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poet flDorteni IRcporte. 



i^ide Jetties). 



BI.OSSOM-HEAD Parrakket. (Mr, Bramley). Acute enteritis 

 was the cause of death. 



Bui,l,FiNCH. (Miss Busteed). This bird was very fat. The 

 liver was the seat of ahnost universal fibroid degenera- 

 tion. Sections when microscopically examined shewed 

 the vessels and capillaries to be choked with old blood 

 corpuscles and crystals of the colouring matter of the 

 blood. This condition had been brought about by a long 

 continued course of over feeding in conjunction with 

 limited exercise, and is not uncommon in birds of this 

 species, as a sequel of chronic congestion of the organ. 



G01.DFINCH. (Mr. Fillmer). In this case fatty degeneration of 

 the liver was the cause of death. 



Ribbon-finch, hen. (Mrs. Gorter). She had laid eggs but 

 did not sit. A little before death she was very thirsty and 

 appeared to be in pain. On examination I found the 

 oviduct and adjacent layers of the mesentery to be acutely 

 inflamed. 



Canary, hen. (Mrs. Mortimer). Pneumonia of the right 

 lung was the cause of death. 



Canary, cock. (Mrs. Mortimer). This was the mate of the 

 above hen, and died the day after she did. His crop and 

 stomach were quite empty, although there was plenty of 

 food within reach. The tissues were somewhat anaemic. 



COCKATEEI., hen. (Mr. Harman). Egg binding was the cause 

 of death. The bird was hatched late last year and was 

 therefore not too well fitted to undergo the strain of early 

 breeding in such cold weather as we have lately experienced. 



A1.AR10-F1NCH, cock. (Mr. Fillmer). This bird died directly 

 on arrival from Africa, whence it had been privately im- 

 ported. There was an extensive pneumonia in the right 

 lung, and a slight amount in the left. There was some 

 congestion of intestines and liver. 



W. Geo. Cresweli.. 



