228 Visits to Members' Aviaries. 



Barn Birdroom : This is a large room, some 40ft. x 

 20ft., lofty, and well-lighted. It is really a combined store and 

 birdroom. Along the entrance end and part of the front are 

 a number of iron bins, and in these the various seeds and meals 

 are stored. The centre of the room is occupied by two roomy 

 flights. Into this room come the bulk of the birds during 

 the autumn and winter months, also the young birds when able 

 Lo fend for themselves. However, it contains a goodly 



number of birds all the year round, and some species are bred 

 in the flights and cages each season. 



In the flight cages round the sides of the room I noted : 



Cornish Chough Hand-reared Thrushes 



Yellow-wing Sugarbird Hand-reared Virginian Cardinal 



Young Zebra Finches Greenfinch 



Yorkshire Canaries Young Grey Cardinals 



Hand-reared Blackbirds Pekin Robin 



Young Cuban Finches Canaries 



Young Cordon Bleus Red-headed Finch 



Young Rufous-backed Mannikins Nightingale 



Young Blackcap 



In Centre Flight No. i : This contained a good number 

 of young birds. I noted the following: 

 Canaries Siskin-Canary Mules 



Young Quail Finches Red-headed Finch-CuUhroat Hybrids 



I pair White Java Sparrows Young Zebra Finches 



I pair Crimson Finches Silverbill 



Also cock Blue Budgerigar mated with a blue-bred Green, 



with a brood of young in the husk, among which was one Blue. 



Centre Flight No. 2 : This contained but few birds, viz : 



1 pair Green Cardinals, feeding young. 



2 (S Blue-bred Green Budgerigars 

 I (S Greenfinch 



I S Chaffinch. 



This brings my description of this practical accommoda- 

 tion to a close — I have purposely refrained from going into too 

 close detail as to the doings of the birds, as I hope Capt. 

 Rattigan will spin the yarn himself. 



I must mention, in conclusion, that in the spring Capt. 

 Rattigan released a few weavers, which he had found trouble- 

 some in the aviary, and they stayed fairly well about the paddock 

 and garden. A pair of Rufous-necked Weavers (Hyphantornis 



