214 THE KKAMS-FOGLAR. 



as also tlie Wnx-wing, the Bullfinch, the Pine-Bullfinch, 

 and in short almost eveiy small bird that is eatable. Of 

 tliese, as indeed of all other of the feathered tribe pertain- 

 ing to the Northern Fauna, some account is given in my 

 last work, " Scandinavian Adventures," and a further 

 description of them here is, therefore, needless. 



The " Krams-foglar " sell in the market at a fair price, 

 more especially late in the autumn and in early winter, 

 when game is usvially both scarce and dear ; and many 

 people, as a consequence, devote much of their time to 

 obtaining them, which is chiefly effected by means of 

 Donor, or Snares. The Dojia-fangst, as this method 

 of capture is called, is, in parts of the Peninsula, more 

 particularly in the south, carried on to a considerable 

 extent, and this not only by individuals for a liveli- 

 hood, but " by old sportsmen on their last legs, who 

 pursue it as a pastime." 



All, or nearly so, of the " Krams-foglar," are birds of 

 passage. Before speaking of the different kinds of traj)s 

 and snares used for their capture, it may, therefore, be 

 desirable to sav a few words regarding their migratory 

 habits, as by these the arrangements of the fowler must 

 necessarily be in degree guided ; and I cannot do better, 

 therefore, than quote the words of Ekstrom, who gives us 

 information under this head, tliat is both curious and 

 highly interesting. 



" All birds that on the approach of winter leave Scan- 

 dinavia for more southern climes," he says, " strac/ca, or 

 migrate, from the north and east to the south and west,* 

 and in preference when the wind is from the west and 

 south-west, seldom or never when it blows from the north 

 and north-east. The several species of 'Krams-foglar,' 



* This does not liold good as regards the Solitary Snipe, as will pre- 

 .sently 1)e seen, and it may be some other birds. 



