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examinations of birds dead of septicaemia I have had 

 the opportunity of seeing these nodules in ever}^ 

 stage of their development — from the earliest changes 

 taking place in a newly poured out clot of blood up to 

 the establishment in many cases of a definite cyst 

 wall enclosing a huge pendulous concretion of what 

 looks to the naked eye like ordinary sebaceous matter. 

 If however this matter is treated with ether it will be 

 seen to contain no cholesterine, whereas if stained in 

 the ordinary wa}^ a film will shew the usual t3q:)ical 

 septic bacilli figured on a previous page. 



(To be continued.) 



lo\xX> 1Rotc5 from tbc (Sambia. 



By K. HOPKINSON, D.S.O., M.A., M.B. 

 (Continued J rom page 211 A 

 T>^ HE next bird on our list is Coluinba guinea, the 

 ( Gj Triangular-spotted Pigeon, or (as it is called 

 ^^"""^ out here) the " Rhun-Pigeon," a gre\^ bird 

 about the same size as the Green Pigeon, 

 that is, rather larger than a good domestic pigeon. 

 It builds in tall rhun-palms (hence its name) and is 

 only found in parts where the}^ giow, being particu- 

 larly common on McCarthy's Island and the district 

 round it. Its note is a long-drawn "ku," followed by 

 a series of shorter ones : " Ku-u, kii-ku-kii." 



Another bird about the same size is our *' Black 

 Pigeon," also an excellent table-bird, which I presume 

 is luri2ca seinitorquaitts, and if so, is about twice as 

 large as the other species of the genus Turiitr. This 

 is a purplish - grey uniformly coloured bird with a 

 half-collar of black, and is, like the Green Pigeon, a 

 partial migrant. 



Our Doves i^roper are four in number, {a) the 

 Senegal Turtle, a bird like the common and prolific 

 cage-bird, the Ring-neck or Barbary Dove, but darker 



