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dry, the sparrows 

 will keep their 

 health for several 

 weeks provided 

 their cage is kept 

 clean and they are 

 given regular feed- 

 ing and fresh water 

 daily, but if the 

 weather should be 

 stormy or cold 

 _ they should be 

 ^, released every 

 ^^-^ other day. 



*'I have not 



The Trap Closed, the hawk having knocked found the trap 



down the pcrchinp piece. i i i 



much good dur- 

 ing the early summer months, as there are plenty of all 

 kinds of small birds about which are easily caught. 



"After working the trap for two years, I find it will 

 capture every, or nearly every, hawk that comes within 

 sight of the sparrows, which should never be more than 

 four at a time. 



"After carting young pheasants from the rearing fields 

 to the woods, it is a good plan to fix a trap in an open 

 space, some little distance from the coops. If hawks are 

 about they must be caught. 



"Altogether this year we have captured eighty-one 

 hawks of all sorts here, nine in April, the remainder in 

 August and September." 



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