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Visits io Members' Aviaries: 
Mk. Sutcuffe's Aviary: (Locality, Grimsby, Lines.): 
This consists of a shed 14ft. by 6^ft., covered flight 14ft. by 7ft., 
and open flight 34ft. by 14ft. It rnns along one end of a walled- 
an garden, and is a well sheltered, arranged, and constrncted 
aviary ; the flight consists of a gravel walk along front, lawn with 
border at back, planted with conifers and other evergreen bnshes, 
the back wall being thickly covered with ivy ; the shed is a snb- 
stantial brick strnctnre, well-lighted, and practically filled up with 
branches, forming a dense thicket, and, considering the admirable 
arrangements both indoors and out, I cannot lielp feeling sur- 
prised that breeding results are not much more numerous than 
they have been ; two causes have mitigated against this, I think, 
viz., the number of species kept together (not overcrowded 
though) and the inclement season, of which the Eastern Counties 
appear to have felt the full effect. 
I omitted to make notes of nesting birds, merely taking a 
list of its occupants, and some few months having passed since 
my visit, I can only call to mind actually seeing young of Green- 
finches, White Java Sparrows, Long- and Rufous-tailed Grass- 
finches, but there were nests galore, many of which unfortunately 
got no farther than eggs. Here, also, there was a penchant for. 
indigenous species, especially the more uncommon and insecti- 
vorous species ; in fact, they were quite numerous, and were 
mostly in perfect condition. I was a delighted spectator as I 
watched many species at close range, of which one only gets a 
-distant view, or merely a passing glimpse, when observing them 
in their native haunts. However, much as I would like to 
enlarge upon these, space will only permit me to give a mere 
list, hoping that at some future time Mr. Sutcliffe will write us a 
paper on the Rarer Softbills in captivity. Mingling with the 
foreign species, and making the whole most charming and varied, 
were to be seen : Yellow Wagtails, Hawfinches, Willow Warb- 
lers, Spotted Flycatchers, Whitelhroats and Lesser ditto. Wheat- 
ears, Whinchals, Bullfinches, Greenfinches (with young), Gold- 
finches, Linnets, Twites, and several species of BinUings. 
Of foreign species I noticed the following — the majority 
of which were in perfect condition, in fact there was scarcely 
a sorry looking specimen among them — Gouldian, Pec'.oral, Cri m- 
