THE BATS I HAVE HAD 



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LEG OF YOUNG BAT DRAWN FROM LIFE 



four blocks. The board should be rough and un- 

 planed so as to 



GIVE THE BATS A FOOTHOLD. 



A door to cover the window sash can be made of 

 a second board. The bat house must either hang 

 like an old fashioned tavern sign, be nailed up flat 

 against the side of a stable, barn or dwelling, or 

 fastened to a pole; but wherever it is placed it 

 should be set upright upon its edge in the position 

 a sash occupies in the window of a house. If this 

 frame work is boxed in so that the sides and the 

 top are closed to protect the inside from the rain, 

 but left open at the bottom, the bats will enter 

 from below. 



A door or shutter made of another piece of 

 board and swung from hinges at the top, can be 

 arranged so that it will hang over the sash and 

 give to the interior the darkness which the bats 

 so dearly love. 



