Instructions for Banding Birds. 5 
saved for the floor of the second chamber. The netting is then bent 
twice to form the top (18 inches by 86 inches) and the second side. 
To this side the other rectangular wire frame is laced in the same 
way as the first. 
A simple way of making the bends in the netting straight is to 
place the netting on the floor, lay a board across it with one edge 
along the line where the bend is desired, stand on the board, and 
bend the netting up, tapping it lightly with a hammer against the 
edge of the board. This will give a straight, even, right-angle bend, 
The bends should be made so as to have the heavy framework on 
the inside. At this stage, the top and sides are completed, the latter 
with projections measuring 12 by 12 inches beyond the framework 
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Fic. 4.—Pattern for first funnel of trap shown in Figure 2. 
at one end. These should be bent in to form the back, and laced 
together and to the top, with the copper wire. They will now lap 
ever each other about 6 inches. 
The opening for the door (6 inches square) is then snipped out of 
one of the lower corners of the back, and the edges are reinforced 
with a piece of the heavy wire. If the netting is cut so as to leave 
the wires projecting from the last row of meshes, these may be so 
bent around the reinforcing wire as to give both smoothness and 
strength. 
A narrow strip (about 3 or 4 inches wide) of fine screen or netting 
should now be fastened along the lower portion of the sides and hack. 
Ordinary window-screen wire will answer, although the galvanized 
netting of about {-inch mesh is preferable. This will prevent small 
