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flDrs. Hnning^oire Hviarp. 



I HAVE the pleasure to send you for publication in 

 " Bird Notes " a photograph of my aviary taken 

 by my friend, Mr. A. G. Swannell, of Cambridge, 

 with the following description. The building was 

 erected from my own design by Mr. G. W. Lambert, 

 of Darby Street, Cambridge. The wooden frame of 

 the aviary rests on a bed of concrete twelve inches 

 thick, of which six inches are above the ground level, 

 and consists of stout framed stud work and one inch 

 grooved and tongued match - boarding. The full 

 length of the aviary is thirty-four feet, its width six 

 feet, and its height to the eaves seven feet. The 

 length is divided into three parts : the first part at the 

 north end is six feet square superficial and forms the 

 sleeping chamber : it is close boarded on the north 

 and east sides ; on tlie west side are glazed and 

 framed and hinged shutters opening outwards ; inside 

 the shutters the space is protected by half-inch wire 

 netting, on the south side it is separated from the 

 second part by stout glazed shutters and fine wire, all 

 made to open. The second part, which constitutes a 

 covered flight, is seventeen feet long and six feet wide, 

 and is closed in on the east side by boarding of the same 

 character as that of the sleeping place and continuous 

 with it ; the west front consists of half inch wire 

 netting and glazed shutters made to open and hung to 

 upright ja^ibs; this chamber is separated from the 



