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This colniiy '>f swallows built tlu-ir nests ln-ncatli the caves (.f a liarn at Luenburg, 

 A't. Note tlie partial support given by tlie narrr.w molding. These eave swallows become 

 much attached to llieir homes, and if undisturbed will relurn year after year with unfailing 

 regularity. 



iiut are now niamifactureil 1)\' at least 

 two people in this conntrv. Tliose on 

 my place have been occupied by .screech- 

 o\\'ls, bluebinis, chickadees, tree-swal- 

 lows, flickers, white-breasted nuthatches, 

 and f^reat-crested fl\-catchers. House- 

 wrens, which are very local in our part 

 rif the countr\', have so far a\-oided them, 

 and I ha\-e failed i<.,mominions1y to at- 

 tract either the down)- or the hairy \vood- 

 peckers, both of whicli frequent my 

 woods. 



One firm makes bird-houses out of 

 natural hollow lo,a:s or limlis, a hole bored 

 in the side, and with w^ooden cap and 

 bottom, wdiile another makes an imita- 

 tion woodpecker's nest of pottery. The 

 Berlepsch type are, however, in my opin- 

 ion, far and away ahead of these others. 



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.\bout houses and liuilding's, particn- 

 larl\' those on our farms, the ordinary 

 tvpe of bird-house rather than the hollow 

 log is jierhaps more appropriate. Blue- 

 birds, tree-swallows, and house-wrens 

 take to them readily, and if you ha\'e a 

 large house on a high pole you may be 

 luck)' enough to attract a colon}' of 

 martins. Chiclcadees, great-crested fi\'- 

 catchers, and screech-owds may use these 

 boxes, and the following is a list of birds 

 recorded as having bred in nest boxes of 

 one sort or another : 



"\\'ood-duck, sparrow-h;iwk, screech- 

 owl, flicker, red-headed woodpecker, 

 great-crested flycatcher, starling, Eng- 



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