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easy to apply, cheap to procure, and It has been 

 found most valuable and reliable wherever tried. 

 It Is very simple to use, for all that Is required 

 are a few round pieces of flat tin, about four 

 inches In diameter, fastened to short pegs which 

 may be fixed in the ground so that the discs stand 

 at about the level of a fox's nose. These circles 

 of tin should be treated with luminous pamt upon 

 one side only, and from one to three will be 

 required for each nest. They are light to carry, 

 and their luminous properties are retained for at 

 least one season. One will be sufficient to guard 

 a nest beside and close to a wall or stack, two 

 (one on each side) will be required for a nest In a 

 fence, and three should be fixed at Intervals round 

 a nest in the open. Each one should be placed 

 with the luminous side from the nest, and then the 

 bird will not be in the least alarmed. By day they 

 will be just plain white circles, but quite sufficient 

 to scare any fox which ventures abroad by day, 

 and at night will glow with a strong phosphor- 

 escent light which Reynard can never muster up 

 sufficient pluck to venture near. Luminous paint 

 is a protection which can be highly recommended 

 as cheap, simple to use, and most successful, 

 and every keeper should utilise it in the nesting 

 season. In fact, the discs described are as 



