221 



AvADAVAT, hen. (Dr. Greene). This was not a case of tuber- 

 culosis, Init of what has so often been mistaken for this 

 disease. The granuloniata with wliich the liver and spleen 

 were filled were due to acute septicaemia. 



WaxbilTv, cock. (Miss Brooksbank). Catarrhal pneumonia of 

 the right lung was the cause of death. 



Rosy ParrakekT, cock. (Miss Baker). The Conures had a 

 great hand in this business. Your bird was perfectly 

 healthy, the cause of death being concussion of brain. 



BENGAiyi, hen. (^liss Brooksbank). Egg-binding and rupture 

 of a blood vessel in the oviduct. 



Rock vSparrow, hen. (Dr. Hopkinson) This bird, unlike 

 the other, had no brain lesion, but died of the too common 

 septic enteritis. There were no filariee in the blood: the 

 fits would be reflex from the intestinal trouble. {Vide 

 rules.) 



Toucan. (Mrs. Pond). This magnificent bird died of general 

 septiccemia after being as you say ill for only four days, 

 I note that on the first day of his being poorly you gave 

 him some hard-boiled egg. Even supposing a bird can 

 manage to eat this with impunity when he is in absoluteh' 

 good health, it will certainl}' be injurious to him if he is 

 unwell. I am afraid you did not read the Story of Bird- 

 death in last month's number very carefully. 



Indian Pittas. (Mr. Heselton). Neither of these birds was 

 in a condition to afford any definite information as to the 

 cause of death. The one I examined was a young male, 

 and had possibly died of septic enteritis. The other was 

 too offensive to be opened. Vide the latter part of my 

 remarks above under the heading of " Canaries." 



MeaTvY RedpoIvI/, cock. (Mr. A. \V. Watson). This was an 

 old bird, and was probably the fattest I have ever seen. 

 Beyond some congestion of the liver, which was not 

 enlarged, all the organs contained in the trunk were 

 healtliy. The brain and diploe of the skull presented 

 numerous punctate ecchymoses. Cause of death— cerebral 

 haemorrhage. 



GouLDiAN Finch, hen. (Mr. J. W. Tidey). Acute enteritis 

 of septic origin was the cause of death. The organs 

 generally were very anaemic, and the case was one shewing 

 how a bird in poor health can speedily fall a victim to the 

 septic organism and its toxins. 



W. Geo. Creswei^Iv. 



