. Bird notes . ^ < ^ 69. By R. vSuGGITT. IN March 1903 I built a roughly constructed aviary,with the idea of keeping a number of Foreignseed-eatens and British finches permanentl} inthe open. The structure consists of a match-boarded shelter, facing South, i6ft. by loft; and aflight, i6ft. by i6ft., covered with half-inch mesh wirenetting. The whole on a brick-work foundation 18inches in depth. The shelter, consisting of an inner shed and outercovering, (which projects beyond the shed proper for5ft.), is fitted up with breeding husks, nest boxes, anddead branches. Under the outer cover I ha
. Bird notes . ^ < ^ 69. By R. vSuGGITT. IN March 1903 I built a roughly constructed aviary,with the idea of keeping a number of Foreignseed-eatens and British finches permanentl} inthe open. The structure consists of a match-boarded shelter, facing South, i6ft. by loft; and aflight, i6ft. by i6ft., covered with half-inch mesh wirenetting. The whole on a brick-work foundation 18inches in depth. The shelter, consisting of an inner shed and outercovering, (which projects beyond the shed proper for5ft.), is fitted up with breeding husks, nest boxes, anddead branches. Under the outer cover I hang theseed hoppers, each hopper containing one kind only, as I find that if the seed is mixed, the birds,in their endeavours to get their favourite kind, scatterthe other on the floor, and in consequence much iswasted. The flight is built over a rather thick privet hedgewhich has been growing for some years, and in additionI have planted several evergreen shrubs in the .shel-tered places, so that there is an abundan
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