No. 4.1 BIRD HOUSES AND NESTING BOXES. 



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Red-breasted Nuthatch. — This bird has nested in a No. 2 

 Berlepsch nesting box made of yellow birch by the Meriden 

 Bird House Company, Meriden, New Hampshire, and placed in 

 a gray birch tree, in rather open land, with the entrance slightly 



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Fig. 12. — Box used by white-breasted nuthatch. 



more than 7 feet above the ground. The entrance hole is If 

 inches in diameter. 



This is reported by Mr. H. S. Shaw, Jr., of Dover, Massa- 

 chusetts, and is the only case, so far as my records show, where 

 a red-breasted nuthatch has nested in a bird box. 



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FiQ. 13. — Chickadee box and details of construction. 



Chickadee. — A box like Fig. 5 or Fig. 12 may be used, 10 by 

 4 by 3| inches inside dimensions. Long axis vertical. Entrance 

 hole 1| inches diameter, placed near top of box (Fig. 13). Others 

 recommend an entrance 1| inches in diameter, or less, but my 

 experience goes to show that our chickadee, like the European 

 titmice, prefers an opening a little larger than it needs, which 



