. How to attract and protect wild birds . -catchers, redstarts,great tits. The last five species settle inbox A as well as in B. The former sufficesas a rule. Box C is for green woodpeckers ; andBox D for stock-doves,* kestrels, jackdaws,and owls. For the sake of completeness we havebox E for swifts, with the boring ofbox B, and a semi-circular opening. (Seeillustration.) The open box F has a diameter of about4J inches, and a depth of about 2^- is made for such birds as redstarts,spotted fly-catchers, and pied wagtails, and also for robins * 1 should like to awaken interest in pigeon
. How to attract and protect wild birds . -catchers, redstarts,great tits. The last five species settle inbox A as well as in B. The former sufficesas a rule. Box C is for green woodpeckers ; andBox D for stock-doves,* kestrels, jackdaws,and owls. For the sake of completeness we havebox E for swifts, with the boring ofbox B, and a semi-circular opening. (Seeillustration.) The open box F has a diameter of about4J inches, and a depth of about 2^- is made for such birds as redstarts,spotted fly-catchers, and pied wagtails, and also for robins * 1 should like to awaken interest in pigeon preserves, such as were commonin Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when these birds affordeda i^leasant addition to the menu. It would be a good plan to hang a number ofboxes in close proximity to each other in suitable districts where the stock-doveis already found. The most suitable places, it seems to me, would be preservesfor game where the necessary protection from interference and poaching isalready to be NBSTINQ-BOX F. 40The following are also to be had for use with the boxes : key,screws, bag with mixture of earth and sawdust for putting into thebox (everyone can make this mixture for himself), and a measure forputting in the right quantity. If any of the boxes are to be hungon trees with very strong bark that is liable to split (old oaks, poplars),it is better to mention the fact when ordering, so that a suitable numberof long nails may be sent. The prices of the nesting-boxes are certainly very £k i oderate when we consider how difficult they are to ^|h jF ake and how lasting they are. These prices are onlyW^KttffBt Jssible because they are produced in large jH ut this is the fundamental principle of the undertaking, I B imely, that everyone may be able to obtain them. ^iit ^^^ MEASURE FOR (^ Aclvice regarding Nesting-boxes. THE EARTH AND SAW-DUST Unfortunately, Baron von Berlepsch refused to obtainlegal protection for his nes
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