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Visits to Members' Aviaries. 
having been covered in, gooseberry trees, almost entirely 
overgrown with Hellliine, making excellent cover for nesting 
birds, the bushes still yielding a good crop of truit, in spite 
of being allowed to run wild and the attentions of tire 
feathered occupants of the aviary ; other enclosures are care- 
fully arranged, and have areas of neatly cut grass, gra\'^l 
pathways, small ponds with 'growing reeds and rushes, yet still 
perfectly natural, though showing traces of cultivation. 
It is quite impossible for me to pass from^ aviary 
to aviary, writing up the occupants, and describing the nests 
in each — space will not permit of this, though the subject 
would be a fascinating one — I can only name en passant, 
some of the results and some of the nests, etc., I was privi- 
leged to see and pry into. Amid the reeds and rushes of one 
of the natural ponds Moorhens have nested, and thirteen or 
fourteer young birds have been reared, most of which were 
beginning to don adult plumage at the time of my visit. 
G KEY- WING Ouzki.h: One pair of these have had nine 
nests, with clutches of four eggs in most instances; but only 
two young bii'ds have been reared, owing to 'them going to nest 
again before the broods were reared. I was specially in- 
terested in one nest, built in the fork of an apple tree, it 
was a typical wild nest, inculiation was going on at the time. 
This species mostly favour a solid or artificial base for their 
nest in captivity. 
Black-headed Sibias built an open cup-shaped nest in 
a fir tree, and hatched out a brood, but did not rear them, and 
were incubating again. 
Porr: Cardinals: These have Ivuilt several nests and 
hatched out broods, but will only feed for about a week.* 
The nests, in this instance were built amid the hops climbing 
about one of the aviary standards, were open, and cup- 
shaped. 
Ruddy Finches: Several broods of this species have 
been reared, and another brood of four were being fed at 
the time of my visit. 
Hedgk Stareows: In a clump of bamboo, two broods 
have been successfully reared — both nests and eggs being' 
exactly similar to those found in a state of nature. 
*Four young have however been fully reared. 
