92 METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS 



This arrangement has been used by Mr- Forbush 

 with great success. 



Box. — An open box with a strip across the 

 lower side of the opening may be placed on a tree 

 with the back toward the stormy winds. Food 

 may be kept in this box, which will also serve as 

 a shelter. 



Cocoanut. — Dr. A. K. Fisher writes of a co- 

 coanut placed in one of the trees near his camp 

 on the banks of the Potomac : " The cavity of the 

 cocoanut is filled with fresh pork and the fresh 

 kernels of the black walnut. Chickadees, tufted 

 titmice, nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, juncos, 

 and possibly one or two more species, take their 

 meals at this restaurant during the winter." 



Suet-box. — If suet is placed out loose without 

 protection, it is often wasted by the blue jay and 

 other larger birds. 



The description of the following ingenious 

 device for preventing the waste is taken from 

 the account of Mrs. Rebecca H. KaufBman in the 

 Illinois " Arbor and Bird-Day Manual " for 1908 : 



" To remedy this waste of suet, the other mem- 

 bers of my family assisted me in devising a suet- 

 box. It is made of half-inch pine, 9 inches long, 

 6 inches wide, and 3 inches high. The lid is 



