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I shall have much pleasure in subscribing a guinea towards this 



object. If the £18 is not subscribed, I suppose there will be some reduction 



in the number of plates for the present year. 



W. E. Teschemaker. 



poet flDortem IReports. 



The conditions upon which these will be made by Mr. Hy. Gray, 

 M.R.C.V.S., 23, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, W., are as follows: 



(1) The birds must be sent immediately after death. 



(2) They must be packed in a box. 



(3) The letter accompanying them must not be placed in the box along 



with the bird. 

 (N.B. Unless the above conditions are complied with the package 

 will be destroyed without examination). 



(4) The letter must detail as far as possible all particulars as to 



(a) date of death, 



(b) length of illness, 



(c) symptoms of illness, 



(d) lodgment and feeding of birds, and 



(e) especially as to whether egg food or inga seed has been given. 



(5) The work will be done gratuitously, and a report published in " Bird 



Notes," but under no circumstances whatever will a report be sent by 

 post unless a fee of 2/6 accompanies the letter and bird. Pressure of 

 work compels Mr. Gray to make this an invariable rule, and it 

 applies to all members whether they are personally acquainted with 

 him or not. 



Red-headed Gouldian (hen). (Thos. Turner). Cause of death, acute 



pneumonia. 

 Violet-eared Waxbill (cock). (F. Howe). This bird had not completed 



its moult. There was double pneumonia; enlarged liver, which was 



undergoing fatty degeneration ; and inflamation of the bowels. 



There was also jaundice. You did not mention whether yon had just 



purchased any new birds, or had others ill, or had just recently lost 



any. 

 Canary (hen). (Miss M. Lock). Exhaustion resulting from retention of 



egg in oviduct, no doubt due to change in weather. 

 Tanager. (W. T. Rogers). Enteritis, pneumonia. 

 Brazilian Hangnest (hen). (O. Millsum). Cause of death, pneumonia. 



There was a parasite, 3 ins. in length, in peritoneal cavity. 

 YELLOW Budgerigar (cock). (Miss E. Brooksbank). Both lungs affected 



with pleurisy. 



. (Miss L. J. Hetley). Cause of death, jaundice probably 



from a chill. 

 Answered by post : 



Grey Parrot. (J. MacArthur). 



