46 77/ (' .]7'i(irics mid l^inls at Iizchiirsi rark. 



and piclnresque in tlie snmmer. I'lie hrst of tliis series was 

 i4'i\en up \o indigo l>nnlini^s ( Cyanosf^ica cyaiica). Bulltinclies 

 (iokltinclies. ( ireent'inclies and Canaries. I was \'ery i)leased 

 to see in this aviary an adult pair of Indigo l''inclies and their 

 vouu.l;'. tlie male parent and liis youn,^' son were Ixjth showing;' 

 j)atehes of the azure nui)tial jiluniai^e. 'Idiis species is not 

 freely bred in iui^iish a\iaries. the instances of sticcessftd 

 rearin,!^' of younj^" beini^" quite isolated. This pair of birds 

 nested thrice dm'inj^' the season, and six youui;' ones were fully 

 reared, but three of them were killed by the canaries in an 

 adjoinint;' aviary, to which the yount;", when able to fend for 

 themselves, were removed on the advice of some visitins.^" 

 aviculturist. I'robably they were moved too youni^", as thev 

 should have been able to hold their own with canaries, there 

 were canaries also in the aviary in which they reared. When 

 the mishap was discovered the remaining three were caug'ht u^ 

 and returned to their parents and did well. They have been 

 left out of doors all the winter, and a letter, received only a 

 few days ago, informs me that they are still otit and doing well. 

 I am not greatly interested in Canaries and 1 did not note these 

 nnich, but they were fine birds, in the pink of condition, and 

 certainly made a beautiful picttire amid their wild surroundings, 

 'i'hev live out of doors all the year round and a good many 

 young are reared in the course of the year. 



The next and last aviary we visited was rather a huge 

 affair (ride frontispiece), and appealed to me most of all. It 

 would look lo\ely when in spring or summer dress, though, 

 to my mind, it lacked win.ter cover, owing to most of the trees 

 and bushes being deciduous; this defect is in the course of being 

 remedied. A huge bay tree was evidently a])preciated by the 

 l)irds and I noticed traces of the i)ast season's nesting oi'jerations 

 therein. 



This aviary is. 1 should say. at least 100' long, by about 

 40' to f,o' wide. It is merely an enclosed sj'jace. and s])an- 

 roofed. central i)ortion t^at. The wire netting being stretched on 

 wood framing, it varies from !o' to 20' high. The shelters 

 (two are placed inside and are open fronted, the cover bein.u 

 supplied by dense masses of twiggy branches and bushwood, 



