300 Visits to Members' Aviaries and Birdrooms. 
Mr. and Mrs. Travis for that and the following day. Amid 
the setting- of a large and beautiful garden the aviaries are 
placed. The two Finch aviaries, one under the verandah, 
with the windows of one of the rooms opening into it, and 
the other at the bottom of the tennis lawn, while the Parra- 
keet aviary is situated at the top of the Icitchen garden. 
The Verandah Aviary contains a series of Pinches, 
Waxbills, Doves, and Canaries, and is picturesquely furn- 
ished with growing plants, creepers, rockwork, and fish pond, 
as well as a goodly array of twiggy branches, etc. There is 
a shelter shed at one end, which is not much used, and the 
other end is covered, being glazed for about four feet over 
the roof, front, and end, this being the exposed corner. The 
birds have done well, here, but among the Foreign Finches, 
breeding results have been small, but the Canaries have done 
fairly well. The cover and sheltered area of the flight is 
admirably arranged and the aviary as a whole (S. aspect) 
should supply its occupants with snug winter accommodation; 
as a narrow portion of the whole length' of flight is covered 
in, and the back of aviary, consisting of the frontages of th'e 
kitchen and one of the sitting-rooms — this supplies snug 
roosting accommodation for all weathers. 
The Lawn Aviary: Also contains a selection of 
Finches, Waxbills, Buntings, Quail, etc., but the flight of this 
aviary is constructed entirely of bent ironwork, and wire 
netting, though the exposed end is blocked in (see Ground Plan 
below). The shelter, which is heated by hot-water pipes, 
forms part of the garden bungalow, the dividing partition 
consisting rf wood and glass, so that even in winter the birds 
can be comfortably observed therefrom, whatever the weather 
condition.s may be. The flight is a wilderness one, and well 
filled up with c 'eepers, shrubs, grass and weedy growths. 
It should yet yieM ^ood results. There was excitement during 
my visit, as the first Cordon Bleu to be bred in the aviary 
was discovered, Mrs. Travis not being aware that the parents 
had gone to nest. Zebra and Ruflcauda Finches, Chinese 
Painted Quail have also reared young in the aviary. The 
following list of, birds comprise the occupants of these two 
aviarie? ; 
