Housing. 1? 



as red, yellow, or almond. For sucli liirds a large 

 house with covered flights is a necessity — for the long 

 feathered birds because of the need for keeping the 

 feather in good order, and for the delicate coloured 

 birds to preserve the plumage from the ravages of the 

 sun. vSuch a house may be built in three divisions. 

 The centre may be the pen and store-room, flanked on 

 either side by a house from which extends the flight. 

 The bottom portion of all flights should be wood. By 

 this I mean that 2ft. 6in, or 3ft. from the ground should 

 be boarded up. This will keep the birds from being 

 frightened by cats or dogs which may be prowling 

 about, also prevent the rain from driving in on aie 

 floor of the flight. 



.ANOTHER USEFUL LOFT. 



For the benefit of those who prefer a lean-to I 

 describe another such house. Built against a 

 garden wall, it should be about eight or nine feet at 

 the back, sloping to six feet six inches in front. Its 

 length and width will, of course, depend upon the 

 nitmber of birds and the variety. A house twenty 

 feet long and ten feet from front to back, divided 

 into four houses, each five feet by ten, would give 

 ample accommodation for twelve breeding pairs of such 

 birds as Carriers, Dragoons, and Show Homers, that 

 is three pairs to each division. Of the toy or smaller 

 varieties, each of such divisions would accommodate 

 five or six breeding pairs. At one end of this house 

 should be a door, and there shoifld also be a door in 

 each of the dividing interior walls, so that the owner 

 could enter at one end and walk right through. 



HEIGHT OF FLIGHTS. 



The flights should be as high, or a little higher, 

 than the back of the house, and extend from the lean-to 

 wall to whatever distance in front of the house there is 

 ground available, say, six to ten yards. The reason 

 why the fli.ghts should extend over the top of the house 

 is that birds delight to walk about and sun themselves 

 on the top of a roof, and it is conducive not only to their 

 happiness, but also to their health. The woodwork of 

 the flights should be strong, and the corner posts should 



