THE



Hvtcultural /Hbacjastne,


BEING THE JOURNAL OF THE


AVICU LTURAL SOCIETY.



VOL. VIII



1. — NO. 2.



All rights reserved.



DECEMBER, 1901.





MY LATEST AVIARY.


By Rosie Aederson.


This aviary, which was built last spring, was at first

intended solely for Parrots and Parrakeets, but as yet I have only

a few kinds, so it has become the home of many Doves and small

birds as well.


I think it was after reading Dr. Greene’s “ Parrots in

Captivity,” with its attractive coloured plates, that I first began

to wish to go in really for Parrakeets. Formerly I had a nervous

idea that the aim and object of a Parrot’s life was to bite every¬

body it came across, either with or without provocation. When

I purchased my first Parrot, a little Senegal, I do not know which

of us was the most frightened of the other, but it was not long

before we each found out our mistake and became the closest

friends, and I felt that to possess one Parrot was only to long

for more.


Having decided to realize my ambition and put up a Parrot

aviary, the first beginning was to find a site, and the next to

draw my plans and write for some estimates. I found a clear

space could be made in our old orchard, 32 ft. by 22 ft., the

longest side facing south. It is a pretty situation with a tiny

artificial streamlet running in front, and a picturesque old

spreading apple tree overshadowing the eastern end.


I made several plans, but, on the kindly advice of one of

our members, I discarded them, and adopted one something like

his own, with a few alterations and additions.


From my width of 22 ft. I cut off 6ft. (on the north side) to

form a passage running along the whole length of the aviary.

The remaining piece of ground, 32 ft. by 16 ft., I divided into

five divisions, each 16 ft. long by 6£ ft. wide (the centre one

being slightly smaller). Each of these five compartments forms a

separate aviary to itself, and is divided into a shelter, glass



