98 METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS 



Shelter. — Provision should also be made for 

 a winter shelter. The necessity for this is espe- 

 cially emphasized, particularly in the northern 

 tier of states where the winters are severe. These 

 shelters may prove especially welcome during 

 storms, but may also be used as a roosting-place 

 during the cold winter nights. 



Mrs. Wright writes in " Bird-Lore " : " As an 

 experiment I have tried utilizing boxes, the size 

 that holds one hundred pounds of laundry soap. 

 On the front of the box a rough hood is fastened, 

 with a drop equal to half the height of the box, 

 and perches are placed across, three fourths of 

 the way up, with pegs like stairs placed at inter- 

 vals from the bottom upward. These boxes were 

 placed in sheltered places, under the eaves of low 

 buildings. . . . 



" The first season they were unoccupied, but for 

 two years, feathers and droppings show how well 

 they have been appreciated by birds of many kinds 

 and sizes, and this season I am thatching two of 

 them with straw to make the shelter more snug 

 and attractive." 



Houses which are intended for nesting may 

 serve as places of shelter if put out in the fall, 

 and may possibly be the means of inducing some 

 birds to remain and nest in them. 



Some kinds prefer the shelter furnished by a 



