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with roofing felt, and then covered with corrugated 

 iron sheets. The window was enlarged, and covered 

 with fine wire netting inside the glass. 



Against the south end of this house my man 

 built a timber frame-work, covered with wire netting 

 (^in. mesh). This is roofed in for about one-third of 

 its length (at the end nearest the house) with corru- 

 gated iron. The house is provided with a door in two 

 heights, opening into the run — in severe weather the 

 lower, and larger, part of the door can be closed. The 

 upper part of the door is now securely fastened back 

 against the wall by iron hooks. At first it was only 

 tied back by string, which broke during the severe 

 storm in September and allowed the door to slam to — 

 thus causing the death of some of the birds, which 

 were shut off from their food, all of which is kept 

 in the inner aviar3\ 



On the west side of the run is a wired enclosure 

 forming a sort of entrance lobb\" to the aviary — the 

 double doors are important, to prevent the escape of 

 birds. Even with these double doors I believe one 

 bird did escape this summer — for it disappeared from 

 the aviary, and I feel convinced that there is no hole 

 through which it could have squeezed. 



The greater part of the outer aviary is turfed, but 

 the part nearest the house, under the iron roof, is 

 sanded. There are about a dozen 3'oung trees along 

 the east side of the aviary — sycamore, alder, and 

 birch. The floor of the inner aviary is covered with 

 fine peat litter. The seed-vessels are all on a small 

 shelf, which hangs from wires under the ridge of the 

 roof, in the house. There are a few pea -boughs for 

 perches, but the trees render these scarcely necessary 

 in the outer aviary. Nest-boxes are hung on the wall 

 in the house. 



It is difficult to get a good view of the aviary 

 from a camera, because of the trees in the garden, but 



