THE OKRE-TRATT. 09 



above as " gUlrad," or set. All the wood of which 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 

 Tratt, or funnel, the 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 pole in the centre of the Tratt. D D, the 

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

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

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

 C C. F, a Gran-ruska, or top of a young spruce 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 Tratt 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 II II, 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. 



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

 and makes towards them, it in the first instance visually 

 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, 1) D, which, giving way beneath its weight, it lulls 



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