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essentinl to have oithor fine mesh wire netting' or galvanised 
iron sheet lel into the ground for a depth of two feet all round 
the aviary. (8) Tli.it tor tlie winter months, a certain amount 
of shelter from all winds is necessary if birds have to be 
kept outside. (4) That care must be taken as to what birds 
arc allowed to associate together. 
The only birds bred were, if I remember rightly, some 
Peaceful Doves {ChaJcoiteJia travqidUa) . 
The next season, profiting by these experiences, I 
erected three more aviaries. Along one side of my stalile-yard 
is a Avall about 7 feet high and 80 feet long; at one end is 
the stable and at the other a small poultry-house. Using the 
wall, which faces Soutli, for the back of the aviary, fifteen 
feet to the front and parallel with it, I dug out a trench two 
feet deep; at every six feet I put in a post, fastening these 
together with galvanized ii'on sheets; these l)eing carried two 
feet into the ground and three feet above it. Along the back 
Photo by W. Shore Baihj^ 
Banjo Nest Box. 
