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PI1EA,SAXTS FOJl rOVEKT>i AXD AVIMUES. 



the tup of stick the wliole is hekl up Ijv ]J, the bender 

 being about -Vm. from the gi-ound. When the bird steps 

 on the bender the traj) faUs and secures it. If the 

 size described is iisedj the binls will hardly ever daniao-e 

 themselves. Wliere pheasants are to be caiiy'ht, the catclier 

 may be ]daced on the ground some time befi.ire nsing, propped 

 up with one stick only, and some white peas strewn under- 



neath, and nowhere else. AVith tins trap it is no trouble to 

 catch nearly evei'v Ihrd in the covert, howevei' mild tlie season. 

 The best baskets f(jr 1 he tran^pm't rif pheasants for short 

 distances ai-e those made nf cluse brown wicker; in shape 

 they should resemble a basin turned u]isid(.' down, the |)ai't 

 corresponding to the font of the Ijasin being u]i]iei'most, ami 

 forming the cidy opening intc) the basket. IJel'ore being 

 used this opening slujidd 1:ie covei'Cil with cau\-as, wliich is to 

 lie closely stitched down halfway round, ]n'eviously to the 

 Ijirds being ]ilaced inside, and firmly secured afterwards. In 

 these baskets they are free fi'om ofiservation and molestation 

 when travidling by I'ail or carrier, and from the liaskets beino' 

 close and cnxailar they are innch less liable to injure their 

 ]5lumage than wdien sent in more open and .angular packages 

 In forwarding li\e birds eai'e should alwavs be taken to attach 

 a stout and somewhat loo,e cia'd aci'oss the top of the baski-t, 

 in order to serve as a convenient handle by ^vhicdi it can lie 

 lilted with one hand, otfierwise, in the hurry cif transit, the 

 railway jiorters, wlaj cannot be expected to use both hands m 



