294 A'fi Easter Tour Among Members' Aviaries. 
good time we set out for Exeter and in Lord Poltimore's 
absence were shown round by Mr. Hedges, the aviary at- 
tendant. Of the drive tlirough the Park, with its huge herd 
of deer, the water-fowl,' pea -fowl (of these there was quite a 
tlock— the white, common species, and the pied, i.e., crosses 
between the other two species), etc., I cannot in this notice 
comment upon, as the aviaries are many and their occupants 
legion. 
I need not say much about the aviaries, as the photo 
reproductions indicate these clearly— they are huge, natural, 
and the shelters roomy, lofty and well lighted; large enough 
to comfortably house their occupants if extreme weather 
necessitated their being shut in. The shelter floors are con- 
crete. In the plate, " A General View of the Aviaries," of 
course only a part can be shown as a similar series occupy 
the other side of the walk. This illustration gives a good 
general view of the aviaries, with a fair idea of their general 
arrangement, but, the latter feature is better shown in the 
next plate, " One of the Aviaries at Poltimore Park "—the 
projecting wire -work along front of aviaries is to keep the 
Pea-fowl, of which there are quite a Hock (-10), oIF the tops 
of aviaries. I have given a number to most of the aviaries- 
but they have no significance, as they merely indicate the order 
in which we passed through the aviaries: 
No. 1. Here were to be seen in pairs: 
Hunting Cissa, Virginian Cardinal (Cardinnlis cardinalis) — roared 
young last year and nesting again — Loo-choo Jay {Calocilla lidlliii), 
Black -gorgeted Laughing-Thrush {Garndax pccloralis), and Yellow Bud- 
gerigars . 
The Virginian Cardinals were already incubating a 
clutch of eggs. The nest, an open cup -shaped one, was beauti- 
fully constructed and placed in the head of an evergreen 
shrub, about three feet above the ground. It contained a 
clutch of three egg.s— white, mottled with light brown. 
The Hunting Cissas as 'chey flashed to and fro were 
a sight tob e remembered: the heavenly blue and pale vinous 
brown of their plumage was most s'triking, especially when 
pausing for a moment on wire-netting or branch with tail 
wings outspread— a display of gorgeous colouration not sur- 
passed, though it may be rivalled, by any other feathered 
creature . 
