ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Suitable nesting boxes are available and can 

 be substituted for the vanished dead limbs, and 

 various devices have been originated for holding 

 food to help the little feathered winter visitors 

 maintain themselves. Even during the summer 

 months, when food is more abundant, a few 

 birds will be found visiting the food depots. For 

 the purpose of disseminating knowledge con- 

 cerning the use of such apparatus, tiie Zoolog- 

 ical Society has established an exhibit of these 

 contrivances in the Park, and some notes con- 

 cerning the more important ones may be of 

 interest. 



Perhaps most valuable, because satisfactory 

 results are certain quickh' to be obtained, are 

 the feeding shelters. O-f the stationary type, 

 that manufactured by the Jacobs Bird House 

 Co., Waynesburg, Pa., is an excellent example. 

 It is strong and well made, the roof being care- 

 fully tinned. The sides are of glass, which fur- 

 nishes protection for the feeding birds, allows 

 light to enter and permits the host to see the 

 visitors. Birds may be somewhat shy of feed- 



SHELTERS MADE FROM LOGS 

 Simple structures, but very substantial. 



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ers of this sort at first, but 

 once they have become accus- 

 tomed to its use will visit it 

 constanth'. Food trays of sim- 

 ilar construction, or simple 

 platforms either covered or 

 open, can be easily made. 



Several models of the weath- 

 er vane food shelter, which 

 seems to have been originated 

 by William Dutcher, are made, 

 and are very successful. The 

 one manufactured by the Au- 

 dubon Bird House Co., Meri- 

 den, N. H., is large and so 

 well balanced that its glass- 

 covered back is always turned 

 toward the wind; the leeward 

 side remaining an open invita- 

 tion to hungry birds. That of 

 the Farley & Loetscher Mfg. 

 Co., Dubuque, Iowa, is small- 

 er and without the glass, but 

 otherwise seems satisfactory. 



