29l) An Easter Tour Among Members' Aviaries. 
ing condition, many of them having already gone to nest— a 
better and fitter lot of these delightful small species the writer 
has never seen. 
No. 4. A huge enclosure, naturally planted, and with 
a huge shelter. It was impossible to note all its occupants, 
but, while we were in the aviary, quite a large number of 
birds were always in the picture. Of the species named 
below, at least a pair of each were included, in many cases 
several pairs were to be seen. One could easily have lingered 
the whoU: day in this single aviary and not wearied of the 
varied panorama of bird -life presented, but all had to be 
crowded into a bare two hours, so 1 must pass on. We noted 
the following species: 
Buntings : Indigo, Nonpareil. Y-'llow-lu'llied, Chine.se (Red- 
backed), etc. 
Finches : Diamond, Gouldian, Zebra, Mask Grass-, Long-tailed 
Grass-, "iVUow-nimped, Diuca, Enficauda, Bib, Bieheno's Mexiean, Rose-, 
etc. 
M.4NNIKTNS ; Tri-eo'.ouieil, Blaek -headed , P)ronze-\vinjfeil, Magpie, 
Rufous -back<.'d, Whi(e-headed ; Silverliills, White .lava Sparrows, and 
P/cngalcse . 
Etcktkr.\s : Gombasou, Taha Weaver, St. Helena Seed -eater, 
^^^hi(e-tbroa;ed Serin, Black-headed Siskin, Nightingale, Shama, etc. 
This was another beautiful crowd of feathered -life', 
the beauty and intei-est of which I must leave to my readers' 
imaginations, for it cannot be adequately depicted. I am con- 
vinced at least a third of the occupants passed unnoticed and 
are not enumerated above, for I have only listed those which 
passed before our vision. Nests were already very numerous. 
No. 5. Another similar enclosure to the preceding 
one— if not the aviary depicted on plate, " One of the aviaries, 
at Poltimore Park," it is a facsimile of it, with this exception, 
viz. : the amount of natural cover has been increased since 
the photo was taken. 
We.avers Madagascar, Atlas, Napoleon, Grenadier, Orange, 
Bla< k-headcd, Comoro, Half-masked, eto. 
Wiiydahs : Pin-tailed, and Paradise, White-winged and 
Combasou 
Doves: S<!negal Turtle, Dwarf Ground, Aust. Crested, etc. 
Etcetekas : Green, Yellow and Blue Budgerigars ; Rosy Pastors ; 
Oraiig<' -headed, and White-throated Ground-Thrushes ; Cuban Hed-leggeil 
Thrush; J{ed-erested Cardinal; Malabar, and Pagntla Mynahs ; Pekin 
