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approaching, and will pass twenty times by currants 

 which are hung up as a bait without touching them, 

 though very greedy of this food ; but if it sees another 

 bird bathe, or drink, it takes courage, and soon falls 

 into the trap. The young, before moulting, still 

 foolish and inexperienced, are more careless, and may 

 be taken in great numbers in autumn; and in the 

 spring they are as easy to catch as the nightingale, 

 by means of a net or limed twigs, in a place cleared 

 from moss and turf, and baited with meal worms and 

 ants' eggs. 



Bullfinch. There are few birds so easily attracted 

 by the decoy bird as bullfinches. They may also be 

 taken by any of the usual means. In winter numbers 

 may be caught by a noose, by hanging to it such 

 berries as the bird likes ; in spring and autumn they 

 may be caught in the area or barn-floor trap ; and 

 provided they see berries there, the decoy bird is not 

 wanted ; it is sufficient if one imitates their soft cry 

 of "tzii, tui" in the hut. 



Bunting i Corn. In autumn these birds may be 

 taken in an area with a decoy bird ; in winter, before 

 the barn door, with birdlime or a clapper ; in the 

 spring with a bird-call. 



Bunting, Foolish. These birds come without diffi- 

 culty at the call of the yellowhammer, and enter into 

 every kind of snare so heedlessly, that they have 

 thence been given the name of foolish bunting. 



Bunting, Red. In autumn they enter the area or 

 decoy with the chaffinch ; in spring, when there is 

 snow, they approach the barns and dunghills, and 

 there, as well as in open places in the fields and on 

 the hedges, they are very easily taken with a net or 

 birdlime. 



