also serves as a windbreak, preventing the food on the plat- 

 form on a level with their lower edge from being scattered by 

 the wind. The birds arc first attracted by food placed on the 



Berlepsch Food House. Glass is omitted to show construction. 



small shelf about two feet above the ground, the use of which 

 is discontinued once the birds have found the upper one. 



On large estates, several of these food houses, furnished 

 with automatic self-feeding hoppers, would be the means of 

 saving the li\es of hundreds of birds at a minimum of cost 

 and effort. Particularly desirable when country homes are 

 left in charge of caretakers. 



Quail Shelters. 



Among our so-called game birds, or those species which 

 have been hunted by tens of thousands of gunners for genera- 

 tions, are several whose economic value as insect destroyers 

 far outweighs that of many of the birds which are now pro- 

 tected in all states by the Federal Migratory Bird Law. 



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