. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. vi- TRAPPING BIRDS. The trappng of -"g »!;»-« ^^^^'^'^^^ the crane, the raven, the crow black bipav the common blackre bird nor the king-- fisher. These may be trapped in many ways. One of the best is by the use _ol the trap-cage here- with illustrated. A bird of the same spe- cies that it is desired to capture is placed in the lower part ol the cage. The trap is then set, and some attractive food scat- tered about. Bird Lime is the easiest and surest of trapping^ ^^^clnTs^l'xt^a bv ready prepared, for ^5 cen s per can ^o ^«&q
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. vi- TRAPPING BIRDS. The trappng of -"g »!;»-« ^^^^'^'^^^ the crane, the raven, the crow black bipav the common blackre bird nor the king-- fisher. These may be trapped in many ways. One of the best is by the use _ol the trap-cage here- with illustrated. A bird of the same spe- cies that it is desired to capture is placed in the lower part ol the cage. The trap is then set, and some attractive food scat- tered about. Bird Lime is the easiest and surest of trapping^ ^^^clnTs^l'xt^a bv ready prepared, for ^5 cen s per can ^o ^«"\ j^ A mail. The manner of using it 'IJY ^iHo^ or bundle of long elastic ^^'.tches are cut^rom a w^^^ .^^^ birch tree, smeared over withjhe Bird Lime ^^ the ground, a few mches ^part. m the lorm ^ ^^ned to side of this a live bird is P^^^^f ; ^f or ^Sed bird can its body by means of a ''"j',^^^Xpr bran?Ls of rear growing be used. The bushes ^pd lower branches oi s ^^ ^^^^^ trees, upon which the birds are ^^^^^V ^o ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ be coated with the Bird I/"^^:. / t'^PAsl^oon as the feet, scattered about the I'n^ed switches As ^oon^ .^^ wings, or feathers of a bird touch tn ^^^^^^ ^ held a prisoner, and should be taken o ^^j^stance. A plumage becomes coated with the .^ bj^s to the limed stuff d owl will attract hosts ot small mras twigs We can turnish stuffed specimens ui. 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 Philadelphia bird food company. [from old catalog]. The Philadelphia bird food companu
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