CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



GENERAL REMARKS ON BIRD PROTECTION. 



I PAGE 



I. The Present Position of Affairs regarding the 



Protection of Birds 17 



II. Reasons for the Protection of Birds 18 



III. History of the Protection of Birds - 19 



IV. The Experimental Station at Seebach 21 



SECTION II 



THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS IN PRACTICE. 



The Creation and Maintenance of Opportunities for Nesting 



as the Chief Requirement - 27 



CHAPTER I. 



The Provision of Nesting-places for Birds Breeding in 



Holes - - 28 



(A) Nesting Difficulties- 28 



(B) Origin of the Berlepsch Nesting-boxes - 29 

 (c) Manufacture of the Nesting-boxes 30 



(D) Description of the Nesting-boxes - 33 



(E) Kinds of Boxes - 36 



(F) Advice regarding Nesting-boxes - 38 



(G) Hanging up of Nesting-boxes 41 

 (H) Successful Results of the Berlepsch Nesting-boxes 45 

 (i) Cavities in Walls - - - 48 



