. Bird notes . on has a flight 27ft. x 24ft., and a shelter shed 8ft. x flights are planted with sufficient herbage, bushes andshrubs to provide ample cover for the ground and arborealspecies which occupy them, yet are sufticiently open to allow ofthe birds being easily observed. In front of these two aviariesI spent many hap])y and interesting hours watching the doingsof their inmates. Many birds were nesting, incubating or feeding young,and under these conditions the competitive instinct of the birdscame out very clearly, as also did a sort of live and let livespirit which seemed to
. Bird notes . on has a flight 27ft. x 24ft., and a shelter shed 8ft. x flights are planted with sufficient herbage, bushes andshrubs to provide ample cover for the ground and arborealspecies which occupy them, yet are sufticiently open to allow ofthe birds being easily observed. In front of these two aviariesI spent many hap])y and interesting hours watching the doingsof their inmates. Many birds were nesting, incubating or feeding young,and under these conditions the competitive instinct of the birdscame out very clearly, as also did a sort of live and let livespirit which seemed to govern the action of most of the birds,but did not obliterate the former trait. If anything this aviary,though a roomy one, contained too many pairs for a breeding-aviary, as well as fairly numerous unmated individuals—theselatter I noticed mostly kept together species by species, thoughmaking occasional intrusive calls to the domiciles of themated pairs, thus causing a certain amount of langwidge Bird Larga Birds Section of Capt. G. E. Rattigaiis Lai-ge Aviary. * 1 riin/os by Capt. G. E. Raltigan. thiougli the fliylits of Capt. G. E. Ruttigans Large Aviary. yisits to Members Aviaries. 223 and light sparring; but, generadly speaking, amiability andgeneral good nature prevailed. The Small Birds Section contained quite a representativeseries of Ploceinc and FringiUine species, and I actually saw thefollowing: 1 pair Violet-ear Waxbills {Granatina granatina). 2 pairs Quail Finches (Ortygospisa polysona). 3 pairs Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia castanotis). 1 pair White Java Sparrows (Mitnia orysivora, var. abla). 2 pairs Cuban Finches (Phonipara canora). I pair Red-headed Finches (Amadina erytlirocephala). I pair Saffron Finches {Sycalis flaveola). I pair Diamond Finches {Steganopleura guttata). 1 pair Lavender Finches {Lagouosticta caerulescens). I pair Grey Singing Finches {Serlnus leucopygia). 1 c? Green Singing Finch (.S. icterus). 2 S Lined Finches (Sporoph
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