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a little insect-powder will not only make impos- 

 sible all annoyance, but will also help to keep 

 the little birds clean and happy. 



As to the Barn Swallow, if a hole is left in the 

 gable of our barns, or a window is always left 

 open, and small shelves are nailed on beams for 

 the nests, there is no reason why this beautiful 

 bird should not take up his residence more 

 generally in our barns and to the same extent on 

 the Pacific as on the Atlantic coast. 



The Western Martin and the Bluebird are 

 both fond of a box on the gable end of a house 

 or barn, and of the bird-house upon a pole already 

 referred to. A picture is here given of a Mar- 

 tin-house in Worcester, Mass., in which nine 

 pairs of Martins made a happy home in the sum- 

 mer of 1 90 1. 



The Wrens can be given their opportunity in 

 a corner under the roof of porch or piazza, and 

 about our outbuildings. 



As to Bird Houses : I am indebted for a good 

 part of the following suggestions in this matter 

 to the most admirable book of its kind yet pub- 

 lished, " Our Native Birds, How to Protect and 

 Attract them to our Homes," by D. Lange, 



