THE OUTDOOR AVIARY 



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•we prefer the former. Nesting and sleep- 

 ing accommodation can be arranged in 

 the roof and over the porch 

 of the doorway if none can 

 be afforded adjoining the 

 aviary. The structure should 

 be boarded in on two, or even three sides, 

 so leaving only the front open. It should 



A Simple 



Outdoor 



Aviary. 



MR. A. C. HORTHS OUTDOOR AVIARY. 



be SO planned that the open front escapes 

 the east wind. The design shows two 

 sides of the aviary boarded in, and for 

 the sake of simplicity in their description 

 ■we will call them the oifside and the back. 

 In building such an aviary some yellow 

 deal quartering 2J inches by 2^ inches 

 would be required for the framework, or 

 if it is intended to build it on a large scale 

 it might be better to use 3-inch by 3-inch ; 

 but the 2j-inch would be sufficient for a 

 strong aviary of good size. Some battens, 

 3 inches by 1 inch, would also be re- 



quired for the frame- 

 k//A^ s^^^^ work of the roof, and 



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battens of the same 

 size for the framework of the door. Some 

 f-inch match-boarding, tongued and 

 grooved as shown in the accompanying 

 diagrams, completes the wood requirements. 

 The quantity required would depend entirely 



upon the size of the aviary it is proposed 

 to construct, and could easily be arrived 

 at by measuring up before the building is 

 commenced. Various sizes of nails or 

 screws would also be wanted, but the 

 latter are preferable, for if the aviary is 

 built in sections, it can be easily taken to 

 pieces for erection elsewhere if it is so 

 desired. With the necessary quantity at 

 hand of galvanised wire, or iinch mesh 

 wire netting, building operations can at 

 once be commenced. 



After the rough quartering has been 

 planed smooth and square, the four corner 

 uprights should be cut and then the top 

 and bottom rails or cross-bars These 



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CORNER UPRIGHTS. MORTISED AND TENONED. 



are mortised and tenoned at both the top 

 and the bottom, as shown in the diagrams 

 on this page. Into this square frame the 

 other U2:)rights should be housed in the 

 manner shown. Care must be taken to 

 get a good fit at this point. The cross- 

 bars for the centre should next be pre- 

 pared, planed, etc., and the ends tenoned 

 into the uprights. The two joints in the 

 centre are quite simple, as may be seen from 

 the diagram. When the framework of 

 the aviary is completed the roof-frame 

 should next claim attention. The 3-inch 

 by 1-inch battens are used on edge, with 

 the sides sloping at an angle of about 45 

 degrees. Two opposite pieces should first 

 be securely fixed by nailing, or screwing 



