TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Our Friends the Birds 11 



Birds That Adapt Themselves to Nesting 



Boxes 12 



The Bluebirds 13 



The Robin 14 



The Titmice 14 



The Wrens 15 



The Woodpecker 1C 



Bird House Material 1C 



Methods of Finishing Exteriors 18 



Bird Box Specifications 20 



Typical Bird House Specifications 21 



Methods of Conducting a Bird House 



Contest 23 



Bird House Day 2G 



Bird Enemies 27 



General Directions for Starting Work on 



the Bird Boxes 28 



Winter Care of the Birds 35 



Plate 1 Blue Bird House.. . 41 



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Plate 2 Blue Bird House 42 



Plate 3 Blue Bird House 43 



Plate 4 Blue Bird House 44 



Plate 5 Blue Bird House 45 



Plate G Box for Robins 40 



Plate 7 Box for Robins ' 47 



Plate 8 Box for Wrens 48 



Plate 9 Double Wren House 49 



Plate 10 Downy Woodpecker House 50 



Plate 11 Box for Hairy Woodpeckers 51 



Plate 12 Flicker House 52 



Plate 13 Woodpecker Houce 53 



Plate 14 Nuthatch House 54 



Plate 15 Nuthatch House 55 



Plate 16 Box for Tree Swallow 56 



Plate 17 Titmouse House 57 



Plate 18 Chickadee House. .'. 58 



Plate 19 Houses from Common Objects. . 59 



Plate 19a Suggested Designs for Boxes . . 60 



Plate 20 Feeding Devices 61 



