CHAPTEK III. 



AVIARIES AND CAGES. 



Aviaries, whicli are used for the purpose of keeping a 

 collection of British and other varieties of birds together, 

 including Canaries, hybrids, and foreign specimens, are both 

 numerous and various, and comprise those used both indoors 

 and out-of-doors. 



For a collection of British birds only, one erected outside is 

 to be preferred, as being more healthy, natural, and congenial 

 to the occupants ; but where a mixed variety are kept, 

 including birds which are natives of warmer and more genial 

 climates than ours, then, in the early spring, autumn, and 

 winter, artificial heat becomes an essential and necessary factor, 

 and quite indispensable. 



Outdoor Aviaries. — To those who have a superabundance 

 of ground attached to their dwellings, and to whom expense is 

 only a minor consideration, I should recommend a substantial 

 and ornamental erection of the cottage pattern. 



The building should consist of four or five compartments, 

 according to the requirements of the owner. Each com- 

 partment should be 10ft. long, 8ft. wide, and 9ft. high, and 

 be separated with 4^in. brick walls. A passage 3ft. in width 

 should run through the centre of the structure, having two 

 rooms on each side of it, with a door of communication 

 leading to each division. The external walls of the building 

 should be 9in. in thickness, and coated outside with Portland 

 cement, to keep out the damp ; the roof should be tiled, or 

 slated, and each compartment should be furnished with a 



