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" there's cultivation and water. It is not really so much the 
"variety as tliu cjuantity that is so fascinating. Go in any 
"direction, ihrre arc birds, yet the house is barely fifty yards 
"from the road exrcp! on one side." 
I found the above narrative so charming, the scenes 
almost rose before me as I road, that I felt "B.N." readers 
must share my pleasure— this must be my ajiology for the 
liberty taken with a private letter. — Ed. 
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My Aviaries and Birds. 
Bv Laurence Pullar, F.Z.S. 
[Wc are roqucslecl lo state that the writer of the following notes 
is iiv years old -we wish him progress and success in the cult of avi- 
culture. -Ed] . 
My aviaries were erected three years ago, but since 
then numerous alterations have been made, so I will write 
about them as they are now, not as they were at first. My 
birds have been a source of unfailing interest to me and 
although the breeding results have not been very good I 
have hopes of better luck. 
No. I (i6ft X 6ft.) contains a pair ol lawny Owls. 
No. 2 (i6ft X i2lt.) here are housed one pair Rosella Parrakeets, 3 
p;iir^ Gicen and 2 pairs Yellow Budgerigars, a Grey-headed Love- 
bird and an .Amazon Parrot. 
No 3 (I'lfi >. ii/.ft.) is intended as an extension of Xo. 2 and at present 
contains a jiair each of Stock and Turtle Doves. 
No 4 (6ft. X oft.) contains a couple of Jackdaws. 
No 3 (ii^ft X 6ft.) is given up to four Jacobin Pigeons, and a pair of 
Turtle Doves. 
No. 6 (ii;\ft. X 6fl.'l is occupied by four Fantail Pigeons. 
No. 7 X ittt.l contains one pair of Wild Duck, but as it possesses 
a Small pond two feet deep at centre, I think of putting in a pair 
of leal. 
No. S (i6ift. X (.)}M) is occupied by; 3 Hed-billed Weavers, 2 Rufous-necked 
^Vcavers, I White and 3 Grey Java Sparrows, 4 Cutthroats, 3 pairs 
of Turtle and I pair of Zebra Doves, and a pair of Canary .'c Gold- 
finch hybrids. I am about to increase the occupants of this aviary 
by pairs of Java and Ruddy-backed Doves, and Californian 0\x.u\. 
No. 9 (9.Jft. X 7ft., is given up to a pair of Guinea-fowl. 
No. 10 (9Jft. X Sfl.) is occujiied by five Golden Pheasants. 
All the above aviaries are seven feet high and unheated 
