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moderate sized conservatory. The space, 

 about twelve feet wide, was merely wired 

 off with galvanized zinc wire, the surround- 

 ing glass being also lined with wire. The 

 birds here gain the morning sun, but in 

 winter, when it is very cold, the glass walls 

 are screened from without by shutters. 



The birds in such a position are very 

 warmly housed, and the sweet scent of the 

 flowers adds greatly to their pleasure. In 

 the enclosed space, which is rather narrow, 

 a row of evergreen shrubs is placed along 

 the back, and grouped closely at each cor- 

 ner, the higher trees nearly reaching the 

 top ; and again in the centre, three or four 

 more are grouped. In an aviary like this, 

 it has a charming effect when a pretty bath 

 is suspended from the roof in one of the 

 wire baskets ; by the use of some strong 

 cement the outside may be made pretty, 

 ornamented with shells and coral, like the 

 plaything that it is ; and there the birds 



will amuse themselves for hours, pretending 

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