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shaped entrance which is 1 foot wide at the mouth and tapers to 3 inches 

 at the small end. By baiting this with grain, the l)irds walk into the trap 

 readily. This device should be anchored with weights or guy ropes if 

 there is any chance of vermin getting in, as the captive will escape other- 

 wise by crawling underneath the edge, as the trap is very light in 

 weight. 



On the Sherburne Farm, some birds are caught by closing the rear- 

 ing coop the previous evening, after the birds have entered, but as the 

 larger birds do not go into the coops at night, further measiu"es are neces- 

 sary. These are supplied by the use of the covered wire run which is 

 employed earlier in the season to confine the setting hens when taken off 

 the nest for feeding. The run is placed in front of a reai-ing coop and 

 just far enough from it to permit the pheasants to enter. A grain bait is 

 then put down. When the run is filled, it may be quickly pulled over 

 till it comes in contact with the front of the coop, by a person approacliing 

 from the rear of the coop. The birds are then imprisoned and, as the top 

 of the run is removable, they can be taken out. A word of explanation 

 here w^ill prevent the escape of a good many captured bii'ds. In taking the 

 pheasants out of the run, shove the movable cover to one side a distance 

 sufficient to admit your right arm and no farther. This gives free play 

 to the arm within the run and the aperture created is not large enough 

 to permit of the escape of any birds. A round net 18 inches across with a 

 5-foot handle is employed in catching adult birds when confined in pens. 

 This is similar to but larger than the landing net employed in fishing. 



In removing the young birds that have been trapped in the rearing 

 field from that enclosure to the winter pens, Mr. Dunn employs the carry- 

 ing box pictured in Figure 9. It is 5]/2 feet long, 2 feet 4 inches ^vide and 

 14 inches high. A sliding door, horizontal, on top affords ingress for the 

 birds and they are released 

 through two other sliding 

 doors, vertical, at either end. 

 One of these slides up and 

 down and constitutes the 

 entire end of the box, while 

 the other moves from right 

 to left and constitutes but 

 half the end. Ventilation 

 holes are bored in the sides 

 and handles are provided 

 for carrying. Leaves or 



fine hay are placed on the „ ,, d i i xt t t- i- 



•^ ^ riGCRE 9. — Mox (•iii])loy('<l on iNow Jt-rsi-y i'arm for 



bottom. carrying birds from reuring field to winter pens. 



