. Methods of attracting birds. Birds. NESTING-HOUSES 63 was formed into the shape of a rather small, deep bowl and put over the front of the house, being securely tacked around. This held the cat at such a distance that it could not reach further than the en- trance. In this case the netting was not put on till after the birds began to nest. Whether such an arrangement, if put on early in the sea- son, would frighten the birds away, can be determined only by experiment. barbed-wire cat guard (From Lange'a " Our Native Birds '*) Traps for Cats. — If it is desired to settle the cat question
. Methods of attracting birds. Birds. NESTING-HOUSES 63 was formed into the shape of a rather small, deep bowl and put over the front of the house, being securely tacked around. This held the cat at such a distance that it could not reach further than the en- trance. In this case the netting was not put on till after the birds began to nest. Whether such an arrangement, if put on early in the sea- son, would frighten the birds away, can be determined only by experiment. barbed-wire cat guard (From Lange'a " Our Native Birds '*) Traps for Cats. — If it is desired to settle the cat question permanently, a box-trap, baited with catnip, may be effective in enticing them into such small quarters that further disposition may be made of them. Cat-proof Fences. — In some cases it may be desirable to surround a yard with a fence to ex-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trafton, Gilbert H. (Gilbert Haven), 1874-. Boston New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
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