184 .liifnniii in the Aviary 



423.— SNOWY OWL Kycica uyctca. W.T.P. 







424.— SCOPS OWL. Scops scops. W.T.P. 



Mc;ulc Waldo, A.S. Medal, 1899. A.M. v. 159. 



425.— TAWNY OWL. .Syrniiiin ainco. W.T.P. 



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426.— LITTLE OWL Atiiciic lun-liia. W.T.P. 



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427. — BURROWING OWL. Shcolylo cumcuhvk. W.T.P. 

 Z()(j, 1905. 



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428.— JARDINE'S PYGMY OWL. O lane id in in jardinci. 

 Chawncr, 1915. See B.N. 1915. 194. 



To be continued. 

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Autumn in the Aviary. 



By VVeslky T. Pace, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



Autiinm is one of the most interesting" periods of the year 

 in a large w ildnerness a\"iary, as well as being' one of the busiest. 



Not only are there the joys of seeing the various family 

 parties of birds about, i.e. if a modicum of luck has come our 

 way, but it is the season of stripping" off old garments and 

 donning" new ones, an especially interesting" period if we possess 

 species which pass through an eclipse plumage; at any rate we 

 shall have the interest of seeing any young birds which have 

 been reared shedding" their juvenile robes and donning the 

 garments of adults. 



But it is very often also a period that is fruitful of results, 

 and frequently the redeeming part of the season, when we 

 often have the pleasure of seeing many successful late nests, 

 compensating' for, perhaps, many grievous and disappointing 



