A Wifiter Visit to Members' Aviaries. Ill 



all the way home from the Azores, and made it difllcult for 

 me to get down to the birds which were quartered oh the 

 lower deck, and it was a case of run between the waves as 

 she was shipping heavy seas all the time, and if a wave did 

 catch you it was a case of into the scuppers every time, and 

 well, you would bo no wetter overboard. If you got to the 

 door it was difficult to get inside Avithout taking a sea with 

 you. You can imagine the language of a 'Cockney East End 

 butcher when one day I let a sea in with me he even made 

 the birds sing. I can only say every bird landed ,is 

 valuable and that importing is not all milk and honey, espec- 

 ially if one suffers from mal-de-mer. 



Winter Visit to Members Aviaries. 



By Wesley T. Pagi.;, F.Z.S., Etc. 



In February it was my privelege to pay a visit to 

 ^he aviaries of our esteemed members Messrs. A. Sutcliffe 

 and R. Suggitt, and though at this season there is not much 

 to report, yet all was in excellent order and the birds fit and 

 well. 



Mr. Sutcliffe's aviaries are roomy and well arranged, the 

 largest and latest being empty, for refitting and alterations. 

 When completed this will make a fine roomy enclosure, it is 

 about 48 X 20 feet and lofty. His earlier aviaries have already 

 been described in our pages, and as we hope to have photos and 

 plans a little later, further description had better be left till 

 then . 



The birdroom was well arranged and contained four 

 roomy flights, as well as a few cages; it was kept at a com- 

 fortable heat by a H. W. radiator, and the birds were all very 

 flourishing and fit. 



I noticed here Maroon, Palm, Blue, Black, and Violet 

 Tanagers; Yellow -winged Sugarbirds, Black and Yellow 

 Creepers (Banana Quits),, a very interesting series of Spermo- 

 philoe — Black -headed Lined, Grey/ Lined, Lavender -backed, and 

 Fire -red Finches, and all in pairs, which by their fitness, give 

 great promise of breeding during the coming season. There 

 were also some Tropical Seed Finches, Black Grosbeaks, Thick - 

 billed Seed Finch, and several other unidentified species; 



