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THE HOUSE OR LOFT. 



and has a table running half round it, about 2ft. broad, 

 capable of holding ten bell-shaped wire show-pens for train- 

 ing pouters. Below this table are two tiers of matching pens, 

 each pair having a sliding wired frame dividing them, which, 

 when withdrawn, enables the birds to go together. Two large 

 corn chests for holding food are also shown, on the top of 

 one of which are more matching pens; and the top of the 



FIG. 7. NESTING BOXES. 



other is used as a carpenter's bench, quite a necessary in 

 such a place, and never long out of use. The rooms A, B, C, 

 and D are lighted by roof lights, opening, when required, for 

 ventilation. B is a room about 9ft. by 12ft., for small pigeons, 

 such as tumblers, turbits, owls, and jacobins, and is fitted 

 with four tiers of nesting places, constructed on the principle 

 shown in Fig. 7. 



