Visits to Members' Aviaries. 
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Bullfinches, Goldfinches, etc., have hatched out, but no young 
have been fully reared. Canaries and their hybrids have been 
successfully reared in this division. 
This series of aviaries is extremely well arranged ; there 
is a good service passage at the back of the shelters, also 
complete inter-communication between the respective divisions. 
The best was reserved to the last, viz : the Large Aviary — 
it is a huge one, lofty and well arranged. It has been greatly 
improved. Evergreens have been planted, so that there is now 
good winter cover. Also more shelter has been provided by 
screening the four corners with wood and canvas, which the 
birds were making good use of at the time of my visit. The 
light was failing by this time, and all the birds were not noted, 
but I saw the following, all in perfect health and plumage : 
I pair Pretrie's Tanagers (Spi)idaHs prctrici). Strange to 
say that, though this species is also known as the Banana Bird, 
owing to its liking for that fruit, they have shown no taste for 
fruit of any kind, subsisting on insectile mixture, milk-sop, 
insects, and seed. They are left out of doors all the year round, 
and were in perfect condition. 
I pair Pope Cardinals (Paroaria dominica). 
Sundry Weavers and Serins, Goldfinches, Bullfinches. 
I pair Mandarin Ducks {^x galcriculata). 
I pair Japanese Teal (Nettion formosum). 
I 9 Stanley Crane (Anthropoides paradisca). 
I pair Senegal Doves (Tiirtur sencgalensis). 
White-cheeked Bulbuls, etc. 
Though the Mandarin Ducks and Japanese Teal are true 
pairs and have been in the aviary several years, they have not up 
to the prsent laid an egg. The Stanley Crane on the other hand 
has laid several. 
Goldfinches have bred freely in this aviary, as have many 
Ploccinc finches. 
It is in this aviary that the Giant Whydah has nested so 
freely. Though the aviary is a very natural one. containing 
a large number of fruit trees, a rock garden, a fair number of 
conifers, and numerous deciduous trees and bushes, it has no 
bamboo bog, or any piece of marshy ground ; but is simply a very 
