NESTING BOXES, ETC. 48 



Tit, Redstart, Nuthatch, Starling, House Sparrow, 

 and Wryneck. 



Mr. C. Greaves writes me that lie takes a deep 

 interest in this subject and has had considerable 

 success with his nesting boxes during the last two 

 or three years. As to the pattern of boxes he 

 uses, he says, " My boxes vary in size a good deal, 

 that is, the boxes intended for Tits and Tree- 

 creepers are on an average about eight inches 

 «tich way, some are longer than this and only 

 four inches high, making a longer box and more 

 like the natural holes in dead branches. 



Fig. 7. — Nesting Box, intended for the use of Stock- 

 tloves, Owls, Jackdaws, >&c. , and showing the alighting-board 

 •at the entrance. 



" The size I use for Starlings is about double 

 the above size, that is about a foot each way, if 

 oblong, say eighteen inches long and about five 

 inches hio-h and broad. 



