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THE BUR MED DRAG-NAT. 



bows, G G, in the manner of shears. When, therefore, 

 the hawk touches the " giller-kors," Z, this immediately 

 falls from off the block, B ; when the weight, K, descends, 

 and the netted bows at once overlap the opening of the 

 trap, as seen in fig. 2. 



THK liUK MED DRACi-XAT. 



A fourth kind of hawk-trap is called the Bur med 

 clrag-iuit. It is somewhat higher and more oblong in 

 form than either of the two last described, but in other 

 respects nearly similarly constructed ; that is to say, it is 

 in two compartments, and the framework is covered over 

 with either coarse netting or wire-work. Instead of a 

 lid or of bows, however, it is provided with a net 

 traversing on metal rods, of which one is affixed to each 

 side of the trap. It is " gillrad," or set, in somewhat the 

 same manner as the "Hok-Bur" and the "Bur med 

 slaende nat-biigar " (see pages 200 and 263). The lines 

 suspending the weight, after passing through the upper 

 bars of the trap, are fastened to the metal rod attached 

 to the front of the net ; and when, therefore, the hawk 

 disturbs the " giller pinne," the net, previously folded, is 

 forthwith draAvn over the opening, and the bird is made 

 prisoner. But this trap is not equal to the " Bur med 

 slaende nat-bagar," owing to the capacity of its upper 



