:30 P'«/ Mortem Rrporfs. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



Vide Rules. 



For TfipJIra Jifi pufit, a fee of 2s. ad. uninf he unit: this ntle irJIl noi he 

 hr()l:cn itnder aiiij coitditioii. 



Pofit-Hlortem Reports can only appear in next issue wticn bodies 

 are received by Mr. Gray prior to the 31st of any month. 



It ivould greatly lielp him to elucidate contagious diseases in birds 

 if members of F.B.C. in sending me dead birds, ivcre to state 

 the source they obtained the birds from and irhen. The names 

 of the sellers would be kept a secret. 



Two Lizard Canaries. — (Miss Hinoks, Dulverton). Although 

 the two birds were already undergoing post mortem changes, I 

 could make out that their spleens were very much swollen (about six 

 times their normal size), and crammed full of yellowish nodular look- 

 ing bodies, indicative of the so-called true bird-fever, which is 

 very deadly. You should isolate your remaining birds, .singly, 

 in cages, burn all dead birds, thoroughly scrape, wash, scrub, 

 disinfect and finally paint the inside of the aviaj'v, remove the 

 top soil, and allow no Oirds in for three mouths. If a l)ird 

 should die in a single cage, either burn tlie cage or immerse it 

 in a 10 per cent, solution of carbolic acid. Scald the drinking 

 utensils, immerse the seed-boxes if wooden in carbolic solution. 

 Take care that none of the recovei-ed birds are not the source of 

 further infection. Have you bought any fresh l)irds of late? 

 If so, from whence? 



CoRDOx Bleu and Avadavat. — (Miss Peacock, Kent). Pneu- 

 monia was the cause of death. Newly purchased birds have a 

 happy knack of departing this world on or soon after arrival 

 at their new quarters. 



Cock Red-headed Gofldian Finch^ (Lady Kathleen Pil- 

 kington). Cause of death, inflamation of the bowels and lungs. 



WooDLARK.— (The Hon. M. C. Hawke, Tadcaster). The 

 cause of death was an injury to the brain. The safest remedy for 

 red mite or lice on birds is an infusion of quassia or stewsacre. 

 In the former case use quassia as bathing water and in the, latter 

 immerse the bird in the .stewesacre infusion and dry in front of 

 the fire. 



Many Coloured Parrakeet 9- — (^- Edmunds, Wareliam), 

 Cause of death, inflamation of bowels, probably induced by a chill. 



Black-headed Gouldian Finch $. — (Miss Augusta Brucr')- 

 The cause of death was apoplexy of the liver. 



Ansivered by post: — Mr. Nicholson, Glenoe, Walt'^ni-oii- 

 Thames, Lady Kathleen Pilkington, Chevet Park, "Wakefleld. 



H. GRAY, INI.R.C.V.S. 



