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BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
My Aviaries and Birds. 
By Herbert Bright. 
I much fear my aviaries and birds are of but little 
interest to any one save myself, as, being my first year of 
out -door aviculture I have only kept ordinary kinds at pre- 
sent, but our Editor is very insistent, so I have indited a 
few rough notes. 
My large aviary (see photo) was designed by Mr. W . 
T. Page, and it has in every way proved a success, for dur- 
ing the past month of appalling weather 'for the whole of 
Great Britain, and our corner (Liverpool) has fared almost 
worse than any other, I have only lost one pair of Cordon 
Bleus, and though many nests have been simply washed out 
of the bushes by torrential wind and rain, there are a good 
few young about, more than I can tabulate, and while there 
have many disappointments, I must not complain, since it has 
not been all failure. 
This aviary, the flight of which is 24 feet x IG feet 
with a shelter -shed attached 16 feet x 61 feet. The flight 
is 9 feet high throughout, and the shed is 8 feet high at the 
back. For winter use, a shed 17 feet long, 8 feet wide by 
8 feet high is being prepared, with a door opening into the 
aviary, and in this the birds will be shut during the worst 
of the winter months. 
The front of the aviary has a S.W. aspect, and is 
much exposed to wind and some driving rain, hence the shel- 
ter boards at top of front, which also extend similarly at 
right angles over the top— this gives the birds excellent pro- 
tection and dry cover. During the present inclement weather 
I have had long glazed sashes fitted, which can be put up, 
or taken down in a few moments, these have shut out most 
of the driving rain— the top, except for the extending boards 
already mentioned, is open ^in. mesh netting. 
