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This is done by cutting a pole eight or ten feet in length, and 

 balancing it on the sill of their hut, the end outside of the en- 



Fig. 141. Male standing at nest after having fed his young. Notice the char- 

 acteristic instinctive pose of one of the fledglings. 



trance being baited with a piece of flesh of any kind. Immedi- 

 ately on seeing the tempting morsel, the Jays alight on it, and 

 while they are busily engaged in devouring it, the woodcutter 

 gives a smart blow to the end of the pole within the hut, which 



