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tops with gins, is equally efficacious for hawks. When 

 trapping for the harriers, there is no better bait than a 

 leveret or a rabbit ; but it is necessary to make some 

 observation of their haunts before commencing to trap. 

 Having determined upon these to one's satisfaction, half-a- 

 dozen or a less number of poles must be raised at intervals, 

 height about four or five feet, and the top flattened and 

 dirtied by rubbing green moss thereon. In a day or two, 



FIG. 40.-SANKEY'S PATENT HAWK TRAP. 



provide each with a circular gin, thinly concealed by a circle 

 of moss and in a conspicuous position; arrange the bait in 

 the most tempting manner possible, and, if things have 

 been managed with anything like an eye to business, a 

 fair percentage of the hawks frequenting the locality will 

 be caught. From the two or three examples mentioned, 

 the amateur should soon be able to discover and take 

 advantage of all possible opportunities when the capture 

 of any molesting hawks may be effected. 



