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WITH reference to Mr. O. H. Latter's note in NATURE (September 28, p. 520) on the capture of butterflies by the sedge warbler, it may be of interest to note that Sweet, whose work on keeping warblers in captivity is incorporated with Bechstein's “Cage-birds” in Bohn's edition of that work, recommends a living butterfly as a bait for this very species, and for several other warblers, when it is desired to trap adult birds.
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FINN, F. Birds Capturing Butterflies. Nature 61, 55–56 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061055e0
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