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way, leaving- the front entirely open. The seed pans are placed 

 inside — when the side flaps (or doors) are fixed up, the cen- 

 tral flap forms a drop door and Avitli the aid of a piece of 





string- worked from the outside, any bird or birds can be easily 

 captured. This box -food -cage is fixed in a post about four 

 feet high and has a turntable sort of arrangement, by Avhich 

 it can be turned to any position, so that wind cannot blow 

 its contents about and it certainly answered its purposes 

 excellently. The shed is solidly built of stone, with a concrete 

 floor; the foundation of flight is also concrete and extends 

 two feet below ground level for the purpose of keeping out 

 rodents. The flight framing is of angle iron, covered With 

 three eighths mesh netting, a,nd coated with black varnish. The 

 general design is neat and plain, yet the whole is very effective, 

 and though on the terrace, in close proximity to the house, the 



