19 THE HOUSE OR LOFT. 



saucer, the edge of which is higher than the orifice made 

 in the jar, will complete the fountain. But a better kind of 

 jar, made in various sizes, is that shown in the illustration 

 (Fig. 4), which, being without a bottom, can be better cleaned 

 out. When the pigeon-house has an outside flight on the 

 ground, or when the fancier has more than one such place, 

 supplying the birds with drinking water can be better per- 



FIG. 4. WATER BOTTLK FIG. 5. WATER DISH. 



formed from the outside. I made for myself a pattern in 

 wood, like Fig. 5, from which I had several casts in iron 

 taken, and then galvanised. These saucers are placed outside 

 my nights, with the projecting part put through a hole cut in 

 the wire netting. By this method, from the arrangements of 

 my pigeonry, I can supply my birds with drinking water in 

 half the time it would take to carry it inside. 



Small Pigeonry. 



As a specimen of a pigeonry extensive enough for one man 

 to attend to who has to do everything connected with it him- 

 self, before and after business hours, I have prepared a plan 

 of my own place (Fig. 6), which, though not perfect by any 



