and Aviaries 201 



It is always a pleasure to see them gathering round 

 for their morning bath, dipping about at the edge, and 

 finally hopping in to flutter and splash. 



Of course the aviaries must be kept scrupulously 

 clean, the concrete floor being swept over once a week, 

 and fresh sand with plenty of fine grit sprinkled evenly 

 about. 



Not more than two people should ever be allowed 

 within, namely the owner and the attendant. 



It is fatal for the birds' nesting arrangements if 

 those that are strangers to them pry about amongst 

 them. 



Birds are particularly sensitive to their presence, 

 and will be quite timid and wild with those to whom 

 they are unused, when they are perfectly tame with 

 one or two whom they see every day, and whose move- 

 ments, voice, and clothes they are familiar with. 



Clothes they notice in a moment. 



In constructing an outdoor aviary it is very advan- 

 tageous to have the eaves of the roosting-house 

 broadened out to such an extent that it forms a real 

 shelter for the birds when they are not within ; and 

 these eaves, which add considerably to the artistic 

 appearance of the building, can be supported by posts 

 fixed in the concrete floor of the flights. There can 

 be quite a snug space immediately beneath them, 

 where the projecting timber supports the tiles, under 

 which nesting-boxes can be fixed. 



The space thus formed is all part of the flights, 

 and gives shelter both from too hot a sun or from 

 wind and rain. 



