jy^ Post Mortem Rcf^orts. 



AMPELIDAE. 

 W'AXW^ING. Tnconi])letc. "young hatched twice in 1903," Si Onmlin, 

 A.M. n.s. vii. IIS- 



SYLVITDAE. 

 (lARDKN WARBLER. Page. 



TURDIDAE. 

 in.ACKIURD. Page. 

 l-[ybrids. 

 r.LACKBIRD X (iREY-WlNGED OUZEL. Abroad, teste Page 



MISSb:L THRUSH. Page. 



RING OUZEL. Page (" but doubtful if fully reared." Page). 

 SON(; THRUSH. Page. 



PYCNONOTIDAE. 

 Rb:n-\M-:NTED PULI'.UL. Page. 



SYRIAN P.ULP.UL. Abroad, teste Page. 



MENURIDAE. 

 1 A'lvlvi'TRD. .Said to have produced hybrids witli the dome.stic fowl, 

 r^age. h'oreign li.st. 



I-IRR.VTA : Page 200. record 134, " P.S., A. P. above," read p. 172 above. 

 Page 202, record 156, " A. above," read p. 172 above. 

 Page 219, record 178, for " Quiscalds " read Qitiscalus. 

 Page 2:9, record 176, "P.S., C.P. above," read p. 173 above. 

 Page 2T9, record 192, for "Cycinopoliiis, read Cvauopnlins. 

 FINIS. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



2:11 -.22. Ca\.\]?v (,5): from Mrs. i\'Iay S. Dennis, Alarket Drayton. — 



]3ouble imeumonia. 

 4-11 :22. Red-fackd Lovkbird (9'I: from W. R. Rearby. West Hartlepool. 



Catarrhal enteritis, with a terminal congestion of lungs. (Answered 



by post). 

 23:11 122. N.M'OLKAN Wk.wrr ( c? ) i from T. O. Harrison, Sunderland. — 



Haemorrhage from ruptured liver. (Answered by post). 

 29:11 -.22. WniTK Jav.\ Sparrow (9): from Capt. H. S. Stokes. Rugeley, 



Staffs. — Double ]Mieumonia. (Answered by post). 

 December 3, 19-^2. C. H. HICKS. 

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Correspondence. 



TO KEEP OWLS AND C^TS FROM INfURlNC. BIRDS. 



Sir,— When 1 kept small birds 1 had the same difficulty with owls as 

 r^r. S])rawson describes. I defeated them by stretching a double top of 

 v.ire-netting over mv open flights. leaving a foot between the two layers 

 of netting. Owls and cats very quickly learnt that they could not reach 



