Visits to Members' Aviaries. 
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Hartley has had mishaps in the past from youns Lories 
and Parrots falling from the barrel to the ground, and killing 
themselves, when almost ready to leave the nest, profiting by 
past experience, in this instance she had slung a wide ham- 
mock (made, I believe, with four network dish-cloths) under 
the nest barrel of the hybrids, and I thought the contriv- 
ance an excellent one, though happily in this instance the 
precaution was not needed, as the young hybrids were well 
developed, and able to get about well when they left the 
nest. Mrs. Lory's first step in the taking care of her; 
precious charges was to promptly kill the cock Ring -neck., 
who had shared the aviary with them for over a year. 
No. 2 aviary was given up to a pair of Red-sided 
Eclectus Parrots and an Orange -winged Amazon. The 
Eclectus have had three clutches of eggs, but have not reared 
any young up to the present. The birds appeared to be 
in robust health, and were in fine feather. 
Mo. 3 aviary is situated at the side of the house, the 
front of it running in line with the front of the house, but 
half hidd;'en by a shrubbery, this is a substantial and roomy 
construction of brick, glass, bent ironwork, and straight woven 
wirework. It was occupied by quite a crowd of birds, all 
in the best of health, and in spite of a very varied series 
of birds, breeding results had been good and there were many 
young birds about. I noted the following: Flocks of 
Budgerigars and Black -headed Lovebirds; Cockateels, Plum- 
head Parrakeets, Mealy Rosellas, White-eared Conure (17 
years old). Red-wing and Ring-necked Parrakeets (veterans). 
Grey and Virginian Cardinals, Zebra Finches, Waxbills, Pekin 
Robins, Singing Finches, Cutthroats, and Java Sparrows; also 
Russ's Red-billed, Orange, Grenadier, and Napoleon Weavers; 
Japanese 'Buntings and many others. Mrs. Hartley kindly 
motored me round to Rev. J. Paterson's, Miss Jolinson's, anfd' 
Lady Webster's, making my stay with her a most varied and 
interesting one, not the least interesting by any means, being 
the portions, in which many avicultural episodes and successes 
were lived over again. 
Miss Johnson's Birds : Motoring to Ore we were greeted 
on arrival, rather noisily, by the Cockatoos and Parrots standing in 
cages in the shelter of the house. It may truly be said of Miss John- 
