DEPENDABLE BIRD HOUSES 



ders may be purchased; these are indestructible, as 

 they are made of heavy stone-ware with the 

 openings in different sizes. The garden craftsman 

 who dabbles in clay modeling and concrete may 

 invent many attractive contrivances that will defy 

 cats and weather. 



In providing homes for the wrens, with the 

 quarter-size entrance, it must be remembered that 

 although the bodies of these birds can take advan- 

 tage of an opening that will exclude other birds, the 

 box must not be small in proportion ; the little wrens 

 require plenty of room within the box, as they build 

 bulky nests and rear large families. The openings 

 to the single houses should face the south and west, 

 to avoid the cold north winds and beating rains. 

 Protected nooks under the eaves of the summer 

 house will provide the nesting places preferred by 

 Phoebe-birds. Generous entrance holes between the 

 rafters of the garage roof will attract the barn 

 swallows. A study of bird habits will give us many 

 inspirations in their home building. 



