Bird notes (1916) (14771388013)

Identifier: birdnotesns07fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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The double lines back and front of shelters indicate windows, and thelines at an acute angic mark the doors. These shelters have s.total area of 50 x 10ft. The ground plan and the photo-illustrations greatlyfacilitate my task oi describing the aviaries, though it is prac- Visits to Members* Aviaries and Bird rooms. 251
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Mr. Grossniillis Aviaries (l-fuiit \i(.w). tically iin;)<)ssil)l(; to get a roiiiprohciisivc pholoi^rapli ol thewhole with trtie perspective. Tlic I.KiuK of the aviaries isplain and tasteful, and though phu etl in the midst of the 252 Visifs io Member si^ Aviaries and Bird rooms. beautiful garden noar the house, arc not in any sense an eye-sore ; . in fact, quite the reverse, for, even in this prominentposition, they add to, rather than mar, the beauty of theirsetting. The whole structure is built upon a concrete wall2lh. deep by 9 inches thick, which runs entirely round theaviary; this effectively Iceeps out the rats, which are fairlynumerous about the grounds. The flight is imostly constructedof 2in. X 2m. deal quartering, with half-inch mesh wire net-ting (thick gauge) stretched over the whole—it did not. sufferany damage during the heavy snowfall in the early part ofthis year. On the east side there is a 3ft.height of match-boarding as a ishelter, but on the S. and W. the net