12 BULLETIN 527, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The material required for this house is one piece of clear white 
pine i by 6 inches by 6 feet, S4S, and a small quantity of 1-inch 
brads or shingle nails. Often a box can be found that wall contain 
enough J-ineh pieces to make the house. Take the box apart care- 
fully to avoid splitting the wood. 
The bill of stock with finished dimensions and the use of the pieces 
are as follows: 
Use. 
Number of 
pieces. 
Finished dimen- 
sions. 
1 
2 
2 
1 
Inches. 
i by 6 by 10. 
i by 4 by 8. 
* by 4| by 6. 
| by 4 by 10. 
* by 4| by 10. 
End 
Roof 
Roof 
1 
rfTCWT way 
Fig. 21. 
Bird house. 
the hole below 
tiering the door, 
good color. 
t ho door. 
Paint the 
Tie bird alights 
Cut and square up 
the pieces according to 
the dimensions given 
above, bevel the sides 
as shown in the draw- 
ings, lay out the door 
and perch pin hole on 
one end, as shown in 
the drawing, bore a 
^-inch hole for the 
perch pin, bore f-inch 
holes along the inner 
side of the line laid out 
for the door, trim to 
the lines with a knife, 
layout and cut the end 
boards to the proper 
slant for the roof. 
In assembling the 
parts, nail the sides to 
the end pieces, using 
the 1-inch brads or 
sliingle nails, nail bot- 
tom to frame, nail on 
roof boards, whittle a 
perch pin | inch in di- 
ameter and 2 inches 
long and wedge it in 
on this pin before eh- 
bird house; a dark green or a brown is a 
