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was formed into the shape of a rather small, deep 

 bowl and put over the front of the house, being 

 securely tacked 

 around. This held 

 the cat at such a 

 distance that it 

 could not reach 

 further than the en- 

 trance. In this case 

 the netting was not 

 put on till after the 

 birds began to nest. 

 Whether such an 

 arrangement, if put 

 on early in the sea- 

 son, would frighten 

 the birds away, can 

 be determined only 

 by experiment. barbed-wire cat guard 



(From Lange'a " Our Native Birds '*) 



Traps for Cats. — If it is desired to settle 

 the cat question permanently, a box-trap, baited 

 with catnip, may be effective in enticing them 

 into such small quarters that further disposition 

 may be made of them. 



Cat-proof Fences. — In some cases it may be 

 desirable to surround a yard with a fence to ex- 



