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^l/_v Latest Aviaries, etc. 
The perg-ola between tlie aviaries is 6 feet wide, and along the aviary 
fronts is a narrow l)order of alpine i)lants, with a variety of rambler roses, 
which are already making good growth, and by this time next year, all the 
woodwork of fliglit framing will be wreathed with roses. 
The rtower-borders along aviary sides are planted with biillis and 
herbaceous plants, which give a continuous show of bloom from i'ebruary 
till mid-December. 
NO. I. AVIARY.— The shelter 8 feet x 8 feet and 6 feet 
hi,^h lias an open doorway (no door), but, though facing" north 
it is well sheltered, and the mortality among a mixed series of 
Friiigillidac and Ploccidac was very low during the winter of 
1917-8. In early spring all these were transferred to No. 4 
Aviary, and this aviary now contains a cock Himalayan 
Grey-winged Ouzel (Mcrula botilboul ). a hen Blackbird (Mcntla 
nicruJa) — these mated, and a clutch of four greenish-blue eggs 
were laid, but deserted after five or six days' incubation; the 
eggs were thickly, but obscurely, marked with reddish — a cock 
Chaflinch (Fingilla coclcbs). and a Bank Mynah ( Acridothcrcs 
ginginianus ) . The flight, 12 feet square, is planted, and contains 
two golden privet bushes, a cupressus, small-leaved berberis, 
and Japanese honeysuckle : the herbage consists of coarse 
grasses, indigenous weeds, meadow sweet and wild geums. 
When " the times '" permit, this promises to make a useful 
aviary for six pairs of birds of finch size. 
NO. 2 AVIARY.— The sheher is similar to that of No. 1 
in every respect, except that the small window is in the back. 
This flight is only 12 feet x 8 feet and 6 feet high, and being 
intended for parrakeets was not planted; the ground herbage 
consists of nettles, grasses, various weeds and cereals. It 
contains, at the present time, i pair Red Rosella Parrakeets, i 
pair Cockateels and a cock Blue-bred Green Budgerigar. 
NO. 3 AVIARY. — Shelter similar to the preceding, but it 
contains no window, although the open doorway admits ample 
light. The flight, 1 \ feet x 12 feet, is treated similarly to No. 2. 
Its ])resent occupants are pairs of Blossom-headed, All-Green 
and Red-rump Parrakeets; two pairs of Blue-bred Green 
Budgerigars and one pair Yellow Budgerigars; and a .Scaly- 
breasted Lorikeet, probably a hen. 
