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In fact, putting the bird to death is the worst of 

 trapping; and with me, unless I do it at once, 

 during the first excitement of finding the bird 

 entrapped, the deed is likely never to be done at 



all. Sparrows, snow-buntings, and in fact nearly 

 all birds of this class may be caught in box-traps 

 in winter. For these small birds, scatter chaff 

 over the snow so thickly as to conceal it, then use 



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a spindle upon which canary-seed has been glued, 

 for bait, scattering some of the seed outside. 

 Other traps, however, may be used more success- 

 fully for fringilline birds. For example, the clap- 

 net trap, where two wings, covered with a net, 

 close over the birds, which are attracted by seeds 

 strewn in chaff, scattered in the snow. This trap, 

 which is similar to those used by wild-pigeon 

 catchers, is sprung by means of a long cord, the 

 end of which is in the hands of a person who is 



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