ENGLISH BOXES can also be supplied, including those made by Mr. W. Alcock, 

 Cheadle, Staffs, under the direction of Mr. J. R. B. Masefield, Author of " Wild Bird 

 Protection and Nesting-Boxes." 



The designs for Figs. M and N are taken by permission from Mr. Masefield's book : — 



Fig. N. 6d. 



Fig. M. 2/- 



These 



Prices 



do not 



include 



Carriage. 



Fig. W., the " Walden," of plain hard wood, Fig. L. , covered with bark, 2/- 



with square top and leather hinge, 2S/- 



NESTINQ- BOXES are intended more especially for Wild Birds that build in holes, 

 particularly those that usually select old trees and other decaying wood, and therefore find few- 

 suitable places in the modern garden and shrubbery. They will not attract such birds as the 

 Blackbird and Thrush or the Finch tribe in general. 



It is advisable to have the Boxes in position some weeks before nesting-time, so that the 

 Birds may get accustomed to the sight of them. An east or south-east aspect is better than 

 the unshaded due south. 



The Boxes, whether nailed against a wall or tree-trunk, 01 fixed in the fork of a tree, 

 should be perfectly steady when fixed, as Birds will not take up their abode in an unstable 

 erection. The upper part of the Box should incline very slightly forward. Boxes should be 

 at a sufficient height to be safely out of the reach of cats, and inaccessible from a branch that 

 a cat can climb. Birds should be disturbed as little as possible while nesting ; several Boxes 

 for one species of Bird may be placed near together, but different species should not be 

 expected to nest in immediate proximity. 



Every kind of Nesting-Box cannot be supplied, but the Society will endeavour to execute 

 as promptly as possible orders sent in on the form attached to this paper ; delay in some cases 

 may be inevitable, owing to the increased demand. The manufacturers are receiving orders 

 from all parts of the world. Over 3400 Boxes were supplied last season through The Roval 

 Society for the Protection of Birds. 



The Boxes are not suitable for transmission by Parcel Post, being in 

 most cases over the prescribed weight. 



FRANK E. LEMON, Hon. Secretary, 

 September, 1909. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 



23, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W. 



