. Bird notes . igS Ncsi-Boxcs for Bird The other nest-box illustrated, the A, is of a quite different type. It hasa bottle-shaped cavity as orii^inallydesii^ned by Baron Berplesch, after astudy of natural Woodpeckers box is suitable for all the tits, theXuthatch. Tree-creeper. Wryneck, Red-start, Spotted Woodpecker, andWren. A variation of this type, madewith a small entrance hole, in order toexclude sparrows, is only suitable forsmall I1ts. Another type of the samebox. fii^ure B. is desii^ned for theStarling-, or the (ireat S])otted Wood-])ecker. althoui^h it w
. Bird notes . igS Ncsi-Boxcs for Bird The other nest-box illustrated, the A, is of a quite different type. It hasa bottle-shaped cavity as orii^inallydesii^ned by Baron Berplesch, after astudy of natural Woodpeckers box is suitable for all the tits, theXuthatch. Tree-creeper. Wryneck, Red-start, Spotted Woodpecker, andWren. A variation of this type, madewith a small entrance hole, in order toexclude sparrows, is only suitable forsmall I1ts. Another type of the samebox. fii^ure B. is desii^ned for theStarling-, or the (ireat S])otted Wood-])ecker. althoui^h it will also, of course,accommodate the same birds as the A pattern. Then there is a half open variety,for Robms, Redstarts and Flycatchers, which T have usedwith success. These boxes look exceedini^ly pretty in the garden orwood ,or in the aviary. The price of the A, or Ai, withbrass hinges is 3s. 6d. B with brass hinges 4s. F box is 3s. (All these ])rices are carriage extra). Two other excellent things sold by this society deserveto be mentioned. lh
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