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Ncsi-Boxcs for Bird Protection. 



The other nest-box illustrated, the 

 " A," is of a quite different type. It has 

 a bottle-shaped cavity as orii^inally 

 desii^ned by Baron Berplesch, after a 

 study of natural Woodpeckers' holes. 

 This box is suitable for all the tits, the 

 Xuthatch. Tree-creeper. Wryneck, Red- 

 start, l.esser Spotted Woodpecker, and 

 Wren. A variation of this type, made 

 with a small entrance hole, in order to 

 exclude sparrows, is only suitable for 

 small I1ts. Another type of the same 

 box. fii^ure " B." is desii^'ned for the 

 Starling-, or the (ireat S])otted Wood- 

 ])ecker. althoui^h it will also, of course, 

 accommodate the same birds as the " A " 

 pattern. 



Then there is a half open variety, 

 for Robms, Redstarts and Flycatchers, which T have used 

 with success. 



These boxes look exceedini^ly pretty in the garden or 

 wood ,or in the aviary. The price of the " A," or " Ai," with 

 brass hinges is 3s. 6d. " B " with brass hinges 4s. " F " 

 box is 3s. (All these ])rices are carriage extra). 



Two other excellent things sold by this society deserve 

 to be mentioned. l"he first is a hanging food-box. " The 

 Hanger-( )n." It has a roof lid and can be hung from a tree, 

 pergola, or veranda. Its price, post free, is Js. 



Then there is an " Aye-Ready " seed hopper which 

 fastens to a tree or wall and swings with the wind to keep the 

 interior dry. This costs 3s. by post. Both these articles are 

 l^retty and well-made. 



If ten tliousand people could be persuadetl to buy these 

 nest-bo.xes and to put them up in their gardens and wood- 

 lands they would be conferring a great benefit upon the nation 

 in addition to giving themselves a great deal of innocent 

 pleasure. The felling of woodlands in the war has made it all 

 the more imjiortant to take steps to preserve insectivorous birds. 



