Pleasures of Aviculture. 
dead to the world and its strife, as 1 sat and watched the vvilJ 
feathered creatures enjoyini^' hljerty in captivity. 
Ill our last issue 1 described the aviary and j^ave a list of 
most of its inhabitants, so that i need only indicate a few 
birds 1 still i)ossess. Two I'liotos of the ni.i;lit interior are .^'iven. 
which indicates its semi wild and natural condition. 
'idle standard ash tree in the centre of the lli^ht forms a 
i^'enera! ali,L;htin;;' place and kee])s quite a number of birds 
continually " in the picture," and a very pleasin,^' and interesting 
picture it is too. 
J'erliaps at the present time the most strikin.i; l)irds are 
the Queen W'hydalis; they have l)een in full colour for some 
couple of months and have caudal i lumes quite fourteen inches 
Photo E. 0. Pace. 
Queen Whydah. 
lone;', and very beautiful and interesting' they look as they wing 
to and fro, but are specially so when they hover, butterfly-like, 
as they frequently do, beneath the roof-netting, maintaining an 
almost perpendicular i)osition wdiile doing so — these have agreed 
perfectly with the other birds and with each other — alas, the 
weavers and whydahs have no wives. Another feature of 
