102 Post Moricm Rcporis. 



My I'ahii Doves, not 'fiirtur sciici;;alciisis, have also fully reared f)iie 

 youiij;' bird, which is now fending for itself. 



The weather is too cold for the small birds as yet, and there is not 

 nnich doing among them, but a Nonpareil (c?) and Indigo liunting (O ) have 

 CI oss-mated and are building. Yellow-bellied Grosbeaks are also busy 

 carrying nesting material. The Baltimore Hangnests are building and, as on 

 previous occasions when so doing, have become very tame again. 



My Parrakeets are all in good health and, I think, must be nesting or 

 have young in the nest, as I have not seen the hens for some weeks past. 



These indications point to general activity with the advent of warm 

 weather, but it is long in coming. 



Woolton Tower, May 26, 1923. H. E. BRIGHT. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



Foi- Rules vide pugc ii. of cover. 



April 5th. Java Sparrow {S) '■ T. O. Harrison, Sunderland. — Answered 



by post. 

 April 5th. Shama ( 9 ) : H. G. The Duchess of Wellington, Ewhurst Park. — 



Answered by post. 

 April 5th. Zebra Finch (d"): H. J. Turner, Newton Abbott.— Advice 



given. Answered by post. 

 April 17th. Mexican Scaly Quail: M. R. Tomlinson, Inverness. — The 



bird was very emaciated ; there was a very heavy injection of worms 



(Heterakis) in the intestines. Some birds infrequently die unexpectedly 



without having manifested any symptoms of disease. It was a male 



and not a female as you suspected. 

 April 20th. Superb Tan.\ger ( J) : G. E. Rattigan, Kingskerswell, Devon.— 



Advice given. Answered by post 

 April 23rd. Cactus Conure (9), Budgerigar (9): Mrs. M. Read, 



Lincolnshire. — Both birds were suffering from an acute enteritis ; there 



was no sign of any lung trouble. 

 April 24th. Nonpareil Bunting (c?): Mrs. I. Calvocoressi, Liverpool. — 



Double pneumonia: the bird was much too fat. There was also a fatty 



degeneration of the liver. 

 May 5th. Oyster-Catcher (9): M. T. Tomlinson, Midlothian. — .\cute 



disease of the kidneys (Nephritis). 

 May 7th. Budgerigar (cD : Walter Potts. Cheshire.— There was a rupture 



of the large blood vessel from the heart (aorta) : the bird died of internal 



hajmorrhage. The heart was twice its normal size. 

 May 13th. Green Singingfinch : Spencer Nairne, Herts. — Answered by post. 

 May i8th. A. H. Barnes, East Putney, S.W.— The bird sent was a Serin 



Finch (9). It died from an acute inflammation of the oviduct and 



cloeca, a soft-shelled &gg being present. 

 May 28th. Shama (9): Geo. E. Low, Kingstown, Ireland.— Advice given 



and answered by post. 



