Vol. Ill, No. 6.1 Methods of catching wild fowL etc 



Fig. VI. 



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In Kashmir, herons can be so caught in April, when their food 

 is rather scarce ; but in June fish are plentiful, and the herons will 

 not take tfie bait: the shallow water, too, then gets liot and the 

 bait soon dies. 



As a decoj, a live heron, its eyes seeled and its flight-feathers 

 tied together, can be tethered to a stake diiven into the ground, 

 so that the stake-head is well below the water. The decoy should 

 be picketed at a distance of about eij^ht paces fix)m the nooses. 



Perhaps a dead heron acts equally well as a decoy. A stick 

 is run into it, from the vent up through the neck. The stick ia 



round 



The 



demeafh 



keep close to the body. Tlie resemblance to a live bird, though 

 not very close, is said to be sufficient to deceive the herons. 



