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wit.li them, but tliey diod during my absence from liome, owing 
to my sei'vant not fully ministering to their needs. 
MACAWS AND COCKATOOS. 
I have a splendid pair of Macawf?; a "Red and Blue {Ara 
maco) coek, and a Blue and '\'ellow {A. arnrnmm) hen. They 
are always attempting to nest, but destroy every log and 
barrel given them in a few days— I am not hopeful of success 
with them. 
Leadbeater's Cockatoo (Cacafna Icadh^atcri) : T have 
also a really superb i)air of this species, procured from a 
member of F.B.C. They are constantly mating, and have 
been playing at nesting since February of last year, 
but like the Macaws they rapidly destroy every log and 
barrel I give them, evidently with much pleasure. They are 
g'reat carpenters and their small white beaks are very powerful, 
cutting through very strong Avire netting, specially made for 
large Parrots, without difficulty! A pair of Rose -breasted 
Cockatoos (Cacafna roseicapilla) are in the same case, one 
cannot kc^ep either log or barrel in the aviary—two eggs 
have been deposited on the aviary floor. 
Thus it is not by any means all success ! ! ! 
♦ 
Starting an Aviary, 
By Rev. R. E. P. GoTnuxaK. 
My excuse for Avriting ;in article must be tlie Editorial 
note in the January issue of our Magazine. And even then 
T doubt his letting my modest attempt apjiear, but if unsuit- 
able, there is always the W.P.B. for it an'd other garbage of 
this kind. ' 
I thought, perhaps, mv tirst attempts might be of some 
interest to other beginners. Although T have been a member 
of the F.B.C. for over eleven years, and at one time was one 
of "The Council," it was not until last spring that T possessed 
an aviary. The previous autumn T had selected a site, a 
well protected sunny spot; T planted a few box bushes and 
other shrubs u]5on it, and was fortunate enough to have an 
old stump of a quince tree, growing on the spot, which had 
been cut down two years previously and had sprouted out; 
