254 An Eutilcy Tour Amoinj McD/hcrs Aviaries. 
In cag-es were a very fine and tame Sliama and an 
exquisite Tri- colour Tanager. 
Mk. Rattioan's AviAiuKs: These are hir.^-cly 
prosiiective : Mr. Katti«au only luivin«- recently moved to 
i^rockenhurst, b)-inging- with him only the nucleus of the future 
collection. At the time of owv visil only a portable aviary 
was erected, which contained the said lUKdeus and stood at the 
end of the lawn. 
Oyer a of tea many avicultural experiences were 
exchang-ed and a mo;-jt interesting time was spent in cluitling- 
over methods and recounting- failures and successes. After- 
wards we were shown the site of the prospective aviary, 
which certainly promises to be a practical and roomy structure, 
and we certainly expect Mr. Rattigan to have better results 
amid the more favourable New Forest locality than he met 
with in South London. 
This completed our visits for the day and further 
experiences must be left for another instalment. 
To he continued. 
♦ 
Some Experiences of Cockatoos. 
{Continued from page 225). 
By the Makquis of Tavistock. 
It had long been my ambition to keep and attempt 
to breed the magnificent members of the genus Cah/ptorhyncm, 
which are so rarely imported and about whose habits so little 
is known. It was therefore with great joy that in the autumn 
of 1911 I received the offer of four fine Banksians, which 
had passed into the hands of a dealer, after the death of their 
owner, the late Sir Charles Lawes-Wittewrong. On arrival 
they proved to l>e a cock and three hens and the attendant 
who accompanied them told us that they had been named 
(somewhat regardless of sex), Teddy, Timmie, Toby, and Yalla- 
Yalla. Teddy was the cock, the largest and finest Banksian I 
have ever seen, entirely black, save for the scarlet l>ar across 
his tail— gentle, dignified and full of character. Timmie was 
the smallest of the quartet, and the only other really tame one. 
The plumage of the head and shoulder was thickly covered 
with round yellowish spots, her breast was barred with 
