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POST-MORTEM REPORTS. 



{Fide Rules). 



Lark, cock. (.Mr. Acutt). This ])ir(I died of fatty degene- 

 ration of the liver. Taking into consideration the very 

 limited exercise possible in a cage this bird has been too 

 well fed, and shonld have had a more simple diet. 



Zkbra Finch, Magpip; Mannikin, and Br.ACK- headed 

 Mannikin. (Mr. E. Richard) These birds all died 

 of infections enteritis set np by the action of septic 

 organisms. 



Canary, yonng. (Mr. Silver). Died of mnco-enteritis of 

 septic origin. The intestines contained swarming masses 

 of septic bacteria. 



Canary. (Mr. Tweed). Congestion of the liver and enteritis 

 were the canse of death. 



Canary, yonng. (Mr. Tweed). Received on Jnly 15th in the 

 evening; too decomposed for examination. 



Budgerigar. (Mr. Mathias). Concussion of the brain w^as 

 the canse of death. Please send birds immediately after 

 death, otherwise no examination of internal organs is 

 reliable. 



Budgerigar, cock. (Mrs. IMortimer). This bird died of con- 

 cussion of the brain and haemorrhage, possibly caused by 

 another bird. 



Canary, nestling. (Mr. Tweed). General septicaemia was the 

 cause of death. 



Canary, young. (Mr. Tweed). vSeptic enteritis was the cause 

 of death. 



Canary, young. (Mr. Tweed). As with the last bird infectious 

 enteritis was })resent. Egg food as responsible for this; 

 without its being given it is not very easy to infect a 

 Canary. 



Canary, nestling. (]Mr. Tweed). This bird, three weeks old, 

 was the sole survivor of a brood, the rest of which died 

 after sweating during the first ten days of their life. After 

 thus apparently recovering it died, the principal symptom 

 being diarrhoea. The cause of death was septic en'teritis. 



