48 NESTING BOXES, ETC. 



door way. Fig. 11 shows the shape of this bracket 

 or shelf, of which the front ledge is semi-circular 

 and about an inch-and-a-half in height, and should 

 be covered with bark or moss ; the holes show 

 where the nails should be driven to support the 



P'iG. 11. — Nesting Tray or Shelf, recommended as suitable 

 for the niditication of Flj'catchers and other birds. 



bracket — the sides should each be about four-and- 

 a-half inches in length. Plate iv. is taken from 

 a photograph of one of these ledges or brackets 

 in the recess of a window, upon which a Spotted 

 Fl3^catcher nested last year and successfully 

 reared her young. 



Another pair of the same species built their nest 

 upon the top of a nesting box placed against the 

 wall of my house for a Tit, and, this box being fixed 

 only a few inches from a window, the hen bird could 

 be seen sitting upon her eggs, and, later on, feeding 

 her young, by any person in the room. 



Another most attractive nesting place for this 

 bird, and one t(j which I have already referred. 



