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WaxwinG. (Mr. C. R. I.loyd). This bird was fat and well 

 nourished, and died of the same form of septic pneumonia 

 as characterises "grouse disease." 



Cardinal. (Mr. Fillmer). KnteriLis of the haemorrhagic form 

 (brain extravasation) was the cause of death. 



Wyandotte Chickp:n. (Dr. W. T. Greene). This bird had a 

 diffnse haemorrhage extending subcutaneously and through 

 the loose cellular tissues in the region of the upper part of 

 the neck and face. The larynx and trachea were normal, 

 but the upper part of the gullet shewed numerous minute 

 dotted ecchymoses and was very dark in colour. The duode- 

 num was rather redder than usual but otherwise the organs 

 appeared healthy. There were no animal parasites present 

 anywhere, and in the absence of bacteriological exami- 

 nation, which unfortunately, was not possible while the 

 body remained fresh enough, we must put down the cause 

 of death as lying between septicaemia and some accidental 

 injnry. 



Gor.D-BRKASTP:D WAXBirx. (Mr. Fillmer). Pneumonia of the 

 right lung caused death. 



\V. Geo. Cresweix. 



Sbort IRotee, an^ Xctters to tbe EOitor. 



A RARE BOBOLINK. 



SiR,_\Vith reference to the bird I exhibited at the Crystal 

 Palace Show, in December, under the name of Bobolink 

 Hangnest (Dolicho7iyx oryzivorus) and which in the Review ot 

 the vShow your Reporter states to be the species described in 

 Dr. Butler's book " Foreign Bird Keeping," I should like to 

 say that I have since found that it is not an example of D. 

 oryzivorus, but of some rare species which appear not to have 

 been previously described. Dr. Butler, who has compared my 

 bird with a .skin in his possession, agrees with me that it is a 

 larger bird than the common Bobolink, and that its beak is 

 different. An examination of the specimens at the Natural 

 History INInseum confirms this— for I took my bird there, and 

 Mr. Pycraft and other gentlemen took a great deal of trouble 

 over it and pronounced it to be probably a new species. 



I obtained this bird, and another of the same species, from 

 some natives in the Argentine Republic, when they were in 

 their nesting plumage, a kind of pale dirty buff-colour. I got 



