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or eagle may be used in this way as a decoy, but 
the great horned owl is by far the best. 
In using steel traps, care should be taken to wrap 
the jaws with cloth, so as to prevent injury to the 
legs of the bird captured. Vultures may be taken 
in steel traps by simply baiting them with any kind 
of flesh. Many species of birds may be success- 
fully captured by one or another of the methods 
given. In fact, we are in constant receipt of 
trapped birds during the proper seasons, and thus 
many hawks and owls which would have been 
difficult to procure are taken in numbers by our 
collectors. 
Bird-lime, although scarcely advisable when the 
birds are intended to be preserved, may be used 
to advantage in capturing birds for the cage. A 
small quantity of it Js spread on a twig or small 
stick, one end of which is lightly stuck in a notch 
on some upright branch or stem, in such a position 
that the bird must alight on it in order to reach 
the bait. The stick should be poised so lightly 
that the slightest touch of the bird’s feet will cause 
it to drop, when the bird, giving a downward 
stroke with its wings to save itself from falling, 
will strike the outer quills against the stick, and 
thus both feet and wings become fastened to it by 
