Mrs A7i7ii7igso7i's Fi7ich Aviary. 
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flDrs. BnninGSon's Jfmcb Hviarv, etc 
By W. T. Page, F.Z..S. 
I'\)llo\viii<^ the account of the fine series of Parrots, Cockatoos, etc. 
given in Vol. VII. I cannot close the acconnt of niy visit without some 
remarks on the palatial and well arranjjed Finch aviary and its inmates. A 
photo of this aviary appeared in Vol. III., hut for the guidance of recent 
members the ground plan is again reproduced, as it will assist in making the 
following description more intelligible and practical. 
I may briefly say that though this aviary was a costly one, yet one 
equally effective could be constructed on similar lines by any intelligent 
amateur carpenter at quite a moderate cost — neither are prospective aviary 
builders tied down to the same size, but the proportions of shelter, partial 
shelter and open flight are well worth emulation. The structure is a very 
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B 
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SECTION 
A. Shelter shed 6ft . x 6ft. 
B. Covered flight \ift. x 6ft. 
C. Isolation euclostires for larger species. 
D Open Flight lift, x 6ft. 
E . Vestibule. 
F. Hollow in concrete floor, forming bath, 
ivith 2vasle pipe. 
handsome and well finished one— 34 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 7 feet high 
at the eaves, standing on a bed of concrete 12 inches thick. It is divided 
into three sections : shelter 6 feet, covered flight 17 feet, open flight ir feet. 
The entire back and north end is close boarded ; the front and south end is 
covered with half-inch mesh wire-netting; the roof has 6 feet boarded and 
felted, 17 feet covered with corrugated iron sheets and the remaining 11 feet 
with half-inch mesh netting. The whole of the front is fitted with glazed 
shutters outside the wire netting, fitting closely into rebates and draught 
proof, so that, in severe weather, when these are shut the aviary is entirely 
enclosed, and all its inmates have to combat with is the low temperature. 
With such arrangements it seems almost superfluous to say that its occu- 
pants were in the best of health and condition, giving ample evidence that 
uot only had they a sumptuous dwelling, but that they were also the re- 
cipients of careful attention ; without the latter the best arranged and most 
