. Wild bird protection and nesting boxes ... and a full list of the orders made under the "Wild Birds Protection Acts" ... Birds; Birds; Birds. NESTING BOXES, ETC. 43 Tit, Redstart, Nuthatch, Starling, House Sparrow, and Wryneck. Mr. C. Greaves writes me that he takes a deep interest in this subject and has had considerable success with his nesting boxes during the last two or three years. As to the pattern of boxes he uses, he says, " My boxes vary in size a good deal, that is, the boxes intended for Tits and Tree- creepers are on an average about eight inches each way, some ar
. Wild bird protection and nesting boxes ... and a full list of the orders made under the "Wild Birds Protection Acts" ... Birds; Birds; Birds. NESTING BOXES, ETC. 43 Tit, Redstart, Nuthatch, Starling, House Sparrow, and Wryneck. Mr. C. Greaves writes me that he takes a deep interest in this subject and has had considerable success with his nesting boxes during the last two or three years. As to the pattern of boxes he uses, he says, " My boxes vary in size a good deal, that is, the boxes intended for Tits and Tree- creepers are on an average about eight inches each way, some are longer than this and only four inches high, making a longer box and more like the natural holes in dead Fig. 7.—Nesting Box, intended for the use of Stock- doves, Owls, Jackdaws, &c., and showing the alighting-board at the entrance. " The size I use for Starlings is about double the above size, that is about a foot each way, if oblong, say eighteen inches long and about iive inches high and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Masefield, John Richard Beach. Leeds, Eng. , Taylor
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