CHAPTER II. 



AVIARIES AND COOPS. 



Permanent Aviaries : Soil on which to Erect ; Shape 

 and Dimensions ; Drainage; Plants for ; Perches; 

 Cleaning ; Water Hardiness of Pheasants Port- 

 able Aviaries : Dimensions; Cost Portable Aviaries 

 for Young Birds Coops: Advantages of Bottom 

 Boards in ; Changing Soiled Boards. 



PERMANENT AVIARIES. 

 is no doubt that the best soil for per- 

 manent aviaries is a dry gravel, and about 

 the worst a stiff clay. Much will depend on 

 the purse and taste of the fancier, and the situation 

 available. There is no better form of aviary than that 

 of an ordinary shed, with span roof (see Fig. i) ; it 

 can be made as ornamental as you please. Make the 

 back 6ft. high, the front the same, I2ft. back to front, 

 and 1 2ft. wide; this is a good size for such birds as 

 are usually kept in aviaries. Put a span roof over 

 this, sloping to back and front; board the back and 

 the top half of the front, and put netting over the 

 rest, so that only one quarter of the roof is open, and 

 that the lower front portion ; felt the whole of the 



