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The Old and The New. 
Those of our members who keep other varieties of 
Coclvatoos should send in some notes of their birds — such would 
be not only of general intei'est, but helpful to many, and our 
Ediloi' is always ready for fopy for Bird Notes. 
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The Old and The New. 
By E. F. M. Elms. 
Since you, Mr. Editor, saw my aviary last year and 
advised me to make cei'tain changes, I have made yet another 
one. 
The old aviary answered very well, but I recently 
decided on a garden improvement, and as this structure 
stood in the way, it had to come down and my humble collec- 
tion be transferred to another aviary. 
I doubt if these notes can be of much interest, hut you 
ask for copy, so ] am sending a few records of the old aviary;, 
and plans and description of the new. 
Thk New Aviaky: There was near the house a wea- 
ther boarded coach-house, and tool-shed, with loft and fruit- 
room over, for nearly all of which I had no real use. Re- 
serving a part of the ground floor foi' a tool-shed, I have 
otherwise given up the whole place to the birds. The aviary 
is entered by a glazed door, from the end of the tool-shed, 
which opens on to a tiled space, near which is a shallow 
cement bath. Along the back of the shed, some 3ft. Gin. 
wide are two cages — the largest inliabitcd by a pair of Cocka- 
teels, and the smaller by a pair of Red-rumped Parrakeets. 
The remainder of the ground area i& planted as a thicket with 
various evergreen shrubs, and some climbing roses, honey- 
suckle, ivy and VoJjigonum multiflorum. 
At the first lloor level there is a balcony running round 
two sides over the Parrakeets' cages and the tiled path below : 
the res,, of this part of the aviary is simply the upper part 
of the open flight over the thicket, it is about 15ft. high*, 
so the birds have plenty of space for flight. The other por- 
tion of the first floor over the tool-shed is the shelter, entered 
by a door and window from the balcony. The weather board- 
ing to open flight, as shown on plans, was removed on West 
and South sides; the old studs were creosotedand then covered 
with half-inch netting. The slates wei'e removed from the 
