The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 346
llowing is the best plan weknow :—Procure a stump or log, suffi-•ciently hollow in the centre for a partof its length to admit of a nest; fix itup anywhere, with the solid portiondownwards, and cut in the bole, a littleabove the solid part where the nest isto be, a round hole (a) for the bird-to go… … light from the orifice A, be able to see hereafter if the bird ison her nest or not, without disturbing her. Now saw throughthe log from B to C, make a small leather hinge at c, and asmall fastening of leather or string at B (any loop over a nailwill do), and you have a rude box, so much like a…
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