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lP06t fIDortcm IRepoits. 



{yide Rules). 



Bi,ACK-BACKED Tanager. (Mrs. Miller). This Tanager was 

 an example of the usual fate attending the majority of 

 newl}' imported birds, septic enteritis being the cause of 

 death. 



GOUI.DIAN Finch. (Mrs. Rogerson). Injury to the skull, pro- 

 ducing extravasation of blood in and under the bone. It 

 had probably been caused by a blow from the beak of 

 another bird. 



Paradise Whydah. (Mr. Howe). This bird came back from 

 a show very ill and suffering from profuse diarrhoea, the 

 result of acute enteritis, presumably due to improper food 

 while away from home combined with sudden exposure 

 to cold after travelling in a closed up receptacle, in which 

 there can hardly be sufficient ventilation to keep the air 

 pure. 



Gold-crested Wren. (Mrs. Vernon). Congestion of the 

 liver was the cause of death, the result of a long course of 

 too rich and stimulating a food. The mealworms were all 

 right, but I expect Q:gg is present in the stock mixture. 



Canary. (Miss Gibbons). Pneumonia. The feeding was 

 correct, though an occasiofial change to a more oily seed 

 would have improved it. The cod liver oil and sherry 

 treatment is of no use. W. Geo. Creswei^i,. 



(rorre5pont)ence. 



BIRDS IN A GARDEN. 

 Sir, — Referring to the very interesting account of Chaf- 

 uches seeking shelter from a gale given by the Hon. Mrs. 

 Somerset Ward in the December number of Bird Notes, I am 

 led by this and nn^ own observations to regard the Chaffinch as 

 an exceedingly interesting bird, bold and confiding and 

 altogether charming in his ways. For the last two or three 

 years I have daily spread food in my garden, and amongst my 



