S.YARIiYG PTARMIGAN'S. 



between the forks, and the traps are set very near together, just in the way 

 where the ptarmigans come running along, for they very seldom fly. They 

 run into the snares by as many as forty or hfty at a time. 



THE rXARMIGAN IN WINTER PLUMAGE. 



Sometimes the hair noose is found round the neck of the bird when it 

 comes to the London market. 



One peasant will set as many as a thousand of these snares. 



