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and branches are hung up, and the seed and water are 

 placed in trays, the water being collected from the 

 roof into a tank which is placed by the side of the 

 aviary. The houses are niatchboarded and are 

 partitioned off, allowing separate places for the seed * 

 each house has a separate door for entering the runs, 

 and a separate door for entering the houses ; the floors 

 are cemented and the houses stand on brickwork, the 

 two outer ones being 5ft. by 6ft., and the centre one 

 being 8ft. b}- 5ft. I have in one compartment Peach- 

 faced Lovebirds, a pair of Sepoy Finches, a King 

 Parrot, and some Budgerigars. In the centre compart- 

 ment are Rosellas, Mealy Rosellas, Blue Bonnets, 

 Petzi Conures, Alexandrine Parrakeets, Black-headed 

 Conures, etc., and in the other compartment are 

 various small birds such as Waxbills, Masked, Long- 

 tailed, Yellow-vented, Parson and Saffron Finches, etc. 



3l3ir^ Xifc oil the ©use. 



By CORVUS. 

 There has been a frost during the night, and the 

 ground under the bushes and hedgerows where shel- 

 tered is still white, but the sun is gradually imparting 

 a certain degree of warmth to the air, as it shines in a 

 cloudless sk3% giving an illusion of summer, and we 

 feel the exhilarating effect of the day as we start on a 

 walk along the bank of the Great Ouse, with eyes and 

 ears on the alert to note what may present itself in the 

 way of bird life on this part of the river which divides 

 Huntingdonshire from Cam])ridgesliire. Although it 

 is the dead season of the year tlie stream is not with- 

 out a certain beauty, as it flows through the flat fen 

 land, in the contrast between the bright blue water 



