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Nuthatches, twelve to twenty-five feet ; for the 

 Woodpeckers, ten to twenty feet. And the 

 boxes for these birds would serve best on dead, 

 or partly dead, trees. 



All boxes should be put on the east or the 

 north side of buildings, or of trees, — if the trees 

 are dead, away from the prevailing storms and 

 from the noon, or afternoon, sun which would 

 work misery and death to the young. 



The houses must be bound by strong wire, or 

 nailed, or screwed solidly, where no twigs or 

 limbs moved by the wind, will strike them. 

 Birds will not stay in shaky or jostled boxes. 



In order to secure the boxes to the birds for 

 which they are built, the English Sparrow should 

 be disposed of as kindly as possible — but dis- 

 posed of he must be. The father of the family 

 may best undertake this serious business.* 



Several boxes may be placed upon one pole 

 by means of arms. It is well to set the pole 

 not far from trees. Birds do not like to fly 



* A very successful poisoned-food experiment has been thoroughly 

 tried by Dr. C. F. Hodge, of Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 

 The directions for its preparation and use may be obtained from the 

 John Burroughs Bird Society, Portland, Oregon. 



The recipe furnished by the Agricultural Bureau at Washington is 

 said, by those who have tried it, not to be altogether successful. 



