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I have not atteiii])ted to tell the complete story of that 
(lelig;htful sabl)ath morn of pre-war times. 
F,)oto E. 0. Paije. 
Pink-browed Itosefinch. 
Now the scene is changed: one's aviaries are thinly 
peopled, very many odd birds prevail, and very little opportunity 
of finding' them mates, yet the pleasure and interest remain, and 
they help one to forget for a short hour or so the worry and 
cares and awful strife of " the times." 
A SIMILAR EPISODE WAR-TIME. 
I will now endeavour to describe briefly something of 
what I saw, and the impression left, during a couple of hours 
spent in a comfy chair in front of the aviary one sabbath morn 
of the present summer. 
Of course, one cannot speak of the rarities of pre-war 
times, but nevertheless I found myself held, and was practically 
