All rights reserved. ■ October, 1911. 



BIRD NOTES; 



. THE 



JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



Visits to Members' Aviaries. 



By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., Etc. , 



Capt. Reeve's Aviaries: In July last I enjoyed ja 

 short visit to Leadenham House, and the hospitality of Capt. 

 and Mrs. Eeeve, as well as avicultural yarning- galore. My 

 ramble over part of the estate or visits to the Partridge and 

 Pheasant Coops, or waterfowl, I do not purpose dwelling upon, 

 but merely to describe No. 3 aviary, photo and description 

 of aviaries 1 and 2 appeared in " B.N.„ December issue, 1910, 

 so that it will only be necessary to refer to their occupants. 

 With the photo -reproductions and ground plan which accom- 

 pany these notes, but little description will be necessary, as 

 a glance at the plates will indicate their handsome appear- 

 ance and the natural accommodation provided for the birds, 

 yet in spite of dense natural cover and roomy quarters, the 

 breeding results have been few indeed, constituting quite an 

 avicultural puzzle, for which I certainly am unable to suggest 

 any reason, save, perhaps, the abnormal dry heat and the 

 " cussedness " of birdy temperament. 



No. 3 AviAEY : This aviary, which was completed 

 and ready for occupancy in May last, is roomy and natural. 

 The trees and plants were mostly on the spot and supply am- 

 ple and dense natural cover, the bulk of the ground area is 

 covered with grass, which is periodically mown; there is a 

 small bank with shrubs on top and is a tangle of varied her- 

 bage. A cement bath with a wire division serves both 

 aviaries (Nos. 2 and 3, see plan). The arrangement for pre- 

 venting husks being scattered about and for holding the seed 

 vessels is quite ingenious and Capt. Eeeve's design. It consists 

 really of a sort of box cage, the front of which is in three 

 parts, which can all be turned back or down out of the 



