is a welder in the ahi yard and "boss" of ilic ﬁrst band ol) shipbuilding duties this Fall. She and lucr husband drivc buck nnd forth from their farm dnily. Within n slwri

limo oi the launching, Mn. Fraser

WANTED 1M‘. LDIATELY I000 MUSKRATS to illl or-

WANTED

20. We are also buying daily

r your acceptance of our of-

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amrlslie~,llliler,llllriea~s Ship e Helped]

HBITY won 3 firsts, fou champio _- Shins including Grand: Champign fox in show.

It was with t egre we learned of tngrblrul of A- Stewart. Tyne Valley, last week. The Doctor ministered to the medical wants of hundreds oi’ peo- ple and occupied a. niche in the community which will be difficult to illl. He was always interesteq n iox ranching and up to gm time of his death was Secreta. of the Trout River Fox Company. They specialized _in Alaska foxes and next to Mlillgan and Mom. son were the largest breeder; oi W956 tyliﬂ- We personally saw mB-iiy fine Delis come from the Trout River ranch, evidence of the skill in selection of breeding stock of Dr, Stewart and his fellow d1. rectors To his sorrowlilg role- tivcs and friends the writer oi giihycolumn extends deep gym-

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It seemed strange not to see George Callbeck stepping around uit-h his white coat and very healthy complexion, placing the 311x95 1n their rﬂper positions on bee Prize list, ut George carulot 1 in two places at once and this s his year for carrying out in. spectorlal duties all over Canada. However. the position oi Judge was very wortnily filled by Brenton Clark of Summerside. We took particular notice fo Mr. Clark's placiugs and in our humble opin- ion we believe he did a first-class Job. Due credit must be given to the classifiers, Parvin Cass, Beecher MacDougall and Lloyd Locker-by, who were efficient and conscienti. °i15- Mid t0 FOiit Kennedy who an. litthéi“ﬁ‘.ltitl°witim“k“e “d

"I rna ," id '- the bluey rlllll slglalsnir/hlllh all °.“l- "m9 time BB0 have to a cori- siderable extent disappeared and there is a greater feeling oi optim. ism all over America among the fur dealers. Restrictions, price 06111118! and other depress in- 1111611011.: have been discounte and the decks cleared away for ac. lion. I don't want to give the impression, however, that the" Wm be my bis l-lllturn or run- "Wa Mikel. but I believe the k ear will see s. healthy sale of s ver for: with much bet- icr prices realized than have been since last June."

‘Elli’; claret“ .21.?" stem“; ~~ = so o pu

Wei!‘ Dells in cold storage and .ake them out when the market is iirmar- This. together with the stabilizing inﬂuences exercised by the fur pools QQ-Qpefaﬂve pools will prevent undue glut which is always the cause oi down. ward prices.

As evidence that Han-y m4 rim talking through his hat we hers- with quote an item which the writer read on Thursday after. {i001} at the FOX Show. It is taken v say died in the epidemic of i931. Dave looks fit and well, carrying his years very lightly. I mil sure he enjoyed the show and hllgfreds he met Wiloyed seeing

Hurry Rich. President and . Hirer of the Maritime Fin- ‘$113. Ltd. has been here for the past and was a regular in. tendanit at the Fox Show. Ws lad the pleasure oi an inter-view "mi the following is his idea oi the present situation: "one o thle causes that is holding up the s?” cnof silver fox pelts is the dig-

d?!“ W "like up coatg 15281511 trimmed with silver fox. with that cloth available silver fox now in the market would disappear al. most overnight Canadian manu- iacturere are turning out ninth but it has not the finish of the English cloth and therefore can- not be utilaled in the same way There ls a chance that alter u“; first oi the year more cloth wii] be released both in the United state;

o "Burrow

Anions b’ met at the Fox Show was David

women workers wllo took up

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got back into licr coverall working clothes to start wnrk on a sister ship. The " ictoria Park" was the ﬁrst steel shl built in NovaScqlia since i919 an the ﬁrst built ll'l _l’lctou, all material for the construction 'oi' this and other vessels in the "Park ’ series being trans ricd to ilie yards by Canadian ational Railways. Al: the launching, Premier A. S. McMillan told the guests there that ships "constructed by Nova Scotlzlrrs, out oi material largely processed in Nova Scotia and practically all from Em ire material,‘ would be launched Photo: CowmyCenadian Nslionslkcilnyi. at t e rate of one each month. _ As the newly-launched "Victoria the S.S. "Victoria Park"; (hf!) Mrs. Park" lay in the stream ready for tho Robert Eraser. rlirisiening the vessel; outﬁtters, the ﬁrat plate for the kccl (Imvcr ugh!) the ceremony ended, of her successor was p need. M rs._ Fran-r rcady to return to he: Photographs show (upper right) weldmg job.

