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My Aviaries and Birds. 
is now sitting-, but I've seen too little of them to give any 
details. 
Cuban Finches {Phonipara canora). These have car- 
ried building material about more or less the whole season, 
but I have not I'ound their nest, nor have I seen any young 
about. 
Pabrot Finch {Erylhrura psittacea). The only bach- 
elor in the aviary. I have been quite unable to procure a 
mate for him. 
MY SMALLER AVIARIES AND CAGES. 
The photo opposite figures a range of Pigeon houses, 
several of these have been converted into aviaries, ultimately 
I hope to convert the whole and to house Parrakeets, etc., 
thei'cui, at present four of them are given up to birds. The 
front glass sashes and wood panels are detachable and can be 
removed during line weather, at the right of the photo sev- 
eral divisions may be seen with the sashes and panels re- 
moved. The divisions occupied by the birds have the front 
half of roof glass. The height of this range is 6| feet at 
the front and 8 feet at the back, while the raised gables rise 
to a height of 11 feet. 
Division I. This is 9 feet long by 7 feet wide and 
contains: two pairs of Red -headed Gouldian Finches (at pre- 
sent nesting in a husk). Red- and J31ack- headed Gouldian 
Finches (have not nested), Bicheno's Finches (incubating). 
Zebra Finches (young just on the wing), Ruficauda Finches 
(one clutch infertile eggs; now incubating another clutch). 
Masked Grassfinches (have built but not laid). In this 
aviary I have also two large cages, one contains: pairs of 
Diamond Finches and Masked (Cape) Doves. The former 
have nested and laid, and the latter have done so twice, but 
there has been no result. In the other cage is a pair of 
Red-crested Cardinals {Faroaria cucullata) which build nests 
but do not lay. 
Division II. This contains Yellow Budgerigars and 
Cockateels, also odd cocks of Paradise and Pintail Whydahs, 
and Orange and Napoleon Weavers. The Budgerigars have 
fully reared 18 young and the Cockateels seven; all are 
sitting again. This division is 11 x 9 x 10 feet high at 
centre of gable. 
