Visits to Members' Aviaries. 183 



species and their condition, for there did not appear to be a 

 sorry -looking, ailing, or discontented individual among them, 



I)k. Thwaitks' Aviaries: My visit to Brighton was 

 really a call upon Dr. Thwaites, and he 'kindly motored me 

 over to Major Johnson's, at Hove. 'Dr. Thwaite.,' residence is 

 a corner house, with practically no back premises, where it is a 

 caseof making the most of very limited space, and right well he 

 has succeeded. His aviary consists of the back area and a 

 sjTiall space above it, some 30 x 16 feet, with a varying height 

 of from G to 12 feet; around the back wall and one end are 

 arranged shelters and two or three smaller enclosures for single 

 pairs of birds. Dr. Thwaites has certainly made the most 

 of his space; and there are some annual breeding results. 

 In the general aviary and separate flights are pairs of J)iamond 

 Doves {Gcopelia cuneata), Indigo Buntings {Cyanospiza cya- 

 iiea), Nonpareil Buntings (C. ciris), Cuban Finches (Phonipara 

 canora), White-throated Sparrow (Spermophila nUngularis), 

 Green Avadavats {Sticiospita fonnosa), Common Waxbills 

 {Esirilda cinerea), White Java Sparrows (Munia oryzivora, 

 var., alba), Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia cast anotis), Goldfinches 

 {Carduelis elegans) and Meadow Pipits (Antliu.',' pratensis), 

 in all 15 pairs and some odd birds. 



A pair of Shamahs (Cittocincla macrura), in perfect 

 feather occupy a small enclosure 16 x 4 ft., in which it is 

 hoped thej' may reproduce their kind during the season. 



The day of my visit was certainly cool and showery, 

 and the birds, as is usual, looking their worst, but they all 

 appeared to be a really fit and contented series. 



As regards indications of what results there may be, 

 I will use Dr. Thwaites' own words — the Zebra Finches, Java 

 Sparrows, and Goldfinches are incubating, but no young hatched 

 up to the present so far as he is aware. The Diamond Doves 

 have one youngster on the wing, and arc again incubating. 

 The Cuban Finches and Green Avadavats are at present only 

 playing at nestmg. 



In this aviary Pea Doves (Zenaida amabilis) nested 

 and fully reared three young birds last season, besides other 

 small finches, and Dr. Thwaites' aviary is certainly an object 

 lesson, that "where there's a will there's a way," and anyone 

 may have an aviary no matter how circum-cribed their sur- 



