All Rights Rcscn'cd. December, 1918. 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
British Birds in and around my Aviaries. 
By W. Shore Baily. 
The title of this article may be deemed a strang'e one. 
■' .'Vronnd my aviaries " might very well mean a pretty large 
tract of country, and, it is of course obvious that all the birds 
found therein must be British. As a matter of fact the birds 
referred to in these notes were all seen within one himdred yards 
of the aviary walls. These aviari&s are from many points of 
view very well situated. On the north side a shrubbery, 
containing some large and ancient trees, jirovides shelter from 
the winter winds: on the south, a small but rapid stream runs 
within twenty yards of the largest of them; to the east is a 
paddock, also well sheltered by shrubbery, which is used for 
the Geese, and on the remaining side is a large pond, the subject 
of an article already published in B.N. These surrounding's 
naturally lend themselves to bird-life, but for some reason very 
few of the more uncommon species make their permanent home 
here. At any rate I have never succeeded in finding their nests. 
The most interesting' visitor this season has been the 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. I have not actually seen it, but 
its call, somewhat resembling' that of its larger cousin, the 
dreen Woodpecker, is quite unmistakable. The latter bird T 
have seen here, but only on one occasion. 
A far commoner bird and one that is with us all the year 
round is the Nuthatch. A pair can be heard most mornings 
directly the sun is up, hanmiering" away at the half-dead trunk 
of a lofty acacia. 
