DESCRIPTION OF THE AVIARY. 51 



work of fine wire, surmounted by a dome at 

 one part of the summit. The whole construction 

 displays much neatness and taste, as well as 

 being- admirably calculated for the object in 

 view ; the wood-work, between the wire-lattice, 

 is very ornamental ; the song of some of the 

 birds, with the bustle and twittering of others, 

 as they hop about, or take their flight from tree 

 to tree, has a very animating and pleasing eflect 

 from the sitting-rooms of the house. 



In the aviary large trees and various shrubs 

 are planted for the convenience of the inhabi- 

 tants : in the branches of the former, small 

 baskets, as nests, are placed for those birds whose 

 habits cause them to build in trees, and in those 

 places many of the present inhabitants of the 

 aviary have been born and reared. Near a tank, 

 constantly filled with water, a quantity of arti- 

 ficial rock- work is constructed, forming an or- 

 nament to the aviary as well as a place of 

 utility for the birds of that class who are accus- 

 tomed to such situations when at liberty, and 

 who breed in the crevices ; every precaution is 

 likewise taken around the aviary to prevent the 

 ingress of rats, who, by getting in when it was 

 first constructed, caused much destruction among 

 the feathered tribe. 



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