150 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



button on top of staff, and also to fasten the arms or pull- 

 line into. 



"The pull-line should be of the same material as top- 

 line, with diverging arms at the end next to the net. 

 It should be about forty yards long, which is the average 

 distance to stand from the middle of the net while oper- 

 ating it. A round piece of wood, about four inches 

 long, is temporarily fastened to it to permit of taking a 

 good grip while pulling. 



"The staffs should be about four feet long and three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter, of some light, strong 

 wood, with brass socket and eye (a. Fig. III.) at bottom, 

 and button and ridge (b, Fig. III. ) also of brass at top. 



"The cheeks (a, Fig. IV.) are wedge-shaped stakes 

 averaging nine inches long, with wire (No. 10) driven in 

 about an inch from the top, which at a projection of an 

 inch is bent upwards for about an inch. They should be 

 made of hickory or other hard wood and the wire should 

 fit in the wood so snugly as to barely permit of being 

 moved with the fingers. 



"The heel-pins (b. Fig. IV.) should also be made of 

 hard wood, about eighteen inches long, and one inch in 

 diameter at thickest part, tapering to a point, with pro- 

 jection at top to prevent cord from slipping off. 



' ' The crooks (c. Fig IV. ) which are used for staking 

 the bottom edge of net to the ground, are cut from the 

 branches of some, hard wood tree, the long end being 

 about six inches in length. 



"The bobber (1, Fig. V.), which is used in connection 

 with fly-stick for raising and flying braced bird, is con- 

 structed as follows : — a is a piece of hard wood two and a 

 half inches long, half an inch thick, and five-eighths of 

 an inch wide; b is apiece of No. 10 wire that when bent 

 so as to form an eye at the top is nine inches long, and 

 passes through a, leaving a space of half an inch between 

 wires, in which the fly stick moves up and down; c is also 

 of No. 10 wire, bent as shown, passing through a hori- 