- NEWSY

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ﬁ AGIUOIA

THE MOLLUSCA OF PEI.

From the “Bnport on the Geo- logical structure and Min sources o! P.E.l., 1871" — I book- let in the Pubic Library. Char- lottetown. n

“The Mollusca", says Baln. l" soft-bodied animals. Many of them, however, are protected b a hard shell. or testa, whence bless are called Teetacla. More than e hty species oi Mollusca are ioun in our waters and damp woodlands.

The most. cursory examination oi the Iestacia reveals that some of them have two shells 0r Vail/Es. Joined by n. hinge, as in the 0Y8- ters arid Clams; while others, like the Snails and the Limpeta, have only one shell. The animals in- habiting these two distinct kinds oi shells, are closed r ,_ ‘ively as the Lamellibranchiata, and the Gasteropoda. “The Lamelllbran- chiata or Bivalves, are without heads, have their gills in broad lanleilae round the body, and have little, often no owers oi locomo- tion. The Gase . 0i’ Uni- valvcs. have a. distinct head, the ills in a. plume-like tuft, and a arge muscular foot by which the animal moves from one Diem

mother.

o (mentioned above) gives a list of 41 molluscs, their scientific names, and the author- ities for the same; but WldOm 1'6- marks on their localities or abun- dance, etc. such information is often supplied by Baln, and has been included in brackets under the species referred to.

(A) BIVALUEI (1) ‘Ileledo norvcglca . . . In sunken timber. (‘The Teredo has

on its anterior part a pair of slarp valves by means of which it cuts into the solid wood. It lines its excavation with a thin shelly tube. The bottoms oi vessels are per- forated by these animals and tho timber oompletel destroyed. It h u s. protec on a their ravages that vwell‘ are sheathed with copper. Two s lee inhabit our waters-T. navaie and T. norvegica" (Baln). Neither Bain noi- the Report gives the authority foi- the scientific names.

(2) zinfea crispata Linn. Bor- in into red-sandstone reefs. (ﬁlers in no mention oi this hi-

valve iln rm! of the books in m! s . p055? Eh... amcricanus Gould.

‘Pills shell, common in Northum- berland Straits, is regarded by Dr. P. P. Carpenter as certainly - tlnct from S. crisis Linn. takes the earns view when ho ea s: ‘The Razor-Flair (Solen am- er calla) has a. beautiful glossy. horn-colored shell of a much- elongated form and EaPliiB a" both extremities. it burrows in the sand at low-water mark). (4) Mya arenaria Linn, Common and large. Some small Blﬁcimﬂ“ were found living in the burrows oi Pholads — Report. 1371- ("TM Sand Clam, Mya arcnaria, is found in great numbers in the sands of all our rivers and bay!- Ii», is rovlded with two stronB- muscuar syphons. by 0m °1 which water is drawn in and by the 0th- er expelled. It is expelled with

and Canada and if so the demand for pelts will increase.

extra silver male P"?! “W! Roy Anton Wednesday after- noon, and dlckcrcd on several other foxes including H. G, Mut- t8l‘t's chaliiiilﬂn mule nun They are good Judges oi foxes and. may have made other purchases.

the many friends

oase oi ‘Traveller's Rest. W110“ ﬁlm is the former Ed Urch ranch so well known to many 01 iis- F"! men have had a longer or more successful experience in raising foxes than the same Dave. W0 remember meeting him on thO show table at the Charlottetown show in 1930. Each 0! U5 1194i 3J1 excellent specimen and it look the judges some time to decide which should be first, but finally the homi- went to Dave and his fox became a champion and Ours 0 reserve champion. Font Kennedy’ who had been castinil 9' Very <50"? nus eye on Dave's fox, then ar- rived and asked a price. While Dave was hesltating Font. says, "I'll give you $1.400 301' Y°ilr f“- That was an awful temptation and it was hard to say n0. but i419 word was uttered. The fox re- turned to the home ranch and sad

The ubiquitous (a. word, by the way, borrowed from Jim P9111191‘- gast and we think there is noth- ing that can fill the bill better) Walter R.. Shaw was as usual un- equalled in his role of Secretary- Mimager. No details were left un- done and the whole show moved along as sanooiil as oil. Few realize the amount oi enersv friend Walter possesses. Durin the week in addition to carry i! 0n at the Fox Show, he gave tWD half-hour addresses over the radio. from morning until late afternoon saw officials from abroad. con- tacted businessmen and Peililim‘ ed many other dutlcs.

Quebec buyers bought filth prize from Women's Wear Daily. N0~ vembcr 9th . . . "Approximately 8.000 silver fox were 100 Pei‘ will? sold 0n Thursday and Friday by the New York Auction Co., lnc., for the account oi Herbert A. Nieman A; C0,, 'I'hiensvillc, Wis. Full silvers average i0 per cent over last month's level. Top price received for the iulls was $86ﬂ0i for the three-quarters $28. Mos» of the buying was by manuiacmr- crs for immediate production needs."

