All rights reserved. September, 1011 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE — 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB 
A Sunbirds' Aviary. 
By Wksi.ey T. Pace, F.Z.S., Etc. 
A glance at oiu- froiitispiocc will convince " all ;iii(l 
sundrj- " that there are no limits to avieiilture, for here in a 
Hyde Park tint, our meml ei', Mr. A. F//.va, has triuini)lie(l over 
all difficulties, and within the walls of a sunny room has an 
aviary, which is a veiitahle ]/ai"i(li-e to the dainty " featlKM cd 
e.xquisites " which occupy it. 
1 have l)i'en pi'ivilef^ed on sever.il occasions to see 
Mr. Ezra's birds, and the wonders that his untiiinj^' and sol- 
icitous care achieved with them, when only kept in roomj^ 
Cages, is too well known te our readers to need i-epetition 
here — the te;uns he has placed ujvon the show brncli, at tiie 
Horticultural Hall and other places, are an irrefutalile testimony 
to his skill, beside which words arc empty vain things. 
The aviai'y, howevei', is a creation of the yeai' and' 
though the wj'iter had seen it in tlu; course of const I'uction, 
it was on a Monday evening at the end of June, when, in 
company witli our memlx^rs, Ca])t. J. S. Reeve and Mr. A. 
Sutclifl'e, that hv. saw it in all its completeness, garnished 
with living p/lants, huge hunches of blighty foliage, ditto of 
flowers and, over and al>ove all, the faii\y-like and minute be- 
jewelled "feathered e.xquisites" which formed its cliief glory, 
of which I now append a list. 
Indian Species : — 
Amolhysf -nimped {Arnrlnicrlilliru zi nloiilcd). 
Purple Sunbird {A. asialica). 
Purple Sunbird — (Green variety). 
lied Yellovv-backcd Sunbird (Ar/hopijffa srlnridc) . 
Black -breast/od Yidlow -backed Sunbird (Ac. .snltiralit) . 
Nepal Yellow -liarkcii Sunbird (Ac. riipnlo/sis) . 
African Species : — 
Southern Mn.lafhitc vSuiibiiil (N ( cl>iri)iia jomoxd). 
