Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 444
cut the size of the upperpart of the post. The keg is then droppeddown over the post so that the shoulder, formedby cutting away the wood, will rest under theupper side of the keg, in which the smallersquare hole has been cut. Bird-houses of an infinite variety of styles canbe made by any handy… … FIG. I. FIG. 2. A NOVEL BIRD-BOX. made and the lodges placed within them—un-less the birds are very tame and will not leavethe premises. Some small pigeon-cotes are pictured in thisarticle. In Fig. 5 a cote with three holes isshown that is easily made from thin boards. It may measure 30 inches…
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