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Before they were able to leave the nest-box, SKitty took care of the unpleasant details.
Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999
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To help keep the nest dry, cut some. 006 drain holes spaced. 05 apart on the bottom of the nest-box drawer.
Chapter 7 1982
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If there is danger of lice in the nest-box, sprinkle with water in which carbolic acid has been mixed in the proportion of eight drops to a half gallon of water.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 Various
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Tame Mother Pigeon often lays two more eggs in the next nest-box even before her twins are out of their nest.
Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim
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The Brown-eyed Boy took a dish of bread and milk to the edge of the low roof, where the nest-box had been placed, and the Blue-eyed Girl called,
Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim
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Dearborn (Farmers 'Bulletin No. 493, U.S. Dept. of Agr.) describes a nest-box trap.
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He stepped out of his nest-box, which had been placed on top of a flat, low shed, and strolled up the steep roof of the woodshed, which was within reach.
Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim
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The reward consisted of freedom to return to the nest-box _via_ the passage which led from the box-which-did-not-ring; the punishment, which consisted of a disagreeable electric shock, was given whenever the mouse entered the wrong box, that is, the one which had the sound as a warning.
The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916
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After he had been in the nest-box for a few seconds, No. 1000 was returned to the wooden box by the experimenter and again permitted to climb out for the benefit of No. 5.
The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916
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The weak electric shock, which was given as a punishment for mistakes, provided an activity-impelling motive for escape to the nest-box.
The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916
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