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Identifier: birdnotesns04fore (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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to a close. Mrs. Anningsons Aviaries and Birds have Deen des-cribed and the Finch aviary figured on more than one occasionin B.N., and I also described the palatial quarters of theParrot-house, but on the present occasion I am happy tobe able to give a description of it in Mrs. Anningsons ownwords, as follows : — My Paruot House: The House is constiaicted of oue-iiicli longued and grooved matcliing, lined with teak, with an iiUeiliniiigof thick felt; the roof is of corrugated iron, lined with felt andmatching; the floor-boards are of oak. There are two large (4ft.square) push-out windows opening out on to the back lawn. All r . .. . ^ -■ : P ?V> i LOBBY \ rrr— h ! VAc.r- •^on.T -P;«.^s. ; ^ ! ^ ■ G « n C) u- c- .3 the windows are on the S.E. side, and gla/.ed with rolled glass andfitted with Venetian blinds inside, and outside wiih s.iii)ed blindswhich assist in keeping out winters cold and summers heat. Thehouse stands upon eight brick and cement pillars, 12in. square
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r/,v//.s to Mciiihcrs Aviaries. .V.\7 liy ISiii. liiy!!; llic s()aces between the pillars are lUlcil with ror-■• 1 iiuatril iioii sli.liui;- sliuttcrs as protection for tiui iiol-water pipes.Till House i> healeil liy means of a Leicester boiler witli iiin.How aim reluru pipis )umiiiiy along the centre of the house;tile lire is maiie up twice daily—10 a.m. and 10 p.m., and coke isIhe fuel used. The dimensions are given on ground-plan, and it onl\ remains to state that the height is 10ft. to plate and 1.5ft.to ridge. Other details are cleai ly shown on the photo illustratingthese notes. A lath-work staging runs along the two sides and one end of tlu house, and also another along the centre, on whichthe cages are arranged, it may interest my bird friends to knowthat a I at has been trained to live in the house with the Ijiixls soas In keep down mice. Tlie photo of the exterior of the House was kindly taken by my fiiend, F. liunnett, Esq., but we failed lo gel one of the inteiaor

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