IS PIGEONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



Ill a. liiri;t' loft, such as I am describing, I like to see all the 

 nests ill cine tierahint;- the wall, hut if more nests are needed, 

 tlie clean tier nesi is the only thing. They are made like 

 Figure 4. That is. eaeli partition would appear like the cut, 

 It will he noticed that liii'ds using the upper tier, cannot 

 possiljly soil tliose underneatli. 



"A" is a small sinootli tiange which is tacked on the front 

 of eacli nest. It acts as a lioard of separation. A pigeon 

 standing on tlic false front piece B cannot see the liird in tlie 

 next nest. If a pair have young in one liox and eggs in the 

 next, tlie young cannot peer into the next nest and see their 

 ])arents and struggle in to them. The upper flange slopes 

 down and the lower one up, so that one can go along the front 

 of the lower nests with a lake and not touch the flanges and 

 loosen them. 



The false fronts "B" come off for cleaning and the flange 

 heing simply tacked on, can be taken off at will, especially 

 when giving the loft a thorough wliitewashing. 



Many are in favor of large nests, containing a division and 

 an earthen crock on each side. I don't like them at all. Tlie 

 young fall out and ciiill, and are continuously scrambling in 

 on their parents, where if they don't succeed in climbing into 

 the other crock they annoy them and harm the eggs. I will 

 defy any youngsters to get out of one nest and past one of my 

 flanges into the other nest. 



I will admit that crocks are clean and can be .scoured and 

 all tliat, but the nest floor is just as clean as far as insects are 

 concerned. I keeji a gixjdcoating of lime in the liottom of my 

 nests (in fact tliere is a coaling of lime dust all over the loft, 

 and one cannot toucli the wall, even, without getting it on his 

 lingers.) 



