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haven nested in such a basket partly filled with dynamite hung 

 under the ridgepole of a barn. 



Phoobe. — Any little open box or shelf, put up under the 

 eaves of a building or under the roof of any open shed or porch, 

 may be used by phoebes (Fig. 

 20). This makes a safe sup- 

 port for their nests which often 

 is appreciated by the birds 

 Pha^bes rarely nest far from 

 water. 



Barn Sivallow. — Boxes or 

 shelves similar to those used bv 

 phoebes may be placed in barns 

 for the barn swallows, but a 



little block nailed on a rafter is all they need, or a lath nailed 

 across two rafters so that the ends project. (See Plate VI.) 

 Even two nails driven into a beam or rafter about 2 inches 

 apart, the heads projecting about 2 inches, may be utilized, and 

 will furnish support enough to keep the nests from falling. 



Fig. 20. — Phsbes' nest in box. 



Fig. 2i. — Metallic devices to keep cats, squirrels, etc., from climbing to bird houses. 

 That at the left lias given best results so far. 



When rafters were made of knotty logs or mere poles with the 

 bark removed no such supports were needed, but sawed timbers 

 do not present safe points of attachment for mud-built nests. 

 There should be an opening in every barn for swallows to enter. 

 Cliff or Eaves Swallows. — These require wide eaves, and on 



