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I'.irds which will at'.rcc, wliicli will prolKiblv hrccd, ;iik1 also the 
tniinlKTs (if c;;ch for any individual aviary. If <nu' wcro to take a standard 
.niary of. say .^o fi'Ct x 30 fort, and ask nu-niln-rs what can he kept in that, wc 
conld ca>ilv rcihice or increase according to the size of aviary we had. So 
1 wou'il sng-i;est that the article took some such fonn as this: 
.\vi;irv .^u feet x ,^0 feet. The followini^- could be kept : 
List I. 
List 2. 
\Miere two p.airs of birds of nearly related species do not agree a foot- 
note could be inserted to the elTecl that b'rd .1 could be sub.stituted for liird A'. 
Then to follow a list of tlie various birds, the follow iui^- particulars to 
l)e given of each. 
1. ' Size. 
2. .Vpprox. price. 
3. F-.'isilv obtainable or otherwise. 
4. F.a.sy to breed or not. 
5. How to sex, if sexes are similar in plumage. 
0. Treatment and food if at all out of the ordinary. 
7. Delicate or otherwise. 
8. Whether peaceful or not — I would personally like to know this 
with regard to the following : 
LovKHiKDs. — lilack-cheeked. Peach-faced (Rosy-faced), Red-faced (Red- 
headed), and Rlue-winged. 
Pauu.vKI'Iets. — Rosella, Mealy Rosella, C"ockatcel, rdue-winged Grass, 
Quaker, ami many otiiers of a similar size, such as lUidgerigars, 
Hooded, Tovi, etc. 
The same or similar inform, ition could, with advantage, be given with 
regard lo binclies. Doves, (jnail, Softbiils and WV'avcrs. This inform.ation 
would be extr.L useftd if, in the hitter four cases, it were added whether 
s'-iitable or not to keep with linches, but I would suggest in this case the size 
of aviary slioidd not be larger than 20 feet x 20 feet. 
W. A. BAINBRIDGE, 
Captain, A.S.C. 
[It has been frequently urged that .authors, when writing of anv given 
sjiecies or ;i breeding success, should give the fullest details their experience 
covers, and at the same time include size and description of aviarv and a list 
of inmates. llowe\-er, much of this information can be " dug out " of back 
vols, of " II. .\'."; nevertheless, if those members keeping p.arrots, parrakeets, 
lories, lorikeets, ;nid lovebirds in groups, would k-ndly write an article on 
the lines of Cajit. llainbridge's letter, they would confer a boon on manv of 
their fellow members — we should welcome same, — Editoi?.] 
