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BIRD NOTES: 



THE 



JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



My Waders' Aviary 



' ' . By H. Willfokd. 



(Continued from page 34^. 

 In the previous instalment I described my aviary, 

 but I am not confined to my Waders' aviary alone for these 

 birds, as I have a medium sized pond, with ruslies, etc., in 

 my original Wilderness Aviary: here are located my smaller 

 Waders, also a very fine pair of South African Crowned 

 Cranes, and up to the present they have taken no notice of 

 the small birds occupying that enclosure. 



In this instalment I purpose describing a few suitable 

 species, repeating my former warning that if Gulls and 

 Ducks be kept with the smaller Waders, some provision 

 must be made for keeping a supply of food for the latter, which 

 the former cannot reach. 



Several species I have photographed in the aviary, 

 some of which illu.strate these notes. 



The Mandarin Duck (.Ex galerieulata, Salvaclori). 

 This exquisite species should be in every collection of water- 

 fowl, its small size and gorgeous plumage make it par excel- 

 lence, the duck for such a purpose, and it is not even out 

 of place in the ordinary aviary where the bath is large 

 enough for it to wade about in, moreover the quaint decora- 

 tions of the male, as well as his plumage make him an object 

 of interest— a bird to be noticed — under any conditions. 



Desceiption: Adult male. "In full plumage is a most 

 " extravagantly decorated bird, his general ' get up ' being sug- 

 " gestive of a Bird-of-Par,adise rather than a duck. His crest, 

 " very long and full, is copper-red in front and metallic-green 

 " behind, and white at the sides, the white also occupying the 

 " upper part of the face, but shading into buff as it nears the 

 " ruff of bright chestnut hackles which adorns the neck. The 

 " breast is purplish-maroon, and the abdomen white. 

 "But the wings are the most remarkable part of the bird; the 

 " innermost quill is expanded on its inner side into a chestnut 



