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a garden. There need be no fear of their straying away when

they once know the place, and I cannot imagine keeping them,

during the summer months, under more ideal conditions.

They could then be seen and studied to their best advantage,

and would well repay their owners b}^ their amusing ways. I

have seen various kinds of Toucans kept by the Indians of

Eastern Ecuador, and given their full liberty in the forests

around their huts. They never strayed far away, and it was

remarkable how quickly they came flying back to the huts on

the slightest call from the Indians, or when they saw cooking

going on. Among other Toucans we shot on the Napo, were

Pteroglossus castanotis, P. pluricinctus , and the still prettier little

P. flavirostris. All these birds much resemble one another, and

all combine the same colours but differently arranged.


I had intended to finish up this article by writing about

those handsome and curious birds the Toucan-like Barbets of

Ecuador, Tetragonops rhcimphastinus, but as it is already far too

lengthy, I must reserve my remarks about them and one I kept,

for some future time.


(To be Continued).



AVIARY NOTES.


By Rosie Anderson.


My smaller birds’ aviary stands in a sunny old-fashioned

orchard-garden. It is built against a high brick wall and faces

due south.


The house is composed of two thicknesses of wood with

felt between, and the span roof is of corrugated iron lined with

wood ; the whole being varnished inside except the back wall

which is whitewashed. The dimensions are 16 ft. long by 9^ ft.

wide, and 13 J ft. high at the highest point of the roof. The front

of the aviary is wired to within 2 ft. of the ground, and along

the whole length ten glass-panelled moveable shutters are

fastened by means of bars and screws. I11 summer the shutters

are removed altogether, but in very cold weather they are all

kept up (forming a large window 16 ft. long by 5^ ft. high).

These shutters can be fixed or removed in a few minutes, and are

all independent of each other, so that one or more can be taken

down without interfering with the rest. Added on to each front

end of the aviary is a wooden porch with double doors, the outer

with glass panels, the inner with wire. Inside each porch is a

shelf for seed canisters, etc., over the door. Cluster roses and



