. Wild bird protection and nesting boxes ... and a full list of the orders made under the "Wild Birds Protection Acts" .. . Fig. 7.—Nesting Box, intended for the use of Stock-tloves, Owls, Jackdaws, >&c., and showing the alighting-board•at the entrance. The size I use for Starlings is about doublethe above size, that is about a foot each way, ifoblong, say eighteen inches long and about fiveinches hio-h and broad. 44 NESTING BOXES, ETC. The largest size, intended for the use of thelarger birds, such as Owls, Jackdaws, and Stock-doves, is about two feet six inches long, one foothigh, and one
. Wild bird protection and nesting boxes ... and a full list of the orders made under the "Wild Birds Protection Acts" .. . Fig. 7.—Nesting Box, intended for the use of Stock-tloves, Owls, Jackdaws, >&c., and showing the alighting-board•at the entrance. The size I use for Starlings is about doublethe above size, that is about a foot each way, ifoblong, say eighteen inches long and about fiveinches hio-h and broad. 44 NESTING BOXES, ETC. The largest size, intended for the use of thelarger birds, such as Owls, Jackdaws, and Stock-doves, is about two feet six inches long, one foothigh, and one foot broad (see Fig. 7). The forms of nesting boxes which I have myselfhitherto adopted have been somewhat various. A single box and a form which has been usedby Tits year after year is represented by Fig. Fig. 8.—Small Nesting Box, to lie nailed to tree-tnmk,suitable for and freely made iise of by Titmice, at Rosehill,Cheadle. It is about a foot high by four inches wide and deep, the entrance hole being at the side and the small alighting perch slightly lower, with large hinged door in front, secured by a lock or catch. Fig. 9, which is the family or compartment box, is a very convenient form for nesting boxes. It can be made about sixteen inches high bv four NESTING BOXES, ETC. 45 inches wide and four inches deep, such a boxcontaining four compartments, the entrance holeto each being varied both in shape and boxes are made of rough deal, coveredwith oak bark. In winter they are regularlyfrequented by Wrens for shelter, and I havecounted as many as five of these little birds com-ino; out of one hole.
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