it early every morning and bathe in it, keeping their feathers 

 free from vermin by this habit. They> drink from the pan 

 before bathing. When thin ice forms in winter, they break 

 it and splash their wings about as in summer. If you place 

 the bath-pan close to the netting at the back of the ilying- 

 pen, you may fill it with water from a pail outside the pen by 

 pouring the water through the netting. After a flock of 

 birds have bathed in the pan, a thick, greasy scum may be 

 observed on the surface of the water. 



XHE BATH-PAN. 



This is made of galvanized iron, is twenty inches in diameter and five munes aeep. It 

 should be filled with water once or twice a day. The pigeons drink from it and bathe in it- 

 They are clean and dainty and i£ necessary they will break the thin ice in the winter in ordd 

 to get into their daily ba li. 



The space from the rear of the squab house to the ground 

 should be trellised with narrow stripping so that the pigeons 

 cannot fly under the squab house from the pen. Trellis 

 work instead of solid boards is used in order that there may 

 be a free circulation of light and air under the house, thus 

 preventing rats from obtaining a lodging and also making 

 ventilation good. 





