122 Good anci Bad Voinfs in My Aviaries. 
of roof, and resting- on the wall, other galvanized s]ieet'=! -n-ere 
nailed, forming an open shelter G feet wide, the whole length 
of lli<;-]i* . 'I'lie rest of the avia'-y was eovi-red as usual 
with wire-netting of J-ineh mesh. The poulti-y-house at ont> 
end and the stable at the other made exeellent indoor shelters, 
and by running a wire-netting divisinii fi'om back to fi'ont, in 
the eentre of the flight, I had two useful aviaries. As there 
were two Iodsp boxes on the side of the stable, each with' a 
window faring Hie yard, I put up a similar flitrlit in front of 
the second, this giving me thi'ee aviarie.s, each 40ft. x loft, x 
8ft. high. Tn neither of these were there any plants, so I 
fitted them u|) with bi'aneh(»s of trees, nests, etc., and used 
them largely for Parrakeets, although both Doves, Quails, and 
Finches were al'^o kept therein. 
On the whole these were an improvement on the first 
one built. It was compai-atively easy to catch any bird that 
was wanterl, and for the Parrot -t''il;e they were eminently suit- 
alile, hut Avhen the winter came it was necessary to Irive the 
small birds inside, and I found that although it was easy enough 
to do so in the aviary with the poultry-house shelter, it was 
quite a different thing in the stable -aviaries. Here the wire- 
netting roof was 2 feet above the tops of the windows, and, 
although the Parrakeets found their way in readily enough, 
the Finches Avould persist in clinging to the nettinsj, and every 
bird would have to be caught and put in liy hand. To do 
away with this trouble I lowered the netting to the top of the 
window, and I have now but little difHculty in getting them all 
in at night. 
Bi'ceding results the first season were not very good, 
the entire lack of natural cover evidently deterring many of 
the Finches from even attempting to nest, and, the Parrakeets 
interfered with each other considerably, in one or two cases 
their quari'els ended in tragedy. However, young of Bronze- 
neck Doves (Zennida auriculata), Califoi'nian Quail (Lophnrti/x 
calijornica), Black-cheeked Lovebirds (Agapornis nigrigenis), 
Budgerigars, Gouldian Finches (Poephila gouldiac), and Zebra 
Finches {Taeniopygla castanolis) were fully reared. 
In the autumn I decided to have an aviary where 
Finclics^ Thi'ushes, etc., could live, under more natural con- 
ditions, and be induced fo go (o nest and reproduce their kind. 
