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THE SPRINTEL. 



pathways in question, the better to lead the birds into 

 the toils. 



T11K Sl'lUXTEU 



This is, perhaps, the best of all the " Donor," but 

 accuracy is requisite in its construction, and care neqdful 

 in its management. A is a piece of wood six to seven 

 inches in length ; but its shape, provided it be not too 

 clumsy, is not of much moment ; C, a coil of wire of no 

 great thickness, the outer end of which inclines upward, 

 and forms the spring D ; B, a deep notch at the upper 

 part of A, in the angle of which is a small aperture 

 made with a red-hot iron for the introduction of the 

 snare F; E, the "Ciller pinne," its innermost end resting 

 on the lower portion of the notch B, in which position it 

 is retained by a double knot tied in the snare F; and G, 

 berries placed immediately beneath the latter, to lure the 



