APPENDIX 389 



This trap is apparently quite successful in the wilds, 

 but I very much doubt if our civilized birds with plenty 

 of food about would let themselves be caught in a con- 

 trivance of this description, except, perhaps, in winter, with 

 snow thick on the ground. 



This device is given in detail to show the ingenuity 

 and cleverness of the native, who constructs the entire trap 

 with a few sticks and a string made out of the fibre plant. 

 It also shows that he is a keen observer, and knows how 

 to take advantage of the foolishness of a bird, which prefers 

 to enter through a complicated doorway rather than fly in 

 at the open top. 



