JOS On Ornamental Aviaries* 



and their lovely notes amply repay us for our trouble. They 

 are too, almost all of them, gregarious, and many specimens of 

 each kind may be kept in the same aviary ; they are all of 

 them granivorous, and only require a good supply of greens 

 daily, to keep in perfect health. The genus alauda are kept with 

 more difficulty, but they thrive well on barley meal and grated 

 Hver. They often suffer from the mice, who destroy their 

 eggs, and sometimes even themselves, when roosting on the 

 ground ; of these I have only kept, 



Alauda Arborea Woodlark 



— Arvensis Skylark 



Pratensis Titlark. 



The genus Motacilla is easily kept, and the motacilla 

 flava is one of the most elegant birds that are found in this 

 island. It is a graceful and familiar little creature, and its 

 colour very beautiful and ornamental. The genus Sylvia is 

 kept in the common aviary with great difficulty ; the greater 

 number of them are migratory, and their food principally in- 

 sects. They require a regulated temperature in winter, and 

 insect food, which at that season is very difficult to obtain. 

 The perseverance of Mr. Sweet has been rewarded by the do- 

 mestication of many of them, and the beauty of their song, 

 and the elegance of their movements, is sufficient incitement 

 to make the attempt. They will, however, almost all of them, 

 require a separate apartment. The following will succeed 

 very well in the common aviary, and I have kept them very 

 successfully on the common food of the aviary. 

 Sylvia Modularis Hedge Warbler 



Rubecula Redbreast 



Troglodytes Common Wren 



Regulus Golden-crested Wren. 



These are very pretty inmates for the aviary. It will be 



scarcely possible to keep more than one pair of the redbreasts, 

 as he is quite master of the place, beating birds twice his 

 size, and prying into every thing which is placed there ; they 

 are most prolific ; but it is almost impossible to be sure of 

 getting a pair, as there is but the slightest difference between 

 the cock and the hen. 



