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As to results, Herr Schenk has not yet gone far enough 

 to get many recoveries, but in the second year he caught 

 three birds which he had snared and ringed in the same 

 place the year before, and in the third year he caught 

 eight ringed birds. 



Although he has ringed many young, he has not yet 

 caught one of them as a breeding-bird in a subsequent 

 year, but it is only since 1912 that he has been ringing 



SHOWING METHOD OF SETTING SNARE. 

 A. — Side-view. B. — From above. 



in this locality, and it is probable that most waders 

 do not breed in their first year. 



The snare itself consists of two pieces of stick, one 

 end of each being sharpened to enable its being pushed 

 into the ground. The length of the sticks may vary 

 according to the nature of the ground and the site and 

 height of the nest. They are connected together by 

 a piece of string about fifteen inches long, tied firmly 

 to the top of each stick. In the centre of the string 

 four horse-hair nooses are fastened by means of sUp 

 knots. A noose consists of a strand of ten or twelve 

 horse-hairs about fifteen inches long and fastened 

 together by a knot at each end. 



