These birds were hunted for meat that was sold by the ton, and it was easy to do because when those big flocks came down to the ground, they were so dense that hundreds of hunters and netters could show up and slaughter them by the tens of thousands.
Ces oiseaux ont été chassés pour leur viande, revendue à la tonne, et c'était facile, parce que quand ces grandes nuées venaient se poser au sol, elles étaient si denses que des centaines de chasseurs pouvaient arriver et les massacrer par dizaines de milliers.