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illustrated in the Bazaar of March 30, and, as other 

 persons beside myself may like to experiment with 

 his new run, I think we cannot do better than publish 

 his letter and rough sketch. 



" In your paper on catching young pheasants you 

 are in the same trouble as I have too often been, for 

 when my birds (nearly all foreign varieties) ought to 

 come in and roost they want a latchkey, and to stay 

 out of a night ; and if they are not tempted, the 

 cats, &c., may be, so their views and mine differ, 

 hence my trouble. If you refer to the Bazaar of 

 March 30, you will see my coops in the sketch, and I 

 merely withdraw them so as to allow the birds to pass 

 between the run and the coop, and by pushing the 

 run close to the coop of a night they are safe ; or 

 when my trouble begins I push the coop forward from 

 behind with a pole, if all are in. All this is a trouble, 

 and so, after reading your paper, the following idea 

 has struck me. Let a run be made, say 4ft. to 6ft. 

 long, and say i8in. high ; leave a space for the birds 

 to run into the coop, and feed in this run. Now 

 when catching day comes, shut the coop by pushing 

 the run up close. And now comes the dodge. You 

 will on the two sides and end have made an entrance 

 like the one to a decoy, thus : 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW. 