Hillard G. Muttart. “ lide, has disposed or his champion up of the show to Quebec pur- ies for a sum reminiscent oi the good old days. '.l‘he fox was a real beauty. a worthy champion it ever there was one. He had about l0 per cent blue black neck, very clcar bright silver, was a large fox heavily iurred, excellent sides wi perfect brush and tip. Few if any oi the champions have surpassed this animal in quality and friend Hillard is to be con- gratulated on breeding him and he buyer on havin purchased each a valuable animal

to Burrowing in

great force when the animal is suddenly disturbed and thrown in a jet from tile sand. The clams are used in large quantities for fish bait. M. truncate. has a short- er shell. Thracla conradi . . . somewhat resembles a Sand Clam and is a. beautiful white shell" - Bain). The Sand Clam is the chief dish at the “Clam Bake” and is now cumcd in some dis-

(5) Muir: lolldlssimn Chemnitz. ("The Mactra somewhat resem- bles the Quahaug. but it is a larger shell, longer, ilaticr, smoother, and, in a fresh condition, boars some yellowish epidermis. It ls a shell of the sea coast, burrowing in the sand reefs and leaving its great white valves to be ground up along the rocky cliffs." -Bain) (At this point Bain mentioned that “The Bank Clam, Cyrtodarla Sill- qua, with a dark epidermis, habits the fishing banks oi the Gouilg. and is a favorite food or the

Cummlngia tclllnnldcs Con-

rad. Only one specimen seen -Re-

rt, (No reference to this blvaluc other books consulted).

(7) Saxlcava rugoea Penn. reefs oi red sand- stone and shale. (No reference otherwhere),

(8) Petrlcola pholadliorrnis Linn. Burrowing in reefs oi red sand- stone and shale-Report. (This Petricola is e. pure white shell of oblong form, elegantly wrinkled at its anterior end. It burrows into sandstone reefs and drift frail- merits of limestone rock.-—Bain.)

(9) Macoma fusca Say. (Syn. ‘rellina groenlandica . . . ) (The Telllna ls a delicate, white, little shell, with circular and com- pressed valves. It inhabits the mouths of creeks and runs-Plain) Fusca, however, means tawny, or

brow-n. (m) Minn, guloata, Da Costa.

n

WILL ilEPLACE GASOLINE

Thin may be n mechanized war but the fear of gals and tire short-

A somewhat Vyplcsl variety-Re-

port. (Shells of Astarte are coin- mOn. drifted on the mores-Batu.‘

(l!) Cytherea convex; Bay. (Cynzerea. is very similar to thr- Quahaug (No, 12) but has a Inall- er shelL-Bairi.)

(l2) Venus memorial-i. Linn, Al- - so the variety from V. praclrﬂtra. not rare - iteport. (This is thc Quahaug “which buries its strong. subglobular shell in great numbers

I IIIKL! OOLUMI OI IATUBAL BISQUE-CK ILISETZLD

I CONSERVATION 1

PR-AUHOAL OPINIONS Oi’ TILE VITA]. ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSE-S Z

B! hm. LUDLOW JENKINS

in the muddy bottoms oi our river €Slllilll€S.-—Billn). The shells are oi a deep violet color Just inside the lips of the valves: whence the synonym Mercenarlca vlolacea Scllum. This bivalve is esteemed as

food.

“This list will be continued serial- lY. with a. view to helping an one who may take up Concho ogy. which is "the science of Shells." ilolvever, the hobby of merely col- lecting shells is a very interesting one. and has one great advantage over most forms of collecting; the specimens take very little pro. paration except drying.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL (5)

‘NLLDLll-‘E-S IIOREBLRDS About 40 kinds discussed

Atlantic set-m to

been on the of them

ready occur Some

marsh. but. change takes birds

plate. include m:

The _i species

hi0-

bs distinguished subtle characters. It. is imprac- ticable, thereiore, to deal with any besides the most con- splclous or most common mica

The "Crypt" of a church may one °f the ShOWW-‘ﬂ

be likened t0 the cellar oi’ l. birds’ certainly’ 15 the

house; i, L, m’ underground “hub catcher (Hacmutopus pa. u..." den" part of the building. The "8 is I: u crow. ‘vim. much A Crypt oi St. Paul's covers the area blmk “m1 whit‘? l?‘ l“? Plllmailei . o; me CathedmL and ,5 the h"? and a large zed bill. Thu; bill est in Eummh At the foot of the hard and strong. and ‘ha. bird stairs lending down l0 it is a fine actually (“d5 on , ' - "Ylfl busy o; Sh. John A Macdonald’ and other Sllellfbil Oyster the famous Canadian statesman, “when l" ml- miif1@i‘@‘~i‘- d’) who died 1n m” Th, camedral not range so far north 8s form- clergy from the very first vigoroue- ‘lily. 8nd 8T6 I-lwﬂys in need oi‘ 1y opposed the introduction of Piomiivii- Fertuiwiefi" iii» ‘Tune monuments into the church, and Emmi" Migﬂlofy iii l ilﬁfulc. 1t was not till 1790 that. a monu- S~ C» is so situated "» give

ihcm a. harbor both summer and the law g at all t es.

