Edmund J. Sawyer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Foreword

Bird Houses and Common Sense

General and Miscellaneous Material Illustrated capital W

Dimensions for Various Houses

The House Wren

The Black-capped Chickadee

The White-breasted Nuthatch

The Tufted Titmouse

The Tree Swallow

The Eastern Bluebird

The Crested Flycatcher

The Flicker

The Purple Martin

The Tree-nesting Ducks

Hawks and Owls

The Common House Finch

Robin and Phoebe

Bird Baths

Food Stations

Transcriber's Notes

EDMUND J. SAWYER

Wren

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Bulletin No. 1, Fifth Edition

Fifth Edition
Copyright 1955
by The Cranbrook Institute of Science
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

First printed as “Bird Houses”
First Edition, March, 1931, 2000 copies
Second Edition, February, 1938, 1500 copies

Revised and enlarged to include western species, baths, and shelters
Third Edition, December, 1940, 3000 copies
Fourth Edition, June, 1944, 5000 copies
June, 1951, 4000 copies
Fifth Edition, July, 1955, 6000 copies
September, 1963, 5000 copies

Printed by Litho-Art, Inc., from type set and printed by the Cranbrook Press