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THE GROUSE IN HEALTH AND IN DISEASE 



had been partly obliterated. In No. 894 the upper fragment was united to the 

 lower at an angle of 30 degrees. No. 1250 was also a cock, found dead in 

 November 1907, having succumbed to Strongylosis. The shot which caused the 

 •damage can be seen to the left impacted in the bony mass. 



No. 1304 was a cock Grouse of 18 ounces, caught alive in poor condition, 

 but in fairly good feather. It had evidently met with an accident. There 

 appeared to have been a shot wound in the back, but the chief damage was in 

 the leg, which was dislocated at the tibio-meta tarsal joint, and one central toe 



Right femur 



from two 



])oint3 of view. 



Normal 



left 

 femur. 



Femur 

 with 

 bony 

 growth. I n 



c'-ft 



Fig. 12, No. 696. Fig. 13, No. 696. Fig. 14, No. 696. Fio. 15, No. 998. 



Broken and re-united thigh bones. 



was also damaged. These injuries may have been secondary to the shot wound, 



and may have resulted from a heavy fall ; but the bird had survived, and would 



have recovered with some deformity. It was, however, a rather advanced case 



of Strongylosis, and badly infested with tapeworms also, both Davainea and 



Hymenolepis. 



Fracture of ^'^^ cascs of damage to the femur may be mentioned : — 



femur. ^^^ ggg^ ^ united fracture with shortening from 55 mm. to 43 mm. 



owing to the excessive displacement of the lower portion of bone. The upper 



fragment forms an angle of 45 degrees with the lower {see Figs. 12, 13). 



