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  • in the fields at Boundary Bay on Nov. [November] 18th. Dec [December] 3 + 4. Mr [space left blank] Chambers saw from 50 to 60 W [Wilson's] Snipe on foreshore at Lulu Island. Shot 8 birds He has only seen a few birds at Sumas since the cold snap about the middle of November. Nov. [November] 7th Boundary Bay. Mason AS Bain TJ + HL Battau observed approx [approximately] 200 Wilson Snipe in fields near River road dyke. Were flying in wisps of 50 to 60. Five birds were shot. I visited the same place two weeks later in company with Mr Bain but saw no snipe. weather - very rough with heavy rain + wind. Dec [December] Sumas Prairie. Only one snipe seen + killed. It proved to be a [female symbol] juvenile still moulting + its stomach contained. - [space left blank] Dec. [December] 28. Seven Snipe were seen at the south end of Sea Island by KR + AS Bain. Were feeding in the swamp grass above high tide + could hear them calling long before daylight Lulu Isd. [Island] B.C. [British Columbia] [all underlined] April 16/27.[1927] A single bird flushed from ditch Road 7
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