312 A Combined Seed -hopper and Bird Trap. 



at the moment of pulling! I have never had a mishap yet 

 with it. The door allows both hands to l)e inserted together- 

 right hand to the left and left hand to the right— this effectually 

 Idock.s up the doorway, and gives a double chance of catching. 



The dimensions of the box are: In front 2 fleet 3 inches 

 X 1 foot 2 inches, and it is 13 inches from front to ])ack; mine 

 are painted dark green. 



The above may be obtained from Mr. R. Ellis (who 

 made mine), wood-carver, and cabinet-maker, Leadenham, 

 Lincoln, Price 20s. each, but if not less than six are taken, 

 15s. each. 



The above is my own invention after two or three years' 

 trial and experiment, and I have found it a great time saver 

 and the birds are caught up without a general disturbance 

 of the aviary. 



I shall be pleased to answer any questions that may be 

 put concerning the above — three are in operation in my own 

 aviaries, and one or two others elsewhere, and are greatly 

 appreciated. I consider it admirable for seed-eaters; and, 

 the same type suitably fitted should answer equally well for 

 Soft -bills. It can also be made to hang on a wall. 

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Mr Raynor's Aviary at Hazeleigh Rectory. 



By thp: Rkv. G. H. Raynor. 



I was not until the eaily ixirt of the present year 

 (1913) that I found myself in a J^osition to carry out my long- 

 3herished scheme of erecting an out-of-door aviary, and, being 

 nothing of a carpenter and less of an architect, I determined to 

 avail myself of the valuable help of him to whom the Foreign 

 Bird Clul; very lai'gely owes its present great prosperity— our 

 able Editor, Mr. Wesley T. Page. It has certainly cost 

 me quite as much as I intended to lay out, Init I freely 

 confess that the pleasure I have derived from it is altogether 

 commensurate. I am a very Inisy person, and the little rest 

 I can afford to take during the daylight, I now spend for the 

 most part (in an arm-chair in front of the aviary) in watching 

 the habits and the gambols of the delightful birds, of which 

 I am the proud possessor. 



The accompanying photograph will, I think, give 



