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IP05t flDorteni IRepoits. 



{yide Rides). 



Canary. (Dr. McMath.) This bird died of" egg-binding," or 

 more correctly of iuflaniniation of the ovidnct, due to 

 rupture of a thin-shelled egg. 



Pennant Parrakert. (Mr. Row.) Imported three years ago 

 as a young bird. Congestion of the liver of some standing 

 was the cause of death. The seeds upon which it had 

 been fed are some of them of too oily a nature, and put too 

 much stress on the organs of digestion to be a good food 

 for constant use. My Parrots of all kinds live principally 

 on canary seed and have all the other foods merely as tit- 

 bits. 



•GoivDFiNCH and Bui,i.finch. (lyord Clifton.) These birds 

 died of enteritis, and the history gleaned from the 

 accompanying letter pointed to its being of an infectious, 

 i.e. septic nature, but as no microscopical examination 

 could be made while the bodies were fresh, this opinion was 

 uncorroborated. In the event however of any more dying 

 I shall, I hope, be able to make an adequate examination. 



