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Photo by Wm. I. Lyon 



Black and White Warbler 



would eventually bring 

 them into the point of the 

 funnel, taking them into 

 the upper part of the trap. 

 When they reached the top 

 of the trap, there was an 

 opening into the receiving 

 box which appeared to 

 have free access to the 

 outside world; and when 

 the bird attempted to fly 

 through this it would come 

 up against a piece of glass 

 and while fluttering against 

 the glass, would slide down 

 the shute into the receiv- 

 ing box below. The receiving box is detachable so it may be taken 

 down to conveniently handle the birds in banding. By close observa- 

 tion in the second picture you will notice the glass and the shute. The 

 glass is 8xio inches. The outside measurements of the trap are 11 

 inches long by 15 inches high and 10 inches wide. This leaves one inch 

 of wood each side of an eight-inch glass and the upper deck has an 

 opening of five inches, so that the ten-inch glass is five inches above 

 and five inches below the floor in the upper part of the receiving box. 

 We hope vou will be able to follow this description and make a Wood- 

 pecker trap so that you may do some banding about your own place. 



An interesting little stranger that comes to us each fall is the Tufted 

 Titmouse. Last year was our first experience and we had just two of 

 them in our traps. This fall again we have had two so far and they have 

 been very interesting birds; 

 one has repeated three or 

 four times and we find 

 that he is much more of a 

 scrapper than the Chicka- 

 dee ever thought of being. 

 He bites and kicks and 

 scratches all the time that 

 he is in your hand, but by 

 petting him considerably, 

 we finally got him to sit 

 still long enough to have 

 his picture taken. The 

 main part of getting him to 

 sit still was to keep him Photo by Wm . L Lyon 

 from picking at your finger; Tufted Titmouse 



