OUT IN
THIS MANNER.]

[Illustration: FIG. 18. ASSEMBLING BIRD HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 19. FINISHING BIRD HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 20. (FLICKER HOUSE MOUNTED ON POST OR TREE), (HOME
FOR WOODPECKERS), (OUTDOOR NEST SHELF FOR BARN SWALLOWS, PHOEBES AND
ROBINS)]

[Illustration: FIG. 21. (BLUEBIRD HOUSE), (WREN HOUSE), (WOODPECKER
HOUSE)]

[Illustration: FIG. 22. HOUSES BUILT BY STUDENTS AT ST. JOHNSBURY,
VT.]

[Illustration: FIG. 23. (CHICKADEE HOUSE)]

[Illustration: FIG. 24. WREN, BLUE BIRD AND ROBIN HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 25. (FLICKER OR WOODPECKER HOUSE)]

[Illustration: FIG. 26. (WREN BOX)]

[Illustration: FIG. 27. (FLYCATCHER HOME)]

[Illustration: FIG. 28. RUSTIC HOUSES MADE BY ST. PAUL, MINN. BOYS.]

[Illustration: FIG. 29. RUSTIC HOUSES MADE BY PITTSBURGH, PA. BOYS.]

[Illustration: FIG. 30. SIMPLE LOG AND BIRCHBARK CONSTRUCTION, HOUSES
FOR WRENS, BLUEBIRDS, ETC.]

[Illustration: FIG. 31. BIRCH BARK HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 32. GOOD TYPES OF SMALL HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 33. GOOD TYPES OF SMALL HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 34. A QUAINT BIRD HOME.]

[Illustration: FIG. 35. A HOUSE OF CEDAR SLABS FOR JENNY WREN.]

[Illustration: FIG. 36. MAKING BIRD HOUSES TO ORDER.]

[Illustration: FIG. 37. CONSTRUCTION OF A WOODPECKER'S HOME. A MARTIN,
OR TREE SWALLOW HOME.]

[Illustration: FIG. 38. STUCCO HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 39. CONCRETE HOUSES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 40. READY TO PLACE FINISHED HOUSES.]

PLACING HOUSES.

The table given on page 16 states the height from the ground that
different species of birds seem to prefer for their nests, to which
several suggestions may be added. The houses should be so located that
cats and other bird enemies do not have easy access to them. The
openings ought to be turned away from the directions from which storms
and winds most often come; and the house must hang or tilt so rain
does not run in at the entrance. Such birds as the woodpeckers spend
most of their time in the trees and so do not take as readily to a
house set on a pole out in the open as martins or bluebirds. Flickers
are seen on the ground a good share of the time in search of their
favorite food, and so will frequently live in houses nailed to fence
posts. Houses are more apt to be occupied if placed in position in
fall or winter before the spring migration, especially houses made of
freshly dressed or newly painted wood. However, such birds a