. Bird notes . Plwfo W. Shore Tits in Nest. or so, when it met its doom in the fangs of a young rat,which managed to squeeze its way into the aviary. Themurderer was promptly executed with high explosive, in the!shape of a charge of No. 6 shot. I was very much surprisedto find that any bird could get through three-quarter inchnetting, but I have since found that the Common and Willow-Wrens can easily do so*. In this connection I have just had another unpleasant surprise, *So also can Avadavats and most of the Waxbills.—Ed, Some British Birds in. My Aviaries. 233 three rare Gallen
. Bird notes . Plwfo W. Shore Tits in Nest. or so, when it met its doom in the fangs of a young rat,which managed to squeeze its way into the aviary. Themurderer was promptly executed with high explosive, in the!shape of a charge of No. 6 shot. I was very much surprisedto find that any bird could get through three-quarter inchnetting, but I have since found that the Common and Willow-Wrens can easily do so*. In this connection I have just had another unpleasant surprise, *So also can Avadavats and most of the Waxbills.—Ed, Some British Birds in. My Aviaries. 233 three rare Gallenules having escaped from an enclosure coveredwith two inch mesh netting, an4; of course, with no possiblechance of recovery. One other British bird I have iust added to my col-lection, and that is the Nuthatch {Sitta caesa, Wolf), a pairof which were kindiy oflered me by one of our lady Photo W. Shore Walking Head Downwards. I find them most interesting as aviary birds and, I think, itii extremely likely that they will breed if they survive thewinter. 234 Correspondence. For many years I have had a pair of these birds inthe trees around my homj, but this year they are absent. Ihave always found it very difficult to observe them, as theyseem to like to keep the body of the tree between them andthe observer. In the aviary it is different as one or the othernearly always on view, and very pretty they look walking-down the tree stems head downwards, or darting across theaviary with their Kingfisher-like flight. I do not think thereis a hole or corner which they have not explored. I noticethat they are storing nuts and sunflower seeds in some of thecoco-nut husks, put up for the other birds to nest in. One ortwo other Britishers I have had enter the aviary of their ownfree will. A Common Wren has occupied a series of fiveaviaries since last March. It easil
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