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above as " gillrad,'" or set. All the wood of whicli this 

 trap is constructed — and the remark equally applies to 

 other traps — should be unbarked, as otherwise the birds 

 will not approach it, at least not for a long time. 



A A (see figures 1, 2, and 3) are some thirty 

 stout stakes, about nine feet in length, fixed in the 

 ground in a circular form, and constituting, in fact, the 

 Tratf, or funnel, tlie diameter of which at the bottom is 

 some eighteen inches, and at the top forty-two inches. 

 B B, withy bands, knitting the stakes, A A, firmly 

 together, and keeping them at an equal distance apart. 

 C C, a stout jiole in the centre of the Tratt. D D, the 

 so-called "GiUer," or balance-pin, a perfectly smooth and 

 straight stick, of about three feet in length, afiixed cross- 

 wise, by the hank E (see figure 3), to the upper part of 

 C C. P, a Gran-ruska, or top of a young spru.ce pine, 

 secured in a reversed position to C C. And G, a small 

 unthrashed sheaf of grain, tied to the top of C C, to 

 entice the birds into the toils. 



Figure 4 shows the so-called Stand, which, as seen in 

 the drawing, is in immediate contiguity to the Trait itself. 

 This stand consists of two stout poles — H H — fixed upright 

 in the ground at about ten feet apart; and K, a third 

 pole, resting horizontally, in notches, at the upper ends 

 of H H, and nearly on a line with, and at a very short 

 distance from, the balance-pin, D D ; and G G, grain 

 sheafs tied to the tops of the poles, H H. 



AVhen now the Black-Cock espies the oat sheaves, G G, 

 and makes towards them, it in the first instance usually 

 alights on the horizontal pole, K (see figure 4), where for 

 a while it amuses itself by feeding on the grain so tempt- 

 ingly placed over its head ; presently, however, it is 

 attracted to the sheaf on the Tratt itself, and proceeding 

 to the end of the pole, it hops from thence to the balance- 

 pin, D D, which, giving way beneath its weight, it falls 



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