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POST MORTEM REPORTS. 



( yide Rules). 



Tricoi^OR Tanager. (Mr. Porteous). This bird, which was 

 very anoeniic and emaciated, died of a chronic and general 

 septiceeniia, the immediate canse of death being the brain 

 haemorrhage which so often results iu this disease. 



Madagascar Weaver. (Mr. Swan). Chronic enteritis com- 

 bined with pneumonia and extravasation of blood on the 

 surface of the brain was the cause of death. 



NonpareiIv. (Miss Barker). All the organs were apparently 

 healthy except the kidneys. These were much congested, 

 probably through cold. 



Orange Weaver. (Mr. Swan). The condition of this bird 

 was practically the same as that of the Madagascar Weaver, 

 except that there was no cerebral hsemorrhage. 



Cordon BIvEU. (Dr. Hopkinson). This bird shewed niacro- 

 scopical signs of catarrhal pneumonia, and the liver and 

 intestines were also much congested. Pressure of work 

 prevented any microscopical examination, which I regret. 



Bengatj. (Mr. Dart). This bird, which was found dead in 

 tlie aviary, had died of double pneumonia. 



Java Sparrow. (Mr. Porteous). Enteritis of septic character 

 was the cause of death. Haemorrhage into the brain and 

 its coverings was also present as a result of changes iu 

 the blood which accompany this disease. The liver also 

 was affected. 



Vioi^ET Tanager. (Mr. Fillmer). This bird had been ill 

 ever since it was bought — six weeks before its death. It 

 breathed heavily and towards the end had diarrhoea. On 

 examination the intestines appeared healthy, but the liver 

 and spleen were soft and congested, as were also the 

 kidneys and to a less extent the lungs. In the subcuta- 

 neous tissue over the posterior position of the skull there 

 were two large chees}' deposits, not tuberculous. 



BiCHENO Finch. (Mr. Fillmer). Pneumonia was the cause 

 of death. It was of recent origin, and had probably been 

 due to the remote influence of cold and damp upon a 

 weakly system. 



Skylark. (Mr. Berry). I regret that by the time this bird 

 reached me its condition was not such as to render it 

 possible to make any definite examination. 



