. Bird notes . d Bronze Mannikens:At the request of several, I am giving further notes of myearly experience in Foreign Bird keeping. I am also describinga portable three compartment, outdoor cage, which I found tobe a useful adjunct to a small aviary. From the roughsketches given below, it will be seen that its construction was 104 Freeh/ Imported Species a7id their Treaimeni. very simple; it stood twelve inclie-^ al)Ove the i^roiincl andthe height was about -U feet from the lloor of tlie Iagc toapex of gable; the centre compartment having a lean-to sides, back, and roof were constru
. Bird notes . d Bronze Mannikens:At the request of several, I am giving further notes of myearly experience in Foreign Bird keeping. I am also describinga portable three compartment, outdoor cage, which I found tobe a useful adjunct to a small aviary. From the roughsketches given below, it will be seen that its construction was 104 Freeh/ Imported Species a7id their Treaimeni. very simple; it stood twelve inclie-^ al)Ove the i^roiincl andthe height was about -U feet from the lloor of tlie Iagc toapex of gable; the centre compartment having a lean-to sides, back, and roof were constructed of lialf-inch tongucdand grooved matching, the framing of one-inch quartering. Iheroof was covered with felt over the matching, and llic frontsconsisted of half-inch diamond mesh, hand woven was a hinged llaj) at the front of eacdi compartment, forfeeding and cleaning purposes, also a large door in the backof each comixirtment, for distempering.;, iiiscrfinu ])ranc]ics, nt^streceptacles, ^XW^h^ ^ It will bo seen from the above rough diagrams, that each Freely Imported Species and their Treatment. 10 > compartment was about 1^- feet square, with a heiglit of ■) to4J- feet, further description is unnecessary, save perhaps to addthat at the back of each compartment, a Hartz travelling-cagewas fixed, as high up as possible, as a nest receptacle; and inthis portable outdoor cage I bred the three specMCs describedin this paper. The above cage stood in my garden under alarge Victoria Plum tree, and faced the small garden aviary,figured and described on page 5 of current volume. Tnp; Zebra Finc:h {Tceniopygia castanotls},: This, oneof the best known of Australian Finches, has not been iSOfreely imported of late years. While not gorgeous in plumageit certainly is not plain, and its characteristics and demeanourare distinctly interesting. It is found freely in all i)arts ofAustralia, save perhaps in the East. Desckjption: Top of the head, neck, and fore [lai
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