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.
食肉として捕獲され大量に売られたのです 捕獲は容易でした 群れが地上に降り立つと あまりに密集していたので 多数の捕獲者がやって来ては 大量殺戮を繰り返したのです