The Orchard Finch. 93 



to anyone who does not insist tliat a bird cannot be beautiful 

 unlcse coloured like u Gouldian Finch or Suiibird." 



Ihc lull atcounl ol ihc >U( co^lul Ijrccdmji ul I'liry^ilu s jinliceti 

 will be luuiul 111 "B.X." Vol. \I.. pugcs i/j-l^- 



My Aviary Room and Its Occupants, 



Bv Mrs. AI. A. Burgess. 



I am only a beginner in I'oreii^n Hircl keepm^ and 

 should not ha\e attempted to pen these notes, but for our 

 Editor's request for copy for the Club Journal. 



My aviaries are but small and insignilicant, by the side 

 of the beautiful ones that liave been described and figured in 

 ■■ Bird Notes. However, very few. I find. Iceep their birds 

 indoors in a room, and as an in\alid an out-door a\iary is 

 an impossibility to me. Being cjuite a novice I ha\e had to fit 

 up my room according to my views and have arranged it for 

 own pleasure and interest, i may add that it had its begin- 

 ning in a Roller Canary in June 1915, so my experience up 

 to the present is but a brief one, but may be of some little 

 interest to other novices similarly platx-d, 



M\ BiRDROOM: It has a southern aspect and is sunny 

 and light. It is distempered green, with the ceiling a lighter 

 shade of the same liue, and the window is fitted with curtains. 

 The flights are _ 6ft. by 4ft., and are made to bolt together, 

 so as to be easily dismantled. They arc fitted with boughs of 

 trees to supply perching accommodation, feeding hoppers and 

 nest i;eceptacles. 



Flight No. I. This is covered with zinc, for the Par- 

 rots are very fond of wood. It contains a pair of Senegal 

 Parrots, Long-tailed (Hossy Starling, Red-legged Cuban 

 Thrush, a very rare Tamaulipas Tawny Tlirush, and an 

 English Starling. These ha\'e all agreed well together, and 

 what an interesting study they are, every bird dift'erent, and 

 the wonderful interest they create i^iakes one think of the beau- 

 tiful, which, m these " times " one certainly needs. Would 

 that Itjie world could only go on as peacefully as these birds' 

 livei ! 



