Antonio Valli da Todi (fl. 1600) was an Italian fowler and writer noted for the book Il Canto degl'Augelli (Italian, 'The song of the birds'), (1601). The book deals with the capture, maintenance, and training of about sixty species of song birds. It also includes notes on methods for trapping and hunting birds, including the use of decoys, nets, owls, and falcons. It also included methods to maintain birds and to stimulate them to sing. * Playing music to teach songbirds * Driving birds into nets * Cage bird "dressage"