meat was admitted to the Crypt: 1t is the statue oi John Howard. the prison reformer, who died in

that year. However, one rnonu- . —~ _= ment which survived the Great in’ ado in m; lei-go r (in, Fire, hns always been in tho Crypt: library) he brought w‘ m into it is the statue oi’ John Donne that place his w. sheet who was Dean of St. Paula. lzaal: (shroud). and having . ' Walton ("the Conlpleat Angler“) hi; clothes, had this w

u n him and his ham.

tolls us that Donne, a. week or u dead bodies are

two before his death (l63l)". caused to be made s. wooden urn, and e. board the lust height of his *‘ bOdy. Several charcoal fire be-

Ooritinucd on page ll,

B URNERS ‘hr

oi shorebirzis, one oi which, the wLllei, has al- here, ‘l

resort chiefly to the beach, otllvrs to the considerable

y of ~ very slrriilor appearance that can only by rather

here '~

, a . .7 low, tclis how

ages have decided Anny authorities to eirusrimeiit with hi1?“ “"7" vehicles f-i‘ gcrcrai duty around camps. Herc are Pliiliiies °l m‘? ﬁrst horses pilrclinsod in this war by Munitions and Supply Dcpartuleiit for the Anny. They are now in service at Pctmmtva illlltﬂry Cami) 11ml W" purchased from Gilbert E Arnold, Grenville. QUE» Cm 0i "h? “West dealers in horses in Canada. All are grade draft bled in Ontario and Quebec.

Top picture shows the first group of i0 to so into service. D0596 “ii-h members oi the plirdhasiitg board and the form" WW1‘ 1°"- w “Fm- pn; A g_ gin-i, Simone; Dominion Vctclailaiy lnsrxctor; Sgt-Major '1‘. Rodger. 4th P L D (3.. a foztner cavalry unit; Gilbert Arnold. Arnold- wold Fﬂflnd Grccnville, Que: L. K. Crnbc Wllfi represented inc Donn-t- memt. of Munitions and Supply on the purchasing board; CHM. Giilli-im Maybury, 4m P Ln . 0 . military reprcsnltailve on the nuwiiius use"! and well known Ottawa horseman.

centre-i‘ fine ingm c-f Percheron grades. said to be the bvst in Vi" group wiih Mr. Arnold and others of t-hc purchasing bcard. Btttom, Captain Mayburry looks over a Belgium grade mare.

Eggs: graded shi merits selling A-larrze 50: A-med um 49 3-4; A- pllllvis 4f! l-2: B 49

PRODUCE

MONTREAL. Nov 13— (CP) ——

nuticr first grade creamerv nriwia ioliblnll price 3'1 1-4-37 S-i first grade solids. Jobbing

iu-lcli, 36 3-4-37 1-4; current re-

Canadlan Commodity Exchange Butter spot: Que <92 score) 36B. Eggs spot: Eastern A-largc 48-

49; A-medlum 47-48; A-pullets

45-48; E-B 45-16; E-C Hill-Bil. MONTREAL. Nov. l3—~(CPl_-

Produce prices today as reported

by the Dcminlnn D‘l)ill‘lli’l€l'll. oi

Agriculture iollow:--

whim. Quc N0. 1 pasteurized 35 3-4. Ho. 2 34 3-4; wholesale. Que No 1 storage and fresh 36-448 1-4.

Choose: current receipt. western cclnrcrl lil 7-8-20 FOB Montreal, wcsicril and Que white. 19 5~8 FOR Montreal, wholesale western arl Qw whitc 20 first grade PAS Montreal. _

i“ iarthﬂl )l . is Plilylsll b: own nbo h‘ 10*». and about

blaclc-NYFPQ

n .i(l .< (lilrng long- migrniion season and i ' that 1mm migrat- “Ql-“zllb- recognis-

n... udsp of black alts-any be rm

and y s m iclrntifv tile species. . acteristio flight cail is a clear, ringing pce-00~ce.

Curlews are shore-birds wit’; loriz o" very long hllis that haw)

a decided downward CWYVPXMHL c rmon musical lvhf. la, cur- tllcsc birds their name. Of the three easimn specie-s. one. the Eskimo Curlew (Phiicoqius nor-calls). seems to

“Coatmmd, all Dilh 1i i

ARMY 0AM?

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