THE PIGEON BOOK 



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can be divided down the centre with compartments for 

 four pairs of birds. 



Another form of the pole-house can be made in two 

 stories on the most simple plan, with a V-shaped roof, 

 in order to keep the locker-holes, in which the birds 

 live and breed, dry. 



Another simple form of keeping pigeons is the locker- 

 hole nailed to the wall. I have known many beginners 

 commence with a wall-box such as this. A cheap wooden 



THE LOCKER HOLE LOFT. 



orange-box or an old egg-box has often been converted 

 into a useful cote by the eager beginner. Such was my 

 own beginning, made with my own tools, and well do 

 I remember how delighted I was when it was ready for 

 the first pair of inmates, which I bought at a bird-shop 



