62 METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS 



reach across it ; from two to three feet is wide 

 enough and possibly a narrower piece will suffice. 

 To render it less conspicuous, it may be painted 

 the color of the support. If more perfect protec- 

 tion is desired, a piece of zinc or wire-netting may 

 be modeled in the shape of a 

 cone with the large end down, as 

 shown in the cut ; or 

 a circle may be cut 

 out of the tin, of the 

 same diameter as the 

 pole, and the tin made 

 to surround the pole 

 like the brim of a 

 hat. Another device 

 is made by wrapping 

 several strands of 

 barbed wire around 

 the support, attached to two pieces of board as 

 shown in the cut on page 63, or a bunch of stalks 

 of rose-bushes, or other branches with thorns, 

 may be tied around the support. Still another 

 method is to place a piece of heavy poultry-wire 

 netting or a piece of tin on top of the post, at 

 right angles to it. 



One correspondent writes that the house wrens 

 were successfully protected from the cat by using 

 poultry- wire netting with an inch mesh. A piece 



TIN OR ZINC CAT-GUARDS 

 (E. H. Forbush) 



