250 I'isits 1() M t'Dihow' .\riancs 



3 o Paradise Whydahs {Stegaiiura paradisea). 



I Q Crimson Tragopan {Tragopan satyra). Male died. 



I pair Diamond Doves (GcopcUa cuncata). 



The only family party I saw was that of the Chinj^olo 

 Song-Sparrows, and I watched them delightedly. ( iarbed in 

 blackish-brown, brown, and white, yet their shar]ily-contrasted 

 colour-pattern made them noticeable and pleasing birds ; they are 

 also songsters worthy their name. Misto Finches have bred, 

 but I did not see any of the young in this aviary; but, if I 

 recollect aright, they had a brood in the nest. 



IV cavers' and Whydahs' Ai'iary No. lO : This is a huge 

 nnd beautiful aviary, as will be seen from the photo which 

 illustrates these notes. A pleasing feature of all these wilderness 

 aviaries is the miniature streamlets of running water which 

 Txieander through them, with, in the larger ones, clumps of tall 

 reeds and willows on their banks. At the bottom of this 



aviary there is a large shelter-shed (a roomy aviary in itself), 

 Mith open front, and a good depth of shingly gravel over the 

 floor. Round several of the roof-standards were climbing 



rampant brambles, carrying masses of fruit. Again the birds 

 vere few for the space, but all the more charming to watch for 

 tliat — they were almost as free as in their native wilds. I had 

 an hour of delighted interest in this aviary, and the memor}' 

 thereof will not soon fade. I noted the following : 



.\dult pair Manchurian Crossoptilons (Crossoptiloii viiiiiclniricuin). 



■ pair Cape Sparrows (Passer arciiatiis) and young". 



T pair Yellow-tliroated Si)arro\vs {species iiicert.) from I'.rit. I^. .\frica. 



1 pair Shore Larks {(Uocorys alpestris). 



I pair Snow Buntings (Plectroplicnax iih'olis). 



I cf Abyssinian Weaver {Hyphantoniis melanoccpliala). 



I c? and 2 9 Bramble Finches {Fringilla montifr'ingiUa). 



1 9 Weaver (species inccrt.) 



JVadcrs' Az'iarics i/ and 18: Description left over till 

 next momn. 



i\o. IQ\ A roomy aviary at least 13ft. high, occupied 

 i)v a fine pair of Bengal Eagle Owls (Bubo bcngalcnsis) which 

 have been fully described in past issues of " B.N." — they are 

 now fully adult and an extremely fine pair. 



No. 20 : A replica of above, containing a very fine [vair of 

 Falkland Island Eagie-Owls (Bubo z'iri;;inianus falklandi 

 islajidii). 



(To be continued). 



