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Linnet. {Mr. Aronstein). Acute pneumonia of one lung was 

 the cause of death. The few grains of inga seed he had at 

 the beginning of his iUness would do hitn no special harm, 

 but all the same he seems to have had too great a propor- 

 tion of rich oily seeds all along. Birds in cages cannot 

 stand these as well as those at liberty or even those in 

 large aviaries. Treatment in pneumonia is useless. 



Bi^ACKCAP. (Mrs. Vernon). Apoplexy was the cause of death. 



Foreign Finch. (Miss Baker). Owing to the limited leisure 

 that I had at the time I was unable to identify' this bird. 

 It died of fatty degeneration of the liver. The feeding 

 seems to have been correct. W. Geo. Creswei*i,. 



(Eorrc6pon&ence- 



THE ECLECTUS PARROT. 



Sir, — I have just received from my brother, who returned 

 from Australia last week, some Parrots he wishes me to take 

 care of, and I shall feel much obliged if you will tell me how 

 to treat them. Two of them he tells me are cock and hen. 

 One is entirely green with flight feathers partly crimson, also 

 the under part of the wings and the sides of the body; tail 

 short ; upper mandible orange, the under one black. The 

 other bird is crimson (shot with purple on the wing) and with a 

 black beak. On the voyage they were fed on porridge, dry 

 maize, and a bit of fruit (either tinned or fresh). When I got 

 them I found they left all the dry maize, but they will eat it if 

 soaked over night in water. They also have Spratt's parrot 

 mixture and apple and banana. My brother was told not to 

 give them any water. 



The third bird is a very tiny white Cockatoo about the size 

 of a Dove. The inner webs of its flight feathers are a very pale 

 sulphur, and I fancy some of the crest feathers may turn out 



