I'KiKoNs AM) ALL ABOUT THEM. 



In ,i largr loft, such us I am describing, I like to see all the 

 ueste in -MIC tin- along the wall, hut if more nests are needed, 

 tin- clean tin- nest is tin- only thing-. They are made like 

 Figure 4. That is. each partition would appear like the cut, 

 Ii will l.e noticed that birds using the upper tier, cannot 

 possibly soil those underneath. 



"A" is a small smooth flange which is tacked on the front 

 of each nest. It acts as a board of separation. A pigeon 

 >tanding on the false front piece B cannot, see the bird in the 

 next nest. If a pair have young in one box and eggs in the 

 next, the young cannot peer into the next nest and see their 

 parents and struggle in to them. The upper flange slopes 

 down and the lower one up, so that one can go along the front 

 of the lower nests with a rake and not touch the flanges and 

 loosen them. 



The false fronts "B" come off for cleaning and the flange 

 lieing simply tacked on, can be taken off at will, especially 

 \\ hen giving the loft a, thorough whitewashing, 



Many are in favor of large nests, containing a division and 

 an earthen crock on each side. I don't like them at all. The 

 young fall out and chill, and are continuously scrambling in 

 on their parents, where if they don't succeed in climbing into 

 the other crock they annoy them and harm the eggs. I will 

 defy any youngsters to get out of one nest and past one of my 

 Manges into the other nest. 



L will admit that crocks are clean and can be scoured and 

 ;ill that, but. the nest floor is just as clean as far as insects are 

 concerned. I keep a good coating of lime in the bottom of my 

 nests (in fact there is a coating of lime dust all over the loft, 

 and one cannot touch the wall, even, without getting it on his 

 lingers.) 



