. Bird-lore . on alternated from time to time until the close ofAugust, when it was found that fifty fresh eggs had been destroyed. And Iverily believe that they were all laid by the same female. The warfare will be reopened next month, when the obstructions are takenfrom the openings. One scheme employed last year was to put tappers in twosmall milk-cans and adjust the cans as cow-bells out of sight under the house,with strong string or wire running thence to the pantry window. A jerk of thisstring always emptied the house of Sparrows. During last autumn large numbers of migrating Bluebirds s
. Bird-lore . on alternated from time to time until the close ofAugust, when it was found that fifty fresh eggs had been destroyed. And Iverily believe that they were all laid by the same female. The warfare will be reopened next month, when the obstructions are takenfrom the openings. One scheme employed last year was to put tappers in twosmall milk-cans and adjust the cans as cow-bells out of sight under the house,with strong string or wire running thence to the pantry window. A jerk of thisstring always emptied the house of Sparrows. During last autumn large numbers of migrating Bluebirds stopped andinvestigated the accommodations of this hotel, supposedly with a view tofuture engagements; but I shall take care of them with another bird-house. Another Martin-house of moderate size will be put up this spring on thepresent office building, which has an inaccessible roof 134 feet above theground; and I am almost certain of a colony there, even though the trial atFairmount may still be C*^*..- ■^Bf*^*- >a
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