254 Visifs to Members' Aviaries and Birdrooms. 
Visits to Members' Aviaries and Birdrooms. 
Bv Wkslkv T. Pa ;e, F.Z.S., ETC 
{Contimird from page 94). 
In October, 191 4, I was spending a few days with Mr. 
G. E. Haggie at Oxford, and during a motor run on one of 
these days paid an unannounced flying visit to Mrs. E. D. 
Lee, of Hartwell House. Aylesbury; we were fortunate in 
finding her at home to sliow us her aviaries and birds. 
The aviaries were very picturesque, this being en- 
hanced by being placed amid the sylvan beauty of the exten- 
sive and beautiful grounds surrounding the house. Our visit 
was all too short, either for taking notes or adequ.ately observ- 
ing the beautiful and varied collection of birds, and I am com- 
pelled to draw entirely upon memory in writing this des- 
scription, aided by a lis; of the birds and a roi.'^h diagram 
of the ground areas of the respective aviaries, since kindly 
supplied by Mrs. Lee; from the latter, our member, Mr. E. 
F. M. Elms, has kindly drawn the ground plan, which illus- 
trates these notes. The war and the difficulty of getting some 
infonnr-tior from Mrs. Lee owing to her being away from 
home, are responsible for the tardy appearance of this account 
of ouv visit. 
The general e.H'(> t of these enclosures, mostly naturally 
planted and turfed, with the many fine birds disporting therein 
was really very fine, and they certainly reflect great credit on 
their owner and designer, Mrs. Lee, and her interest in them 
and their occupants was very apparent. 
This notice can be no more than the briefest of des- 
criptions and a list of the birds— the brief character of my call 
and the absence of time precludes more, and I must leave it to 
Mrs. Lee to furnish anecdotal episodes of the birds at a later 
date. 
Series i to 6 : This group of aviaries consists of a 
series of flights in front of some converted loose boxes, (brick 
built), the latter forming the shelters, which are heated during 
the winter months. The flights are constructed of iron and fine 
mesh wire-netting, and forni a really fine series of lofty flights, 
and are partly grass and partly gravel, with a small pool 
