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Pictures of Bird Life 



bird ill it. There is no doubt that tliere would be more 

 of tliese two speeies if it were not for tliat most iniquitous 

 of traps — the pole-trap. 



On a keeper's gallows near here are nailed up three 

 Barn-owls, one Tawny Owl, and two Kestrels, all of 



Nest- of Wood-pigeon- {Cohiiulxi paliiiiibiis). 



them victims of a pole-trap erected outside ])etween two 

 large woods. Xow, all of these birds are absolutely harm- 

 less to game, and of the greatest possible use to the 

 farmer. 



The late Mr. Cordeaux describes the barbarity of the 

 pole-trap with such vivid eloquence that I should like to 



