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Siskin, cock. (Mr. Hortoii). The mucous ineiubrane of the 

 eye and eyelids was much inflamed and thickened. The 

 orbital contents were also much inflamed and the brain 

 congested. There was also a scar just above the eye. It 

 would seem that the trouble originated from an injury: 

 otherwise the bird was health}'. 



Cordon Bi^ku, cock. (Mr. Horton). Obtained from a dealer 

 the day before death. Knteritis was the cause of death. 



PKKIN Robin. (Mr. Moxon). This bird, like two others 

 obtained from the same dealer, died two days after 

 purchase. The cause of death was enteritis — septic in 

 origin. 



Spice Bird. I regret to say that this bird and the accompanj^- 

 ing letter were inside the same box, and were therefore 

 burnt without examination. Each month this report is 

 headed " Plde Rules'' and these are to be found printed in 

 the inset of most of our issues. 



Budgerigar, cock. (Rev. R. H. Wilmot). Pneumonia in 

 both lungs caused death. 



Siskin, cock. (IMrs. McAdam). Supposed to have been ill 

 onh' two days. Very emaciated, intestines and liver very 

 much engorged: pneumonia of right lung. The bird had 

 really been ill for some time with chronic enteritis and 

 congestion of the liver. The pneumonia was of recent 

 origin. 



Goldfinch. (Mr. Horton). Fatty degeneration of the liver 

 was the cause of death. 



REDRUMP, hen. (Mr. Mathias). Eggbinding was the cause of 

 death. 



Cape Canary, hen. (Mr. Fillmer). This bird, which had 

 been in feeble heallli ever since its importation over four 

 months ago, was found to have been suffering from 

 chronic congestion and fatty degeneration of the liver. 



Canary nestlings. (Rev. R. E. P. Gorringe). These little 

 birds had decomposed during the 36 hours which had 

 elapsed before delivery to an extent which precluded any 

 reliable results from examination. I note that the first 

 lot which died had not been fed on egg and that this nest 

 had therefore been fed with a little egg. Naturally no one 

 knows what the former nest died from ; it is equally 



