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they do how a weakly condition, induced by the presence 

 of a chronic disease, favours the invasion of a microbicone. 



Peregrine Falcon. (Mr. E. Beech). There was a large 

 abscess of the palatal region of the head. If this had been 

 syringed out daily with a saturated solution of boric acid it 

 would have healed. As it was the cavity contained eggs of 

 the blow fly and was in a horribly septic condition, giving 

 rise to death from saprsemia, or intoxication of the system 

 with poison derived from the pyogenic cocci of the abscess. 

 This condition, although allied to it, is not quite the same 

 thing as septicsemia. 



BUI.I.FINCH. (Mr. Harman). Septicsemia was the cause of 

 death. 



Canary, hen. (Mrs. McAdam). Fatty degeneration of the 

 liver was the cause of death. 



Budgerigar. (Rev. R. H. Wilmot). This bird had extensive 

 pneumonia in both lungs. This has been ver}' prevalent 

 this spring. I should recommend that the rest be turned 

 out into an open air aviary. 



COCKATEEI/. (Mr. H. Ide). Catarrhal pneumonia of the left 

 lung caused death. 



Pair of Green vSinging Finches. (Mr. Fillmer). History: 

 In owner's possession about 2| years and in previous 

 owner's a considerable time before that. The cock being 

 dangerous to other birds, they were kept in a cage. For 

 some time past the cock has had some amount of paralysis 

 and has tumbled about. Lately the hen has developed 

 something like the same symptoms and the owner very 

 naturally suspected an infectious character to the disease. 

 They were sent to me alive. Cock : — He sat on his heels 

 on the floor of the cage and was unable to extend the hind 

 toe. He constantly turned his head about in the manner 

 seen in a "giddy" sheep, was quite unable to fly or to jump 

 on to a perch two inches above the floor, and occasionally 

 had a violent epileptic fit. One evening after an unusually 

 severe one he died. On examination : — The brain was 

 slightly congested and there were one or two punctate 

 haemorrhages on the surface. The bird was well nourished 

 and the internal abdominal organs appeared health)', with 

 the exception of the testes. The right one was atrophied, 

 and the left was the seat of extensive and advanced cystic 



