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are placed at a considerable elevation. The boxes should be 
firmly fixed, so that they cannot be easily shaken by the wind or 
by the weight of the birds. 
At a height requiring a ladder it is very troublesome to fix the 
boxes in the first instance, and afterwards to examine and repair 
them. Old pump trees and hollow larch poles make excellent 
nesting places for Wrynecks, Nuthatches, Tits, Redstarts, &c. 
The posts should be planted in the ground. A tight fitting 
bung should bo thrust down the hollow to the depth of about two 
feet from the top of the post ; a strong lid and padlock, or other 
fastening fixed to the top and a hole made through the side of the 
post about two inches below the lid. The hole may be conveniently 
bored with a carpenter’s “ sway -bit ; ” it should slope slightly 
upwards from the outside to the inside so that the rain may not 
run in. The holes should be made carefully of the exact size for 
the bird required to use them. 
For the Tree Creepers and the smaller Titmice, the holes should 
be three quarters of an inch, and one inch respectively, so that 
House Sparrows cannot enter. For Great Tits, Wrynecks, and 
Nu thatches the holes should be one inch and a quarter in diameter, 
or not largo enough for Starlings. Good boxes may be made of 
inverted flowerpots fitted loosely on the tops of posts, the top of the 
post should be hollowed out enough to contain the nest when the 
flowerpot is removed for examination, and should have a “ shoulder” 
cut to prevent the flowerpot from fitting down too tight, otherwise, 
in wet weather the post will burst the pot. The hole in the flower- 
pot must be stopped with a cork and another suitable hole cut in 
the side of the pot with a hard chisel, and rounded with a rasp. 
Rectangular wooden boxes should be made of “inch stuff” with 
the back projecting so that nails may be used for fixing the boxes 
to walls, sheds, or posts ; they do not improve the appearance of 
trees. The following birds occasionally nest within two or three 
feet of the ground — Starling, Great Tit, Cole Tit, Marsh Tit, Blue 
Tit, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch, Wryneck, and Tree Sparrow. The 
House Sparrow generally builds at least ten feet from the ground. 
The late Mr. John Savory of Sparham told me of Rooks nesting in 
some tall laurels at Blakeney after the trees in the rookery had been 
felled. 
It may not perhaps be generally known that at least fourteen, 
