r/,v//.s to Mciiihcrs' Aviaries. '.V.\7 



" liy ISiii. liiy!!; llic s[)aces between the pillars are lUlcil with ror- 

 ■• 1 iiuatril iioii sli.liui;- sliuttcrs as protection for tiui iiol -water pipes. 

 "Till' House i> healeil liy means of a 'Leicester' boiler witli iiin. 

 "How aim reluru pipi's )umiiiiy along the centre of the house; 

 "tile lire is maiie up twice daily— 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., and coke is 

 "Ihe fuel used. The dimensions are given on ground-plan, and 

 " it onl\ remains to state that the height is 10ft. to plate and 1.5ft. 

 "to ridge. Other details are cleai ly shown on the photo illustrating 

 "these notes. A lath-work staging runs along the two sides and 

 " one end of tlu' house, and also another along the centre, on which 

 "the cages are arranged, it may interest my bird friends to know 

 "that a I at has been trained to live in the house with' the Ijiixls so 

 "as In keep down mice. Tlie photo of the exterior of the House 

 " was kindly taken by my fi'iend, F. liunnett, Esq., but we failed 

 " lo gel one of the inteiaor owing to the poor (quality of Ihe light at 

 " this time of the year, but I hope at some future date lo supply 

 " this and also some photos of the birds. I have omitted to staUi 

 " that the House is painted with asbestos paint, pale gi-een outside 

 "and egg-shell blue inside." — Claudine Anningson, Oct. 2.'], 1913. 

 Fiu'tluM' comment is unnecessary, save to state that 

 Mrs. Aiiningson's description barely does the structure justice, 

 luit a photo of the interior at some future date will remedy 

 this. I cannot, however, pass on without expressing my ad- 

 niiratioi- ol' th(; roomy and massive cages in which the birds 

 are housed; incidentally I gleaned these had cost 100s. and 

 200s. each according to size. 



T have a request from several who have seen and heard 

 of Mrs. Anningson's unique collection that I would fully write 

 up the respective species as well as describing the indi- 

 viduals; this would prove altogether too lengthy for this 

 notice, but I propose (D.V.) to meet this request by an 

 article "Mrs. Anningson's Parrots," in the early i)art of 

 next vol., and here must content myself with a list and a few 

 concluding remarks. 



1 pair Severe Macaws (Ara severa). 



1 pair Blue and Yellow Macaws (A. ararauna). 



1 cf Glaucous Macaws {Anodorhynclms glaucus). 



1 cf I^ed and Blue Macaw {Ara macao). 



1 9 Banksian Cockatoo {Calyptorhynchus banksii). 



1 cf Gauga Cockatoo (Callocephalo?} galentum) . 



1 cf Slender-billed Cockatoo (Licmciis nasica). 



1 pair Goffln's Cockatoos {Cacatua gofjiyri). 



2 cf Salmon-crested Cockatoos (C. molucccnsis). 

 i Lesser Lemon -crested Cockatoo (C. sulfhurea). 

 1 Bare-eyed Cockatoo (C. opthalmica) . 



