. Bird lore . Wood-peckers; and useful also, I should say, for TreeSwallows, and White-bellied Nuthatches, if they canbe persuaded to build in them. A\ with the entrance hole 27 mm. in diameter;useful for Chickadees, and House Wrens (and too smallfor English Sparrows). B, with the entrance hole 46 mm. in diameter, ofthe size best adapted for Bluebirds. C, with the entrance hole 60 mm. in diameter,readily adopted by Golden-winged Woodpeckers andScreech Owls. D, with the entrance hole 85 mm. in diameter, forwhich there seems to be no especial call here in New England, although Golden-winged Wood
. Bird lore . Wood-peckers; and useful also, I should say, for TreeSwallows, and White-bellied Nuthatches, if they canbe persuaded to build in them. A\ with the entrance hole 27 mm. in diameter;useful for Chickadees, and House Wrens (and too smallfor English Sparrows). B, with the entrance hole 46 mm. in diameter, ofthe size best adapted for Bluebirds. C, with the entrance hole 60 mm. in diameter,readily adopted by Golden-winged Woodpeckers andScreech Owls. D, with the entrance hole 85 mm. in diameter, forwhich there seems to be no especial call here in New England, although Golden-winged Woodpeckers and Screech Owls woulddoubtless use them if they could not get the smaller sizes, and possiblySparrow Hawks. Of the other two types, E is a horizontal box with the hole in the end,•which, Mr. Hiesemann says, is for Swifts, and which, in this country, mightbe utilized by Tree Swallows (and doubtless by English Sparrows); while Fis an open-sided cup-shaped arrangement, which, the author states, Is made. NESTING-BOX, STYLEA OPENING i^INCHES.
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