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FIG. 1 06. GROUND CLAP NET. 



References : y, nets, two- thread, mesh J in., aj yds. wide, 12 yds. long ; z, staves, red dea 

 ferruled and jointed in middle, 5 ft. 6 in. long when joined ; a, top line (clock cord) ; b, 

 bottom line, three-thread or whipcord ; c, chief pegs, ash and notched ; d, bottom line exten- 

 sion pegs, notched, to which both bottom and top lines secured ; e, loop by which bottom of stave 

 secured to chief peg and acting as a hinge ; /, forked line ; g, forked line tied to end of staves 

 in a notch ; h, knot on pull line exactly in centre of forked line ; *, position of bird-catc her, 30 

 yds. or more away from end of net ; /, playbird, either decoy or live bird ; k, playbird string ; 

 /., scattered seeds ; m, space on which wild birds alight ; n, cage birds of poorest notes ; o, call 

 birds of best and loudest note. Scale, ^ in. equals i ft. 



quantities of weed seeds of the most obnoxious kinds, and though 

 mostly in waste places and by hedgerows and in stubbles, their work 



