. British birds . onesbreed, and if we could snare the nesting-birds at anumber of colonies on a large scale we should nodoubt catch some of our ringed birds and thus obtainsome very useful facts. Herr Schenk has used this method successfully inLapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Reeve andBlack Tern, during the last three seasons. Most of thebirds so caught do not desert their nests—the sameRedshank, for instance, has been repeatedly caught onthe same nest; some, however, desert the nest butbreed again in the same season, so that this would dono harm in common species. VOL. vm.] RINGING BI
. British birds . onesbreed, and if we could snare the nesting-birds at anumber of colonies on a large scale we should nodoubt catch some of our ringed birds and thus obtainsome very useful facts. Herr Schenk has used this method successfully inLapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Reeve andBlack Tern, during the last three seasons. Most of thebirds so caught do not desert their nests—the sameRedshank, for instance, has been repeatedly caught onthe same nest; some, however, desert the nest butbreed again in the same season, so that this would dono harm in common species. VOL. vm.] RINGING BIRDS IN HUNGARY. 65 As to results, Herr Schenk has not yet gone far enoughto get many recoveries, but in the second year he caughtthree birds which he had snared and ringed in the sameplace the year before, and in the third year he caughteight ringed birds. Although he has ringed many young, he has not yetcaught one of them as a breeding-bird in a subsequentyear, but it is only since 1912 that he has been ringing. SHOWING METHOD OF SETTING —Side-view. B.—From above. in this locality, and it is probable that most wadersdo not breed in their first year. The snare itself consists of two pieces of stick, oneend of each being sharpened to enable its being pushedinto the ground. The length of the sticks may varyaccording to the nature of the ground and the site andheight of the nest. They are connected together bya piece of string about fifteen inches long, tied firmlyto the top of each stick. In the centre of the stringfour horse-hair nooses are fastened by means of sUpknots. A noose consists of a strand of ten or twelvehorse-hairs about fifteen inches long and fastenedtogether by a knot at each end. 66 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. viii. The sticks must be pushed firmly into the ground oneon each side of the nest, so that the middle of the stringis over the centre of the nest. When so fixed the stringmust be taut. The snares are then arranged in largeloops reaching from the str
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