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when thoy go to the nest and also sci-\es as a roosting place 

 at night. 



Several years ago tiie double nest system came into use and 

 it is indeed a very good one and has steadily gained in popu- 

 larity. We show herewith a working drawing for a tier of 

 these nests containing twelve dotUile nests. The drawings 

 appear to be so clear that a detailed description hardly seems 

 to be necessary for the ordinary carpenter can easily under- 

 stand them and the construction is similar to the single nest 



A CLOSE UP OF BIRDS IN NEST 

 Notice that they are very tame. — Photo from Jack M. Pun. Stockton, Cal. 



system in many respects. In every niotlern pigeon loft there 

 should be two nests for every pair of birds and the theory is 

 that a pair of birds having scpiabs in the nest will soon build 

 nearby and breed again. To aid them in this the double nest 

 is used for this system, in a way, separates each two nests to 

 themselves by means of a division on the running boards. It 

 does much good and eliminates quite a bit of unnecessary 

 fighting that will go on with the single nest system in use. 



The drawings show all of the lumber in these nests to be 

 one inch thick. Of course it would be much better to have these 



