AVIARIES, BIRD-ROOMS AND GAGES. 69 



two feet of the ceiling. It has shelving and a proper 

 cupboard-door, and we shall, of course, use it for the 

 storage of appliances and seeds. 



Our plan for this room will be to erect staging on 

 the walls A and B, to contain 9 cages on A, and 6 cages 

 on B. On, wall D we shall erect a flight. It will be 

 between the door and the window, yet the aspect is so 

 different that we can do this with a fair amount of safety. 

 In addition, we have an exceptionally wide recess 

 between the window and this wall, so that by fitting it 

 as advised in Room i, we make a very useful flight. 



In giving these examples of bird-rooms we do not 

 by any means exhaust all the conditions that might 

 occur. With the bird-keeper the attic, or room in the 

 roof, is a favourite location for the bird-room. In this 

 the light generally enters at the top, consequently the 

 erection of the staging is not by any means a difficult 

 matter, as a top light generally floods the whole of the 

 wall space. In very large rooms it is best to have the 

 staging in the middle, running from side to side, facing 

 the light. In this position one is able to get behind the 

 cages and paint them with red-mite destroyer at any 

 convenient time. 



CATCHING BIRDS FROM FLIGHTS. 



In the making of aviaries or large flights, due 

 regard should be given to the catching of the birds when 

 necessary. The best way to manage this is to have a 

 small compartment at one end, for food or water, and 

 so arranged that a door or slide can be quickly shut on 

 the birds requiring to be caught. When it is desired to 

 catch any particular bird, we can take away the food, 

 or water, for a time, and return it again in an hour or 

 so, when we shall find it easy to shut in the one re- 

 quired. Catching show birds from a flight or aviary is 

 a dangerous proceeding, and many a promising bird 

 has been " tailed" and consequently rendered useless 

 for exhibition purposes for several weeks, as a result of 

 a slip made in trying to secure it. 



