130 Post Moricm Reports. 



" Pood. — Insects, small slnL;"s. seed and iL^'rain." 



'* Nest. — May or June. Two broods sometimes." 



" Site. — In a little hollow scraped in the j^ronnd; among 



" growing herbage." 



" Materials. — If any, a few dead grasses." 



" ^,§'^-^- — Seven to twelve. Yellowish white, spotted and 



*' blotched with umber-brown." 



The book has been well conceived and planned with care, 

 and. in spite of the apparently endless multiplicity of British Bird 

 books, will form a welcome addition to the bookshelves of all 

 sludents of our native avifauna. They would be excellent gift 

 books to young people and to others also of older growth. We 

 opine a thin paper edition of Our Resident Birds and Our 

 Migrant Birds bound in one volume would be cordially 

 welcomed. 



O 



Post Mortem Reports. 



s, Canaries and Lavi^nder Finch : P. J. Calvocoressi. — All acute enteritis. 

 These birds had had access to egg-food which was stale and possibly 

 infected with a mould This food should only be used quite fresh. 



Gouldiax Finch : Capt. L. 11. Wand. — Enteritis. 



Whydah-bird and Cordon I'lku : Mrs. Dennis.- — Pneumonia in both cases. 



Blue-eri:ast!:d Waxbill and Nonpareil Bunting : Mrs. Calvocoressi.-- 



Pneumonia in the case of the waxbill. The bunting was over fat, 



and its lungs congested. 

 CoCK.vrEEi. : Ed. Boosey.-The bird was much too decomposed for examination. 

 Siskin : T. (). Harrison. — The cause of death was i)ncumonia. The l)ird 



was too fat. 

 Amazon Parrot: H. Westacott. — Congestion of lungs. 

 Zebra Finch : W. H. Workman.— Pneumonia. 



N. S. LUCAS. M.B.. F.Z.S., 

 Honorary Pathologist. 



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