9 6 AriAltZEti, BIRD-ltOOHS AS D -JAGES. 



this about there is used no bright paint; the wire netting 

 and the quartering of the roof have been tarred, and the 

 front framing and wire-work , have been coated with 

 Brunswick black. In the summer, at any rate, the effect 

 is all that could be desired. 



The framing of the flight is made of 2 in. by i in. 

 quartering. Along the front of the flight there should 

 be a 12 in. board; while boards, or better still, wire 

 netting, should also be carried 18 in. below the ground 

 level, so as to keep out vermin. I may safelv conclude 

 this portion of my short paper by saying that a most 

 fascinating aviary need not cost much, and, though it 

 may not be of fancy design, need not be ugly. 



FURNISHINGS. 



These consist of a number of self-feeding seed 

 hoppers; an enamelled iron dish for soft food; earthen- 

 ware water-hopper, holding a quart, and of the type 

 \\hich prevents the birds polluting its contents; bath, an 

 ordinary glazed earthenware sink, sunk to ground level, 

 with a dummy well under same. The waste-hole to the 

 bath has a cork bung containing a waste pipe, which 

 permits only a three-inch depth of water, and the bottom 

 of the bath is covered with stones of various sizes, so 

 that a small Waxbill can bathe as. safely as- a Coekatiel 

 or Thrush. On the floor of the shed there is gravel to 

 a depth of three .inches. On this is strewn regular! v 

 ''bird grit." It is raked over weekly, and renewed 

 quarterly. 



The shed is well furnished with branches fixed close 

 against the roof, and round the back and sides. 

 Amongst these are fixed husks and nest boxes; a number 

 of the latter, with waterproof tops, are also placed round 

 (he flight. Further, I have two tiers of nest boxes or 

 shelters, made so: I obtained two ii-in. boards, and 

 fixed these from ground to roof of the front of the shed, 

 equidistant one from the other. To these were screwed 

 on the inside a number of boxes (in my case Hudson's 

 dry-soap pow r der boxes), commencing six inches from 

 the ground, and carried one on the top of the other to 

 the roof. The lids, after having suitable sized holes 

 cut away, were simply tacked down, and thus could be 



