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MANUAL OF TAXIDERMY. 
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 
Fig. i. 
a spindle upon whieh 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 
