All Rights Reserved. September, 1918. 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
The Pleasures of Aviculture. 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., etc. 
To indicate fully my topic I am giving pre-war experi- 
ences, and am quoting from notes taken one sabbath morning 
in 1913. 
A PRE-WAR REMINISCENCE. 
One sabbath 
morning in 19I3 
found me in a com- 
fortable lounge 
chair on the lawn 
in front of my 
aviary, with a small 
table at side for mv 
note book, and cer- 
tain creature com- 
forts ; from the 
notes made then T 
am now quoting, 
and the time cov- 
ered by them is 
some three or four 
hours, viz : from 
about 8 a.m. till 
noon, than which 
period there is 
none better for not- 
ing and enjoying 
The population of the aviary passed before me as an ever 
changing panorama, and, I believe that I saw under varying 
conditions every occupant of the aviary, many of them being 
almost continually in the picture. One of the charms and chief 
