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houses have no shelf there. Or under the porch roof, if he could find a 

 good place. But most houses are so built that there is no suitable 

 location for him, and so there have been many attempts to construct 

 locations which might attract him. 



A serviceable bluebird house. Make box as 

 shown in sketch, preferably of slab wood, 

 especially top. If impossible to secure wood 

 with bark attached, stain dark grayish brown. 

 Box is fastened to pole by strip of sheet iron 

 screwed on back of box and screwed to pole 



He will not enter a hole. No box or house for him! It must be in 

 the form of a shelf, preferably with a cover. It must be open on at 

 least two sides and should have a low raised rim around the edge to 

 keep the nest from being blown or washed oiT. It should have a roof, 

 too, for while the great majority of robin nests are in trees, and in 

 rather open situations at that, when they can find a good situation 

 on a house it will nearly always be under some sort of overhang. 



