I'/.svV.v lo Mcn/hcrfi' Aviaries (ukJ ninlroonis. 25'.l 



Cutthroats {Amaclhin fasciata). Tlicsc li.ivc one ])ro()<l 

 of two young males on the wing- and arc rcodiny ;, scconil 

 brood in the nest. 



Jiybrid Blackbirds: A Grey-wingrd Ouzel (McrnUi houl- 

 buul) x J-.laokbird {Mciula )nriula) have nested thiice and 

 art' ncsliiii'- a,i(ain. So I'ai' there has licen no result; om- noui:,'^- 

 biru lived to leave the nest, but not to i'end \i>v ilselF. 



I'arrakeet Aviary: Here, though all tlie birds Kosella, 

 Ked-runiped, and Ring-necked Parrakeets; Madagascar, Blue- 

 wing and Black-cheeked Lovebirds; Oockatiels and Budgeri- 

 gars—are in excellent condition and very vigorous. Only 

 the Budgerigars have reared young, though the Black-cheeked 

 Lovebirds are nesting. 



They have unfortunately lost their hen Gouldian Finch. 

 If any of our members has a duplicate hen such would be very 

 acceptable and gratefully acknowledged. 



Mk. Chiozza Monky'b Aviakies (Highgate) : On Tues- 

 day, August 5th, I availed myself of Mr. Money's kind in- 

 vitation to lunch and to see his aviaries and birds. The house 

 is barely completed, and it speaks volumes for Mr. Money's 

 interest and enthusiasm in his birds, that the aviaries aix; uj) 

 before the grounds are touched ! 



While Air. Aioney has provided a fair amount of natural 

 cover, he has not so much as is usually found in the garden 

 aviary, his desire being to have his birds mostly staged, as it 

 were, before him, and he has certainly succeeded in securing 

 this and at the sam(! time very pleasing and attractive aviaries; 

 the ground plan clearly indicates how he has achieved this. 

 Mr. Money also likes to have as varied a series of birds as 

 it is possible to keep together, as will be indicated in the lists 

 given later. 



The aviaries have only been up about six weeks, and 

 were erected on bare, rough ground; yet Mr. Money ha« 

 triumphed over difhculties and pushed on one side gardeners' 

 and nurserymen's ol)jections that it was impossible to move 

 large bushes in July — privet and other bushes, 8 feet high 

 have been successfully transplanted, and by the fi-ee use or 

 water, both as to the ground and sprayed over the foliage, 

 this has been accomplished with scai'cely the loss of a leaf — 



