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season alone in the county of Sussex ; and again 

 of eighty-four dozen being caught by one shepherd 

 during a single day. The method of catching them 

 is by placing a noose made of horsehair under a 

 raised piece of turf, so that the unsuspecting bird, 

 while searching for food underneath the grass, soon 

 becomes entangled. Each shepherd was said to 



WHEATEAR. 



manage about six hundred traps ; and by this 

 means a man added each year several pounds to 

 his small income. 



The Wheatear is one of the most wary of our 

 small birds, and seems always to be on the look- 

 out for danger, especially when there is a nest to 

 be looked after. It has been said that this can 



