Mahāhaṁsajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 217

[217] "Today is my seventh night of keeping watch upon the feeding-grounds, seeking the track of this one, heedful, concealed by a water-jar. Then I saw the track of him as he ranged about in search of food; there I laid down a snare, and thus I caught that bird."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.