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for winter feeding. The shelter- woods for the birds are in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the brook which runs through the estate, or else near a 

 ditch. Some of them are over thirty years old ; others have only been 

 recently planted, so that their development can be plainly observed. 



The copses in the fields show how existing plantations of mature 

 growth may serve to attract birds i.e., may be altered without 

 suffering damage into woods suitable for sheltering birds. 



In the avenue the best way of treating tall trees and willows for 

 the same purpose is demonstrated, and the wood, which is fully six 



THE LAKE. 



miles distant from the plantations just described, contains over 

 2,000 nesting-boxes. As there is no open water within reach for a very 

 great distance, drinking places for the birds have been planned, which 

 will doubtless lead to a great increase in the species which are already 

 present in numbers. 



Whoever, like the author, has been able to observe the birds at 

 Seebach at all seasons of the year must acknowledge that the experi- 

 mental station there serves as a pattern and a model for all similar 

 places. The success attained in every part of the experimental station 

 is, to say the least, extraordinary. 



