. The Avicultural magazine. Aviculture; Birds; Cage birds. 292 Notes for the Month. quarry till it is tired (or you are, whichever happens first) and making frantic dives and flourishes at the bird as it passes or settles. Another simple method is the old-fashioned sieve and string, but there are, at least, two objections to it: one is the sieve some- times falls on the bird and kills it, and the other is that it is a case of first catch your bird and then get ;' A very simple and inex- pensive contrivance consists of a hollow cube covered with wire work, one side of which is a swingin
. The Avicultural magazine. Aviculture; Birds; Cage birds. 292 Notes for the Month. quarry till it is tired (or you are, whichever happens first) and making frantic dives and flourishes at the bird as it passes or settles. Another simple method is the old-fashioned sieve and string, but there are, at least, two objections to it: one is the sieve some- times falls on the bird and kills it, and the other is that it is a case of first catch your bird and then get ;' A very simple and inex- pensive contrivance consists of a hollow cube covered with wire work, one side of which is a swinging door. An illustration of this trap is given:— \^e/§hr V. The main entrance is hinged at the top as shewn. When it is wished to use it, one puts the food on the floor of the cage, opens the swing door, which by means of the post keeps it so. To the post is tied a piece of long string which the catcher holds in hiding. Food is withheld, except in the trap. The bird goes in. The string pulled, the door closes with a snap and you have tlie bird, which is removed through a small door at one end. Mine cost 2/9 without the wire netting, and by means of it hundreds of birds have been cauglit without a mishap. It must be fairly large so as not to suggest a trap, and it is a good plan to use it as a feeding place for some days before one wishes to catch a given bird. It is well to place the food as far away from the swinging door as possible. Captain Reeves has also invented a combined hopper and bird trap, which is very ingenious, but as under the writer's use a hen violet-eared waxbill was killed, its use as a trap has been dis- continued. It is also very cumbersome and somewhat costly. Enough then has been said in catching birds, and the necessity for. 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 Avicultura
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