PIGEONS AND ALT, ABOUT THEM. 



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against the front wall, over the holes, and under the venti- 

 lating window. By using smooth and close iitting lumber a 

 very pretty little dovice may be made, though about the 

 only way the owner can enjoy it is by standing on a ladder 

 and peering in at the door. I merely suggest a gable dovice 

 to those whose space or means will not allow anything better, 

 but it is not the kind of aloft suited for a real fancier. 

 Again it is only suited fcr flying birds i. e. birds given their 

 liberty at all times, as there is no room for mating boxes 

 bath, gravel box, and all those things, in a loft of this kind. 



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Figure 2. 



If however, the budding fancier can obtain a little more 

 room than the gable, he can drop do\yn his floor, say, two or 

 three feet below the eaves, and he will have the next thing to 

 a real standard loft, and something far ahead of what I had 

 in my very young days. It can be made perfectly tight, 

 rather convenient, and it does away with the cramped little 

 places under the eaves, so ruinous to a bird's plumage. 



Such a loft would look like Figure 1, the dotted lines show- 

 ing where to build the loft proper. This takes up very little 

 room in a barn or stable, and if the floor and wall are only 



