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The advice I was given was to put the bird into a small box (eg. a shoe box with ventilation holes poked in it) without food or water and put it in a dark, quiet place like the bottom of the wardrobe overnight. This gives the bird a chance to recover from shock.

I've done this a good number of times now, and about half the time it's successful and the bird flies off next morning. It's amazing to see, when the poor thing was lying on its back with its feet in the air looking dead the day before. By the next day they're either fine or they're dead; I've never had one still unwell in the morning. At least those that die go peacefully and are not tormented further by the cat.