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may also be placed under the roof : they are in great request as 

 sleeping-places, and in the summer they are occasionally used by the 

 wren as a nesting-place. 





FIG. 7. — "food-house" keady for rrsE. 



Any kind of food can be put in the " food-houses " as well as seeds 

 (hemp is best : never raj)e seed, which is scorned by all birds living 



