. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. My Neiu Aviaries. 311 fitted with a plug and an overflow connected with a " soakaway," and down pipes from the roof of the shelter keep the baths full and clean during rainy weather. There is a concrete path running the length of each flight, which I find easy to keep clean, and on which I sprinkle tit-bits of seed, etc. ; gravel paths on the other hand are liable to become very foul and cannot be used for this purpose. The end of one of the flights is fitted with a movable frame fixed 3ft. from its end—this gives me a small aviary, 10ft
. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. My Neiu Aviaries. 311 fitted with a plug and an overflow connected with a " soakaway," and down pipes from the roof of the shelter keep the baths full and clean during rainy weather. There is a concrete path running the length of each flight, which I find easy to keep clean, and on which I sprinkle tit-bits of seed, etc. ; gravel paths on the other hand are liable to become very foul and cannot be used for this purpose. The end of one of the flights is fitted with a movable frame fixed 3ft. from its end—this gives me a small aviary, 10ft. by 3ft. by 8ft. high (fig. 5 plan). There is also a long narrow flight (fig. 6) 80ft. by 4ft., which can be made continuous with Aviary No. 2 by opening a door ; this aviary is provided with a small partly glazed shelter at the far end. -84 feeH-. Main Door All doors opening from the garden into the flights push in- wards and are 18 inches lower than the flights themselves ; this greatly reduces the chances of a bird escaping when one is entering the aviaries ; the main door into the shelter opens into a small lobby, built also with the idea of safety. Moreover, in hot weather, this door can be kept open. The occupants of the aviaries are :— No. I. Pairs of Golden-fronted Fruit - suckers and Blue-winged Sivas in the outer flights (both building). A pair of American . Robins are shut into the shelter half of this aviary because they were inclined to the greenhouse. These birds are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Avicultural Society. [Ascot, Berkshire, etc. : Avicultural Society, etc. ]
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