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BIRD NOTES: 



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JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 

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Visits to Members' Aviaries. 



By Wesley T. Page. F.Z.S.. M.B.O.U. 

 (Caiichtdcd from page 2§o). 



Note: Plate " In Weavers' Aviary," facings pag'e 251, 

 should face page 250. 



CORRIGENDA: I^age 22~ line 16 for " roseicapilla " 

 read roseicollis; page 248, lines 12 and 26. and page 249, line 14, 

 for " Fn>igilla " read Fringillaria. 



TifK W'adkrs' Aviary : This is a really extensive and 

 beautiful enclosure, a pond at either end, the top one being', 

 except in the centre, a dense mass of reeds and rushes, and the 

 lower one with a larg"e patch of sea-g'ravel in front of it, while 

 down one side of the aviary meandered a shallow streamlet, 

 its margins being- studded with reeds, flags and other bog" 

 plants, and, in the writer's opinion, the whole formed an ideal 

 home for Waders and Mar.sh-birds. Some idea of its beauty, 

 practical character, and extent is indicated in the photo-plate 

 illustrating- these notes. 



Wandering- about, or on the wing", apparently cpiite at 

 home in their quarters, I noted the following- species : 



Spoonbills (Platalea Icuconxiia) 



Scarlet Ibis {Eudociiini.s- ruber). 



r.nr-tail Godwit (I.'iniosa lappoiiica). 



Civcy Plover {Sqiiatarnla helvetica). 



Knots (Tringa camttus). 



Dunlin (T . alpina). 



RulTs and Reeves {Machetes pugna.v). 



Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron chiiiquis-). 



Common Quail (Coturnix communis). 



Hybrid Senegal-Necklace Doves. 



Mislo Sees-Finches [Sycalis httcii'entris). 



