. How to attract and protect wild birds . FIG. FOOD-HOTJSE WHICH CAN BE EASILY MADE. The chief point in the food-house, which makes it the bestarrangement of the kind, is that the upper edge of the table is on a levelwith the ledge supporting the glass. The result is that the food isprotected from every change of weather, is easily taken bj^ the birds,and is accessible to them under all circumstances. The measurements which are used in the factories, and which havebeen proved by experience to be the best for the food-house, are :—Width from post to post, 4 feet 3 inches ; height from groun
. How to attract and protect wild birds . FIG. FOOD-HOTJSE WHICH CAN BE EASILY MADE. The chief point in the food-house, which makes it the bestarrangement of the kind, is that the upper edge of the table is on a levelwith the ledge supporting the glass. The result is that the food isprotected from every change of weather, is easily taken bj^ the birds,and is accessible to them under all circumstances. The measurements which are used in the factories, and which havebeen proved by experience to be the best for the food-house, are :—Width from post to post, 4 feet 3 inches ; height from ground to glass 80 strip and upper edge of food-table, 4 feet 7 inches ; width of upperfood-table, 2 feet ; the space between the food-table and the glassstrip, 14 inches. Anyone can easily make a similar food-house for himself, withthe help of this description and Fig. 5. Kg. 6 represents a complete house, which can be obtained fromSoheid. The front glass has been omitted in the illustration, so that. Fia. FOOD-HOUSE AS MADE BY H. SOHEID OF BOKEN. the interior may be more clearly seen. These houses are very durable ;they should stand on five slabs of concrete to protect them from decay,,and can easily be erected according to the directions given with eachhouse. A fir tree is placed against three of the corner-posts, as is shownin Figure 7, in order to make the food-house look more natural,and thus prevent the birds from feehng afraid of it. A few branches- 81 may also be placed under the roof: they are in great request assleeping-places, and in the summer they are occasionally used by thewren as a nesting-place.
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