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from the top, to which can be nailed Ijranches, nest, 

 boxes, etc. At the end is a donble door of wood and 

 wire which opens into a smaller aviar\^ lo feet long, 5 

 feet wide and 7 feet high. This aviary is boarded on the 

 north, the west and sonth are half glass and half wood ; 

 the floor is covered with ashes, and there is plenty of 

 cover provided for the birds — branches, nest boxes, 

 and hay ; 2 swing perches, shelf for seed tins and a 

 large bath. In this part I have two Whydahs, one cock 

 Orange Weaver (these are in colour and lovely plu- 

 mage), one Red-billed hen Weaver, two Green Singing 

 Finches, one Goldfinch, one Bullfinch, one Siskin, a 

 pair of Greenfinches and a Linnet. I have had the 

 Linnet over four years, and he sings beautifully. 



For food I give white and brown millet, spray 

 millet, canar}', a little hemp, meal worms, oranges, 

 apples, grapes, etc.. Century Food No. i, a mixture of 

 sweet biscuits, one hard boiled egg, and ants' eggs 

 daily when I do not give the Century Food. Fresh 

 sods ever\' week, and in summer all the different kinds 

 of grasses. The aviary is painted white inside and is 

 fitted up with nest boxes, German cages, and cocoa- 

 nut husks. I have small box trees in pots, one large 

 swing perch, and spruce branches fitted into blocks of 

 wood. 



In the heated aviary I have the following birds, 

 all in perfect plumage and very healthy : — i Cock 

 Chinese Quail ; 2 Zosterops, 1904 ; 2 Green Avadavats ; 

 2 Common Avadavats ; i Grey Waxbill, 1903 ; 2 Zebra 

 Finches, 1903 ; 2 Nutmeg Birds, 1903 ; 2 Bronze 

 Mannikins ; i Indigo Finch ; 2 Pekin Robins ; 2 

 Gouldian Finches (hen red face, cock black face) ; i 

 St. Helena Waxbill ; 2 Orange-cheeked Waxbills ; 2 

 Long-tailed Grass Finches ; i hen Cordon Bleu ; i 

 Bengalese ; i Himalayan Black Robin; i Green Mala- 

 bar Fruit- sucker ; 3 Rufous - tailed Finches: i hen 

 Blue Robin. 



