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quickly and soon recognise the one who supplies 

 their needs, and if the\' do not often actuall}^ come and 

 take an insect from the hand, they will soon take a 

 mealworm six inches from your feet when cast on the 

 ground. I may be a faddist, but finding they seldom 

 or never picked at the cuttlefish, I always kept a 

 supply of the same coarsely crushed ; this sprinkled 

 on the sand appeared to help them considerably in 

 getting through the moult. They were about halfway 

 through this when they came into my possession. 

 They are sun loving creatures, and only seek shelter 

 for a brief space about midday. 



I may say in conclusion that they were kept in my 

 greenhouse bird room, in an enclosure 5 feet by 2^ feet 

 by 7^ feet high. I find these enclosures answer well, 

 but I should say they have wooden ceilings six inches 

 below the glass. 



a Mm&ow Hviarp aiiO otber fIDatters. 



By INIrs. E. Warren Vernon. 



In my last paper I mentioned that I had no out- 

 door aviary, and that I was about to institute a wire 

 enclosure outside a window for my birds to use as 

 a flight. I now have the first, and the second is an 

 accomplished fact. 



There are many people who live in towns and 

 have no gardens, and consequently are debarred from 

 the chance of a proper aviar}^ out of doors. The 

 accompanying photograph of the window aviary will 

 show that the birds of those so circumstanced need not 

 be absolutely deprived of fresh air. The aviary is of 

 the simplest construction, and any carpenter or haudy 

 man can make one. 



