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have photographed it both inside and out, and reproductions of these 

 photographs are here shown in Figs. 2 and 3. 



The picture shown in Fig. 3 gives a good idea of the interior of this 

 elegant structure, which is situated in a very attractive spot, the sur- 

 roundings being forest, stream and wooded hillside. Two black-bellied 

 tree ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) are seen at the edge of one of the 

 swimming pools in Fig. 3, and fine examples of pelicans, water turkeys, 

 night herons, gulls, cranes, storks and their many allies live most 

 happily in this enormous and attractive cage, — indeed, so attractive has 

 it been made, and in such a secluded spot, that the wild herons coii^e 

 every year and build their nests on the top of it, in the vines there run- 

 ning over the wire. It is truly a grand sight and one of the redeeming 

 features of the place. 



Fig. 2. The Flying-cage foe Large Birds. 



