. The birds of Lancashire. Birds. 222 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. Vigors), have been procured at various times {Proc. Livcrpod Lit. and Phil. Soc, 1863-64, C. Collingwood), {Mag. Nat. Hist., 1838, J. Skaife), (Zool., 1879, C. S. Gregson).. SNIFE-PANTLE. 'â â¢- Snipe in winter are often caught on the sonth side of the Eibble in the snares locally called "panties," probably from the Anglo- Norman " panter â a net or snare" (Halliwell, "Archaic Die," 1850). They are formed of twisted horsehair, the main line or " rudge " being twelve yards in length, and twenty ha
. The birds of Lancashire. Birds. 222 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. Vigors), have been procured at various times {Proc. Livcrpod Lit. and Phil. Soc, 1863-64, C. Collingwood), {Mag. Nat. Hist., 1838, J. Skaife), (Zool., 1879, C. S. Gregson).. SNIFE-PANTLE. 'â â¢- Snipe in winter are often caught on the sonth side of the Eibble in the snares locally called "panties," probably from the Anglo- Norman " panter â a net or snare" (Halliwell, "Archaic Die," 1850). They are formed of twisted horsehair, the main line or " rudge " being twelve yards in length, and twenty hairs in thick- ness, and into this the nooses, of two hairs only, and known as *' guelders," are woven in pairs, about three inches apart. The *' rudge " is stretched three inches from the ground, and is fastened to four pegs called " nebs," fourteen inches long, one at each end, and the other two dividing it into three equal lengths or " ; Putting " guelders " in order for the first time is called " eyeing," and setting them after thej'have been used is " ; Snipe and Teal are mostly caught during the night, and in preparing the ground the fowlers shuffle along sideways, with the feet close together, trampling a strip of grass about a foot in width, so that in the darkness it has some resemblance to a narrow plash of water. Sky-Larks, too, are largely taken in panties, the rudge. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mitchell, F. S. (Frederick Shaw); Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907; Howard, R. J. London, Gurney & Jackson
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