INTRODUCTORY NOTE 



It is with much pleasure that I commend to 

 the public this little book regarding the con- 

 struction of Bird Houses. As Instructor in 

 Nature Study at the Fairbanks Museum it 

 has been my privilege and pleasure to co-oper- 

 ate closely with Mr. Baxter's work in the 

 manual training department of the local 

 schools. Through his instruction our boys are 

 proud to be considered natural guardians of 

 bird homes in our town, which is veritably a 

 bird sanctuary. About two hundred suitable 

 nesting boxes have been placed in proper lo- 

 calities during the past three years. 



The Museum offers prizes each year to the 

 boys of Mr. Baxter's classes and our exhibit of 

 Bird Houses on the first Saturday in April is 

 an event that attracts many proud parents to 

 inspect the work of their children. 



In this little book, Mr. Baxter tells very 

 explicitly just how any one can build suitable 

 houses to attract our native birds. 



Just here I would like to say that any town 

 or community that protects its birds, insures 

 its harvests against destruction by insect pests. 

 Therefore the economic value of Bird Houses 

 is even greater than the aesthetic. The results 

 actually accomplished by Mr. Baxter along 

 these lines vouch for the accuracy of the infor- 

 mation contained in'this little book. 



INEZ ADDIB HOWE, 



Instructor in Nature Study. 



The Fairbanks Museum, 

 St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



416037 



