Birdlime

“Birdlime," made out of the viscid sap of certain trees, is occasionally used to capture small birds.”

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“Birdlime is a device for which many plants furnish material, [166] and which is available even against large game, which is fretted and worn out by it until it becomes the prey of man.”

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“Birdlime can be made from holly and mistletoe; also from elder.”

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“Birdlime may be procured from the young shoots of the common elder tree, from a number of plants, from slugs, snails, and from the pods of certain caterpillars.”

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“See process described in Ure's Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures, article "Birdlime.”

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“Another B 1 R jinother method of taking nil manner of/mail Birds with Birdlime.”

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“Birdlime for catching birds, mice, and other vermin is generally made from the middle bark of the holly, which is boiled in water seven or eight hours, till it becomes soft and tender.”

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