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 MY AVIARY AND ITS INMATES. 



By llie Lady DUNI^EATH. 



It may interest some of our readers to hear about 

 my birds. Last summer was a very bad one for breeding, 

 and the only birds hatched in mj' aviary were Zebra 

 Finches and Cutthroats. The vSaffron Finches 

 laid many eggs, but with no result. 



I liave added another division to my aviary, which 

 now consists of a wooden cottage with thatched roof, 

 40ft. by 15ft., and 12ft. high, divided into three parts. 

 No. I, 2ift. wide; No. 2, iSft. ; No. 3, 15ft. In No. i, I 

 have two Ringed Barbar}' Doves with two young ones 

 just able to fly, Zebra Finches, Cutthroats, Cordon Bleus, 

 Grey Singing Finches, a few Canaries (the others I 

 brought in for the winter), Golden-breasted Waxbills, 

 Avadavats, Manuikins, Black-headed Nuns, Whydahs, 

 Tiny Ground Dove, Bengalese, vSpice Birds, and two Bull- 

 finches. In No. 2, six Budgerigars, one Redrunip, one 

 Half-moou Parrakeet, one pair Indian Parrakeets, one 

 Lemon-crested Cockatoo, one pair Cockatiels, Californian 

 Quails, and one pair Silver Pheasants. In No. 3, one 

 Virginian Nightingale, one Pope, eight Pekin Robins, two 

 Nonpareils, two Indigo Birds, two Green Singing Finches, 

 one vSilky Cowbird, one Mocking Bird, one pair Golden 

 Pheasants, one pair Nicobar Pigeons, seven Java Doves, 

 one pair Zebra Doves, four Weavers, and two Parson 

 Finches. In a large cage in my sitting-room, I have 

 three Red-crested Cardinals, one Green Cardinal, and one 

 Canary-winged Parrakeet waiting to go out in the spring. 



I have a lovely Green Bulbul, the same as the one 

 described in "Bird Notes" for January. I should like 

 to know whether it is rare, as I gave 50s. for it eighteen 

 months ago and was told it was very rare.* It is quite 



* The Golden - fronted Green Bulbul {Chloropsis ami from) 

 cannot be correctly described as "very rare." .\ltliough never 

 common, and somewhat expensive, it is nearly always obtainable. 

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