Aviaries and Coops. 



boarding, and well tar. I have left it to choice 

 whether the aviary have a brick back say a garden 

 wall or be weather-boarded. If you can put both 

 back and front on brick footing, all the better. It is 

 desirable that there should be a drain in front merely 

 a dug-out pit, with brick sides and grating; no rats 

 can then work up the drain, and the water will soak 

 away. If you have a high back wall, the roof may 

 slope from back to front. On the front footing put 

 light upright quarterings, 2ft. Sin. apart, centre to 

 centre ; the wall plate rests on them. Wire with 

 2ft. 6in. netting, lin. mesh. If the netting is run 

 lengthways, the rafters may be wider apart. The 

 doors should each be about 2ft. wide. Board the 

 front at bottom with two nin. boards, and fill above 

 them with netting; this prevents cats and dogs 

 being seen. The wire partitions between the 

 aviaries may be of larger mesh, but should be 

 boarded about 2ft. high at bottom, to prevent the 

 cocks fighting. 



Plant shrubs and creepers in front, to break the 

 wind. For the interior, dig out all the soil for 6in., 

 and fill in with concrete ; above this place rough 

 gravel, with fine sand on top. By this means you 

 never have tainted ground. All impurities get washed 

 out into the drain, if that is properly laid. Occasion- 

 ally, remove all the gravel, &c., and replace it with 

 clean. This, bear in mind, is for permanent aviaries 

 only. Creepers can be run over the wires. There is 

 nothing better than some of the large-leaved ivy, as 



