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began to come to the stump and from there they 

 would come to the feast arranged for them in the 

 window box. The stump was then removed but 

 the birds continued to come to the window in 

 ever increasing numbers. Some people prefer 

 to have their window boxes fastened to the 

 window sill but entirely outside the window. 

 This is almost as good but you can't have the 

 birds quite so near, and it is not quite so easy to 

 put in the food. On the other hand, almost 

 anyone can make an outside window box, while 

 one required to fit the sash of an open window 

 well enough to keep out the draught, must, as a 

 rule, be made by a carpenter. 



The Weathercock Food House 



Another device suggested to me by Mr. 

 Dutcher, which has proved equally successful, 

 is what I have named the "Weathercock" food 

 house, because, like a weathercock it moves with 

 the wind. It is little more than a well-made food 

 shelter, set on a pole, and pivoted so that it can 

 revolve horizontally. Two paddle-shaped arms 

 or wings extend one on either side to catch "the 

 wind, which thus turns the open side of the house 

 away from the storms at all times. The back is a 

 single sheet of glass and sometimes the sides are 



