ON THE SMALL BIRDS OF FLIGHT. ms 



No. V. 



ON THE SMALL BIRDS OF FLIGHT ; BY THE 

 HON"* DAINES BARRINGTON. , 



±N the suburbs of London (and particularly 

 about Shoreditch) are several weavers and othei" 

 tradesmen, who, during the months of Octohet 

 and March, get their livelihood by an ingeni- 

 ous, and we may say, a scientific method of 

 bird-catching, which is totally unknown in other 

 parts of Great Britain. ' -' 



The reason of this trade being confined to so 

 small a compass, arises from there being no 

 considerable sale for singing birds except in the 

 metropolis : as the apparatus for this purpose 

 is also heavy, and at the same time must be 

 carried on a man's back, it prevents the bird- 

 eatchers going to above three or four miles 

 distance. 



This method of bird-catching must have been 

 long practised, as it is brought to a most syste- 

 matical perfection, and is attended with a very 

 considerable expence. 



The nets are a most ingenious piece of me- 



