THE



Avicultural Magazine


THE JOURNAL OF THE

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY



Fourth Series. —Vol. X.— No. 6 .—-All rights reserved. JUNE, 1932.



FOXWARREN PARK


Situated within twenty miles of London, within a short distance

of the main Portsmouth road, Foxwarren Park is not only a most

beautiful spot but it is ideal for the realization of its owner’s ambition,

to form a wonderful collection of living birds and mammals. The soil

is sandy loam, the ground beloved of pine-trees and, however

persistently the rain descends, the ground is dry a few hours later.

It has been a home of foreign birds for many years, for a former owner

kept Parrots which he allowed to fly loose.


The present collection is magnificent ranging from Sunbirds to

deer, and including the rarest and most beautiful foreign birds that

have ever been brought alive to this country.


The outdoor aviaries are very extensive and situated in a lovely

spot sheltered by a larch wood and yet catching every gleam of sun

that shines. They are not elaborate aviaries, but they certainly could

not serve their purpose better than they do. Wooden shelters, built

of double boarding, each compartment some 10 or 12 feet square,

lighted by skylights and front windows which open out into flights

which are turfed and planted with shrubs. These flights are not too

large, but they in their turn open out into very large flights where there

are plenty of bushes, long grass, and ponds, an ideal arrangement

because the birds can always return to their warmed house if the weather



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