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salt and water. If free they find these things for themselves. I would 

 suggest that the pigeons have grain and plenty of water always. 



In the pigeon house illustrated in Fig. 4, the floor space is eighteen 

 inches square and the house is fifteen inches high. The door is six inches 

 high and has a small platform in front. Can you suggest a better kind of 

 pigeon house, or a better place for it than is shown in the illustration? If 

 you have raised pigeons, you may be able to give some good suggestions to 

 other Junior Naturalists. 



HO^IE BIRDS 



This year we shall offer a prize to the naturalist who will send us the 



best account 

 ^^g2_ ..— »^ ^^ Qf e fif o r t s 



tect the birds. 

 The composi- 

 tion will be 

 judged not by 

 the pupil's 

 knowledge of 

 birds nor his 

 power to 

 write an in- 

 teresting es- 

 say, but by 

 the personal 

 efifort he has 

 made to take 

 care of birds 

 near his 

 h o m e . The 

 boy or girl 

 competing for 

 this prize 

 should build 

 a bird house 

 and encour- 

 age others to 

 do the same. 

 Here are 



some suggestions that must always be followed in making a bird house : 

 I. The floor space should be about six inches by eight inches. 



Fig. 4. — The pigeon house is ready. Have you any criticism to 

 make as to the size, where it is placed, etc. f 



