So)}ic Pindics I have kept. 



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unsuccessful attempt was in another box, on the opposite sidv 

 (:f the aviary, hanging under the eave of the sheher-shed, about 

 oft. above the ground, and right over the shelter door which 

 gave ingress to the flight. I was very disappointed at this 

 continued use of nest-boxes, for nothing delights me more than 

 the birds Ijuilding natural nests amid natural cover, and there 



was an abundance of the latter in this aviary, and, 1 think, more 

 naturally arranged than in any aviary I have ever possessed — 

 the dimensions of the flight were 28ft. x 23ft. x 15ft. high — and 

 the nest-boxes in the aviary were few in number compared with 

 the occupants, as T wished to force the birds to nest in natural 

 ccver if possible. 



Along the back and one side of aviary were established 



