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covered with netting, before the coop, and they will 

 enter this as you raise the front board. Then shut 

 down the board again, to keep the birds from returning 

 to the coop. Select what cocks and hens you require 

 by means of an opening for the hand in the net roof 

 of the run . 



You can extract the birds one by one from the 

 coop through a small sliding shutter at its top ; but 

 I prefer the first method, as it enables you to more 

 accurately judge the most suitable ones to retain. 



If the young pheasants are not to be outwitted by 

 such ordinary measures, construct a cage of sticks and 

 string netting as in fig. 10, and allow them to catch 

 themselves. Sprinkle food both outside and inside 

 the cage, and the birds will soon find their way in 

 (vide arrow), but not the way out again. They can 

 be extracted with a landing net through the entrance 

 to the cage. 



HOW TO CATCH UP FULL-GROWN WILD PHEASANTS 

 FOR STOCKING AN AVIARY 



To catch up the wild pheasunts in January requires 

 care, as, when full grown, they are very strong, and 

 if trapped in any form of cage constructed of a non- 

 yielding material, and in which they can fly, they will 

 dash about with great violence, to their certain injury, 

 when you are about to remove them. 



To take full-grown wild birds without any chance 



