. Bird-lore . Dimensions of stock, top, 5 x 6yi inches; front and back, each 5 .\ 7M inches; sides, 4x7^2 inches;bottom, 4x4 inches. The box is put together with i>4-inch galvanized box nails. The roofing-paper andentrance guard fastened with K-inch galvanized tacks. The top of the box is removable, but is held inposition by a piece of galvanized No. 16 soft iron wire looped over a tack on each side. Two holes aboutone inch apart are bored in the upper part of the box in a downward direction from the inside so thatwhen the cover is off, the box can be nailed to a post or tree with 2j<-in
. Bird-lore . Dimensions of stock, top, 5 x 6yi inches; front and back, each 5 .\ 7M inches; sides, 4x7^2 inches;bottom, 4x4 inches. The box is put together with i>4-inch galvanized box nails. The roofing-paper andentrance guard fastened with K-inch galvanized tacks. The top of the box is removable, but is held inposition by a piece of galvanized No. 16 soft iron wire looped over a tack on each side. Two holes aboutone inch apart are bored in the upper part of the box in a downward direction from the inside so thatwhen the cover is off, the box can be nailed to a post or tree with 2j<-inch galvanized wire nails. To bestained any dull neutral shade. Notes from Field and Study 91 vidual or by a local Audubon Society, andthe boxes distributed at cost to those whowant them. The box factories will makethe cost extremely low provided they can point of introduction in New York, norhow far it has already made its way. Isuppose that Starlings have been reportedfrom points further south than Baltimore,. WELLESLEV BIRD-BOX IN POSITION A guard of thin galvanized iron surrounds the entrance. For Bluebirds and Swallows the opening should be one and one half inches in diameter; for smaller birds one and a quarter inches deliver them by truck, unpacked, at onepoint. I tried the experiment with a lot of onethousand and it worked so well that Ihave ordered more. They cost fifteen centseach. The style adopted, which I testedwith success during the past year, is out-lined in the accompanying top of the box is removable for clean-ing and all nails, tacks, and other metalparts are of galvanized iron. To distinguish the box as a type I havecalled it the Wellesley Bird-Box.—JohnC. Lee, Wellesley, Mass. The Starling in Baltimore I do not know how close a watch isbeing kept on the spread of the EuropeanStarling throughout our country from the but I send you the following item for whatit may be worth: A flock of European Starlings, contain-ing several hundred individua
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