My Aviaries mid Birds. 



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Its Inmates : While none are really rare, many are 

 very beauti ul and all are ve;y fit. There are the following 

 in pairs unless otherwise state I: — 



Cordon Bleus (2 pairs), Golden -breasted Waxbills (2 

 pairs). Common Avadavats (2 pairs), Lavender Finches, Grey 

 Wa-l)ills, St. Helena Waxbills, Firefinches, Orange-cheeked 

 W^axbills, Zebra Finches, Green Singing Finches, Pintail Non- 

 pareils (2 pairs), Grey Singing Finch (cf), Pekin Robin (cf). 

 Nonpareil Hunting (o")- 



The above have onlj^ been in occupancy about a month 

 as there was some little delay in getting the aviary completed 

 — so breeding notes will not be expected, but a pair of Ava- 

 davats are closely incubating a clutch of eggs in a coco -nut 

 husk, and the little cock is very fierce and excited. 



A pair of Cordon Bleus have filled a Hartz travelling 

 cage with hay, laid several eggs and are 'busily incubating. 



None of the other species have yet made any attempt 

 to nest. 



The Old Aviaey: This is a little larger than ;the 

 new one, being 16^ feet long by 7 feet wide; the whole of 



the flight as well as shel- 

 ter is roofed in with cor- 

 rugated iron and the floors 

 of shed and flight are 

 concreted. An old tree 

 adorns the centre of flight, 

 but of this there now only 

 remains the stumps and 

 two branches. The bath 

 is a glass vessel, food hop ■ 

 pers, nest boxes, logs, and husks, are dispersed about the 

 aviary, and the birds have all done well and losses with the 

 acclimatised birds have been very few — breeding results have 

 been quite ordinary. 



The Inmates: Here I have pairs of Cockateels, Mada- 

 gascar Lovebirds, White Java Sparrows, and six pairs of 

 Green and Yellow Budgerigars; also the following odd cocks: 

 Madagascar, Masked, Orange, Napoleon and Grenadier Weavers 

 and a Paradise Whydah. 



I have just disposed of six young Cockateels, but have 



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