264 Visits to Members' Aviaries. 
In the various aviaries, mingling with the small Waders, 
etc., were some very fine pairs of onr native birds and 
migrants: of which Yellow Buntings, Redstarts, Willow Wrens, 
Whitethroats, and Pied Wagtails, attracted me greatly. 
Mks. E. a. H. Hartley's Aviaries and Birds: I 
spenc a most interesting two days with Mrs. Hartley at her 
lovely Hastings home; much enjoying the interesting recalling 
of many birdy episodes, culled from very many years avi- 
cultural experience. In various rooms in the house were: A 
Port Lincoln Parrakeet, over ten years old, in exquisita 
plumage and health, a knowing and intelligent bird and a 
g-reat pet. A pair of Grand Eclectus (new arrivals); an 
equally fine Grey Parrot; also a large cage containing Gould- 
ian and other Grassflnches. In another large cage in the con- 
servatory were about a score of Waxbills, and small orna- 
mental Finches — all in that condition which bespeaks care 
and constant personal attention. 
The indigenous binls also interested me much, as they 
disported themselves about the garden, but none more so than 
the Pied Wagtails, with their charming evolutions and deport- 
ment as they foraged on the lawn, etc., I watched them with de- 
lighted interest from the verandah, while enjoying a matutinal, 
smoke. 
Aviaries No. 1 and 2: These, each consisting of a 
shelter and wire flight, were situated almost at the bottom 
of the hill-side garden, their base being about one foot above 
ground level at one end, and two feet at the other; so were 
soon dry even in such a wet season as we have just experienced. 
These two aviaries were given up to Lories and Parrots, yet 
Mrs. Hartley has been able to keep ivy growing against one 
of the sheds, and lovely indeed the Lories looked amid the 
rich green, and also, in spite of their rich colours how thoroughly 
they hid themselves. 
No. 1 contained a cock Swainson's Lorikeet, and a hen 
Chattering Lory, also a cock Ring-necked Parrakeet; ithe 
two former had mated and were feeding two strong and hand- 
some young hybrids, which I had the pleasure of examining 
while still in the barrel-nest, but as Mrs. Hartley has told the 
story of these and their appearance into the wide world in our 
last issue, I will only tell one detail, which she omitted. Mrs 
