CHAPTER III. 



DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION. 



WE now come to the actual process of making our 

 Aviary. As in a case of this kind probably no two 

 fanciers would decide to. build .the same sized aviary, 

 we will assume that we have arranged to have a building 

 six feet long, four f,eet wide, five feet at eaves, and six 

 feet six inches at back. This is to be built in a corner 

 of the garden, against the house, and has therefore two 

 sides already completed; consequently our building will 

 be what is known as a " lean to." This means that we 

 get it in as simple a form as possible, i.e., with the roof 

 sloping from back to front; had we decided to have an 

 isolated building we should have required a gable roof, 

 which would have meant considerably more labour and 

 expense. 



Fig. r. Framework of Aviary Front. 



Now part of our building must be made in one 

 piece, or frame, because in time to come we may want 

 to add to it, alter it, or remove it to another site, and 



