242 Bakloh Aviary Notes. 



tried to do, but it seerriicd tocutlup herinotes so much, and I 

 have myself got so much pleasure from reading and re-reading 

 the notes (copied into a book) that, I venture to hope our 

 members will be intrested in thcrrf ^s originally written, with 

 a few notes by myself. I therefore propose to write these 

 aviary notes in four parts: Part I., Inio'tes to date of my de- 

 parture, by myself; Part II. and III., notes by my wife, 

 including nesting and rearing; Part IV., notes on the birds 

 in a wild state, &c., by myself. 



My new aviaries, though erected in 1909, have been 

 little used and badly want repair. My old ones, built in 

 1903 are far more convenient and the few birds I've kept 

 ■recently have been housed in them, but they have been prac- 

 tically empty since early 1913. They want cleaning and 

 tidying up badly, old nests require pulling out of boxes, both 

 Parrakeet and Finch, and they rather present the look of a 

 lumber room with boxes and cages stacked in places, but 

 they are useful aviaries, well furnished with pea sticks and 

 artificial perches and nesting boxes of very varied shapes and 

 sizes. 



The aviary consists of a stone house with 8ft. ver- 

 andah, both iron sheet over plank roofing, with 20ft. open 

 flight to south. This house runs gablewise into the west 

 verandah of lOur bun_galow. The house is 12ft. by 1 8ft., but 

 3ft. at the back is taken \ixf by two aviary cages, one over 

 the other 14ft. by 3ft. and 4ft. at the end near the bungalow 

 is used as a store room. It is divided into two aviaries, 

 rough ineasurementf as follow: Near or Finch Aviary.' — 

 House 9ft. by 8ft., verandah 8ft. by nearly 12ft., flight 20ft. 

 by about 14ft., the east sidel having nearly 2'ft. of eaves of the 

 bungalow. Far or Parrakeet xiviary. — House 9ft. by 6ft., 

 Vferandah 8ft, by 7ft. 6in. to 8ft., flight 20ft. by 8ft : to 9ft: 

 At the S.W. corner of the bungalow verandah is the' verandah 

 aviary 14ft. by 4ft. wide by 6ft. high, of which for 6ft. is 

 glass and wood, covered with blanket and tarpaulin, quite 

 a useful little aviary it has been; remaining 8ft. is open wire. 

 All wire is half-inch mesh, strong galvanised netting. 



Finches and Parrakeets having been absent so long 



