THE OUTDOOR AVIARY 



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We have illustrated several types of 

 aviaries from the simplest to the most 

 ornate form, and as large numbers of bird- 

 keepers are town dwellers, conclude the 

 series on our next page with a range of 

 lean-to aviaries built against the stone wall 

 of an Edinburgh suburban garden, which 

 may furnish useful hints to fanciers whose 

 dwellings are similarly situated. 



An outdoor aviary, for general purposes, 

 is, we think, quite as useful as the indoor, 

 and where pairs or groups of British birds 

 for hybrid breeding are to be the chief 

 occupants, it is certainly the more desir- 

 able. 



As to whether the Canary can, under 

 reasonable conditions, withstand extremes 

 of temperature, there is not the slightest 

 doubt. He is one of the most easily 

 acclimatised birds we have, and there 

 is no difficulty in housing him so that 



he shall care nothing for either winter or 

 summer. We will not undertake to say 

 what might or might not be accomplished in 

 this way very far north, or in situations 

 exposed to long-prevailing east winds ; 

 but we repeat that, under reasonable 

 conditions, or even under circumstances 

 which might, until tried, be thought too 

 adverse, the question of being able to 

 establish an outdoor aviarv and keep 

 Canaries in it throughout the year, need 

 not cause the slightest apprehension as to 

 its perfect practicability. Indeed, we are 

 of opinion that it is the method of keeping 

 any number together indiscriminately, and 

 that birds once acclimatised are as proof 

 against the attacks of the weather as our 

 native wild birds. In thus expressing our- 

 selves we, of course, refer to the Common 

 Canary, and not to high-class exhibition 

 stock. 



IKONT OF MISS ALDERSENS AVIARV. 



