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Bird -Lore 



may be overcome in time, and I have this year imported more boxes 

 from abroad. 



In the orchard on the lawn there were six boxes, three of size A' and three 

 of size B. Two of these are occupied, each year, by a pair of Bluebirds for their 

 first and second broods, but I have, so far, failed to attract either Tree Swallows 

 or House Wrens, though I hope to be able to do so some time in the future. 



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The East Wood, where there were also six boxes, has, with its lack of under- 

 brush, proved to be unattractive to birds that build in boxes, and the few 

 Woodpeckers that frequent it make their nests elsewhere. 



That a large percentage of the bo.xes in the West Wood were not occupied 

 seems to be due to various causes. There have been three pairs of Flickers 



