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The simplest plan is to keep a few hens and coops 

 in a bare place, with little or no hiding near, such as 

 bushes or undergrowth, to feed generously for a few 

 days just outside the coops, and then, the first windy 

 wet night, to steal up after dark and gently close the 



FIG. 10. SELK- ACTING TRAP OP CORD NETTING FOR TAKING YOUNG 

 HAND-REARED OR PULL-GROWN PHEASANTS ALIVE. 



Length, 10 ft. ; breadth, 5 ft. ; height, 3 ft. ; width of entrance, 8 in. 



fronts of the coops from behind, and you will probably 

 have sufficient birds for the pens. 



A windy night conceals footsteps, and, combined 

 with a wet one, will drive the birds to the coops for 

 warmth and shelter ; and, having been fed near them 

 by day, they will remember them at night. 



To take out the captured young birds, place a run, 



