. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . one the wind blows directly in or out of the pipe, the fowl sel- 296 BRITISH BIRDS. the water, In various semicircular direflions through the dom work well, especially when it blows in. If many pipes aremade in a lake, they should be so constructed as to suit differentwinds. Duck and Mallard are taken from August to June. Teal orWigeon, from October to March. Becks, Smce, Golden Eyes,Arps, Cricks, and Pintails or Sea Pheasants, in March and April. Poker Ducks are seldom taken, on account of their diving andgetting back in
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . one the wind blows directly in or out of the pipe, the fowl sel- 296 BRITISH BIRDS. the water, In various semicircular direflions through the dom work well, especially when it blows in. If many pipes aremade in a lake, they should be so constructed as to suit differentwinds. Duck and Mallard are taken from August to June. Teal orWigeon, from October to March. Becks, Smce, Golden Eyes,Arps, Cricks, and Pintails or Sea Pheasants, in March and April. Poker Ducks are seldom taken, on account of their diving andgetting back in the pipe. REFERENCES TO THE CUT. No. 1. Dogs hole, where he goes to unbank the fowJ. 2. Reed fences on each side of the mouth of the pipe. 3. Where the decoy-man shews himself to the fowl first, and af- terwards at the end of every shooting. 4. Small reed fence to prevent the fowl seeing the dog when he goes to unbank them. 5. The shootings. 6. Dogs holes between the shootings, used when working. 7. Tunnel net at the end of the pipe. 8. Mouth of the BRITISH BIRDS. 297 swampy ground, into particular large pools, which aresheltered by surrounding trees or bushes, and situatedcommonly in the midst of the solitary marsh. At thenarrow points of these ditches, farthest from the pool, bywhich they are filled with water, the fowlers place theirfu7inel nets : from these the ditch is covered by a con-tinued arch of netting, supported by hoops, to the de-sired distance ; and all along both sides, skreens formedof reeds are set up so as to prevent the possibility of thebirds seeing the decoy-man ; and as these birds feed du-ring the night, all is ready prepared for this sport in theevening. The fowler, then, placed on the leeward side,sometimes with the help of his well-trained dog, but al-ways by that of his better trained tame Decoy-Ducks,begins the business of destruction. The latter, directedby his well-known whistle, or excited forward by thefloating hempseed, which he strews
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