I40 Bird - Lore 



thick foliage and branches of trees — not that the bird-house should be placed 

 in a conspicuous place, but the view from it should be clear. 



A very suitable method is to bore a hole in a barn or shed and place the bird- 

 house on the inside. This is especially suited for observation and experimental 

 purposes. 



Several different types of very satisfactory bird-houses are shown in the 

 accompanying diagrams. Figures i, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are for birds nesting in 

 solitary pairs; 7 and 8 for birds which nest in colonies. 



These are a few of the main particulars in building and erecting bird-houses, 

 and with a little effort directed in the right way, we may forever have these 

 feathered songsters about us, to add life and grace to our surroundings, to 

 fill the air with song, and to glean the foliage of harmful insects. 



Photography at Feeding-Stations 



By C. BREDER, Jr., Newark, N. J. 



A NATURAL outlet for the city-dwelling bird-lover's enthusiasm is 

 the establishment of a back-yard feeding-station. As the location of 

 my home is not the least suburban, all the birds that deigned to visit 

 mine were gladly welcomed. Blue Jays, Slate-colored Juncos, Hairy and 

 Downy Woodpeckers, and Brown Creepers were among the more regular 

 visitors, and I considered myself rather successful. With the coming of these 

 birds came the desire to record their visits photographically. This was not 

 easily accomplished because of their unusual timidity, due to the man-made 

 surroundings and the daily onslaughts of the horde of House Sparrows that 

 infested the place. Seeing that the photographs that could possibly be taken 

 would be few and far between, with the probable result of driving the birds 

 off altogether, the idea was partly given up, but still the desire to picture our 

 winter residents hung on. 



Early in the fall of 191 6 the idea struck me of establishing a woodland feed- 

 ing-station for photographic purposes^going to the birds if the birds would 

 not come to me. A companion nature-lover and myself, on October i, decided 

 to take a bird walk through some rather unfamiliar territory in the nearby 

 countryside. After about one hour's trolley-ride into the suburbs and fifteen 

 minutes' stiff hiking, we came to a beautiful bit of wooded farmland. Several 

 trips were made to it before the winter set in, and we found it well supplied with 

 bird-life and were enabled to add a number of new names to our lists. On 

 the 14th we decided at just what points to establish the much-talked-of feeding- 

 stations. 



The first opportunity to do this came on the 21st. We went armed with a 

 brace and bit, and suet that had been run through a meat-chopper. Stations 

 were located at five points. One was in a large dead chestnut tree. It consisted 



