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experiences of Baron von Berlepsch of Seebach, 

 in Thuringia, who has studied the question for 

 years, and carried out experiments on a grand 

 scale with great success. In this little volume 

 will be found full descriptions, with drawings 

 and photographs of the boxes that have been 

 found to be really successful. 



Their use in Germany being on so great a 

 scale, regular factories have been established 

 for their manufacture on a commercial basis, 

 and these boxes are now to be obtained in 

 London at very moderate prices. They are 

 hollowed to the proper depth and shape out 

 of little logs of wood with the natural bark left 

 on, fitted with a strong oak cover screwed on 

 to the top, and bolted with iron bolts to a hard- 

 wood batten which has holes reinforced with 

 iron plates to take the special nails supplied 

 for hanging them with. They are made in 

 different sizes, according to the birds for whose 

 use they are intended. The most useful size 

 for ordinary use in this country is the ' A ' ; 

 and all of these boxes are supplied by the Royal 

 Society for the Protection of Birds, 23 Queen 

 Anne's Gate, London, S.W., for the sum of 

 is. 6d. to 2S., according to the size. The 

 boxes themselves are so strongly made that 

 they can be safely sent by rail without any 



