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THE BUR ME1> DRAO-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, 

 :ind the netted bows at once overlap the opening of tin- 

 trap, as seen in fig. 2. 



i in nru MKI> DHAC-NAT. 



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

 drag-nat. 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 t\vo 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 mrd 

 slaende niit-bagar " (see pages 2(50 and 2G3). The lines 

 suspending the \\ei-ht. alter 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 pitme," the net, previously folded, is 

 forthwith drawn over the opening, and the bird is made 

 prisoner. But this trap is not e<|iial to the " Bur mcd 

 n;it-ba'_Mr," owin- to the capacity of its upper 



