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1 board, 1 inch by 14 inches, 8 feet long (for partitions). 



1 board, 1 inch by 8 inches, 7 feet long (for door). 



8 boards, 1 inch by 4 inches, 7 feet long (for bottom, front, back, and 

 run board or step). 



2 boards, 1 inch by 2 inches, 7 feet long (to nail netting to). 

 2 pair strap hinges, 8 inches long. 



1 piece netting, 24 inches wide and 7 feet long. 



]/4 pound 8d. wire nails. 



% pound chicken netting staples. 



104. Notes on Construction of the Nests. The nests are con- 

 structed with the inside compartments fourteen inches square. 

 The top and bottom are provided with a strip two inches wide 



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Fig. 22. The nests. The top view shows the wire netting and run 

 board. .The front view shows the hinged door. The end view, showing 

 the end of the run, entrance opening, door, top, and bottom. 



extending around the outer border, to which one-fourth-inch 

 mesh wire netting is stapled. The front opening is covered with 

 a board eight inches wide and is hinged at the bottom and hooked 

 above, so that by letting it down the nests may be got at. The 

 bottom strip to which this is hinged is four inches wide, and 

 there is a strip along the top border two inches wide, to which 

 the door is hooked. There is a strip, four inches wide in the 

 back and at the lower portion of the nests, which retains the 



