CHAPTER XXV 



Birds 



The whole system of trapping had to be revised 

 for the birds. For the ordinary forest species, a 

 bamboo cage constructed on the principle of a fly- 

 trap proved very effective. For ground-feeders, 

 like doves and pigeons, a coop-trap fitted with a 

 figure four was used; while butterfly nets came in 

 handy for hummingbirds and for all kinds of young 

 birds just beginning to fly. 



Wild turkeys were caught in a covered pen with 

 a trench approach in which corn was scattered. 

 They would keep their heads down while following 

 the trail of corn and raise them up so high when 

 they got in the pen that they could not see how to 

 get out. 



The birds that first attracted the attention of our 

 young naturalists were the kinds they had seen at 

 home. Some of these, like the kingfisher and the 

 hawks, remained during the entire year, but most 

 of them came down to spend the winter and went 

 back early in the spring. Among these migratory 

 birds were the following: 



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