"2. Scattering grain soaked in alcohol or with a tranquilizing 
solution. The results were untested for the reason given above. 
"3. Funnel traps with wings 18 inches high extending for 100 feet 
in either direction from the entrances and separating the landing field 
from available water. Most birds became suspicious of the dark netting 
and left for other familiar water holes after a preliminary investigation. 
A few walked to the netting and flew over to water. 
"4, A fine mesh net 15 feet high and 100 feet long extended into 
the air at one end of the landing fieldd. This was tried only on the 
last day. When leaving the ground sandgrouse have a habit of springing 
straight up into the air so that birds only 20 feet away either topped 
the net or saw it and went around." 
In 1961-62 Christensen (14) located Indian trappers who specialized 
in netting sandgrouse. Although not concentrating on catching imperials, 
he and his trappers found the same procedures as are detailed on pages 22 
to 23 for trapping the common Indian sandgrouse, to be fairly effective. 
By utilizing these procedures in the summer range of the imperial in 
Turkey catching large numbers of these birds should pose no great 
problems. 

Figure 38. Sandgrouse are easy to keep in captivity but 
the problem of securing eggs from such birds 
has not as yet been resolved 
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