138 



Budgerigar. (Mr. Slatter). General septic disease, accom- 

 panied by iiniveisal congestion of all the internal organs. 



Necki^acp: Dove. (Miss Baker). General septicaemia invol- 

 ving pneumonia of both lungs. 



Gour.DiAN Finch. (Mr. T. N. Wilson). Both lungs showed a 

 condition of catarrhal pneumonia. 



Ural Owi,. (Mr. Beech). This bird was too decomposed for 

 accurate examination. 



Tree Creeper. (Mr. Howe). Septic enteritis was the cause 

 of death. I should recommend the owner of this bird to 

 read "The Story of Bird-Death " and to carefully recon- 

 sider the position with regard to egg-food. 



Canaries, two. (Mr. Acutt). Pneumonia was the cause of 

 death in both instances. 



Pheasant Poui,t. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). There were a 

 few gape worms in the trachea. The primary affection 

 was a condition which goes by the name of cramps, and 

 which is characterized by an inflammation of the heads of 

 the long bones of the legs, caused l)y the presence of micro- 

 organisms. In addition to this there was present a pneu- 

 monia of both lungs. 



Budgerigar. (Mrs. Hulton). A general septic condition was 

 present, with which was associated a considerable amount 

 of brain haemorrhage. 



Diamond Finch. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). Death was the 

 result of a blow on the vertex of the skull, producing con- 

 cussion, followed by compression of the brain through 

 haemorrhage. The bird was a female. The secondary 

 sexual differences in this species are said to consist in a 

 slight variation in the colour of the base of the upper 

 mandible, this in the male being bright red like the rest of 

 the beak, and in the female shading off into a more rosy 

 pink colour. 



Cardinal. (Mr. Ide). This bird died of apoplexy associated 

 with "Strasburg" liver. W. Geo. Creswei.L. 



