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Siskin, cock. (Mrs. IMellor). Tliis l)ird was very thin, and 

 died of enteritis and pneumonia. 



Mocking-bird. (Mr. True). This was an aged bird, and was 

 a female. General septic disease was present. 



Diamond Dovp:, cock. (Miss Baker). Pneumonia of some 

 standing was the cause of death. 



Budgerigar. (Mr. vSlatter). This was a case of apoplexy in 

 a bird with all the internal organs healthy, but which was 

 very fat. 



WhiteThroat. (Mr. Fillmer). Pneumonia of both lungs 

 was the immediate cause of death. There was also old 

 standing congestion of the liver. 



Budgerigar. (Mr. Wheeler). Fatty degeneratiou of the liver. 



Virginian Cardinai,. (Mr. Dart). Recently purchased. 

 There was extensive inflammation of the peritoneal and 

 the 'pericardial sacs, with much deposit of white flaky 

 lymph. The intestines were matted together. In addition 

 there was a recent pneumonia. The condition was most 

 probably septic in origin. 



Linnet-Canary hybrid. (Miss Nicholsou). Fatty degener- 

 ation of liver and pneumonia of both lungs. 



W. Geo. Creswei.i,. 



Short t^otcB, an5 Xetters to the lE&itor. 



PARROTS NOT BATHING. 



vSiR, — In answer to a query from Mrs. :Martin ou this 

 subject the following answer has been sent. 



" We often find that certaiu individuals of almost any 

 species of bird refuse to bathe. I have a Canary, (kept indoors 

 as a songster during the winter), which never bathes, although 

 on frequent occasions I have left a bath iu his cage for as long 

 as a couple of days at a time. I also possess a very gifted 

 Rose-breasted Cockatoo who is equally averse to washing him- 

 self, and a year or two ago I had a Bluefront Amazon with the 

 same peculiarity. In fact many Parrots will never bathe." 



"The best thing to do wuth such birds is to run them into 

 an old cage kept for the purpose, and to then gently spray 

 them until they are wet through, returning them to their own 

 cage when they are dry. In the meantime the opportunity 

 can be taken to give the cage a thorough cleaning with boiling 

 water." W. Geo. Cre.s\vei,i.. 



