PLATE VIII. 



An example of a bird colony on a building. Nesting boxes on one of the farm buildings 

 of Mr. Geo. E. Hoxsie of Canonchet, Rhode Island. Every building on his place 

 has nesting boxes. In 1912 forty-three nesting boxes were taken by tree swallows 

 and bluebirds. There were thirty-two nests of eaves swallows and eighteen of barn 

 swallows. 



