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twigs, by placing near them a lure or two made of live 

 bats. In order to render your lure more conspicuous, 

 place it on something elevated, that it may be visible to 

 the birds thereabout ; it will no sooner be perceived, than 

 every bird will be attracted to the spot, and having no 

 other convenient lighting-place but where the lime-twigs 

 are, you may take a great number of them. But the 

 owl is a far better lure than the bat, being larger, and 

 therefore the more easily to be perceived ; besides, he is 

 never seen without being followed and persecuted by all 

 the birds that are near. 



If you have not a living bat or owl, a stuffed one will 

 answer the same purpose : there are some who have 

 used an owl cut in wood, and naturally painted, with 

 good success. 



ANOTHER METHOD OF TAKING SMALL BIRDS 

 WITH BIRDLIME. 



IN cold weather, that is, in frost or snow, all sorts of 

 small birds gather together in flocks, as larks, chaffinches, 

 yellowhammers, buntings, sparrows, &c. 



All these, except the lark, perch on trees or bushes, 

 as well as feed on the ground. 



If they resort about your house, or adjacent fields, 

 then use birdlime, that is well prepared and not too old, 

 in the following manner : 



Put the birdlime into an earthen dish, adding to it 



