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will he duly grantod. Detailed accounts will appear in due 

 course. 



Hybrid Grassfincres: Our esteemed member Cant. 

 G. Rice, lias reared a bro xl of Zebra x Lou.U-tailed Grass- 

 finches. We are doubtful whether this cross has been pre- 

 viously reared in captivity, and shall be obliged if members 

 will promptly report if they know of any such instance. 



The L.M. Treloar Crirples' Hosritat, .\nd Cor.- 

 LEGE Aviaries: The following- additional birds have been 

 oil her sent or promised: 



Comoro Weavers, Black-headed Nun, vStriated and Spice 

 Finches (by Mrs. L. Williams). 



Yellow Budgerigars and Waxbills (by Hay ward W. 

 Mathias) . 



We tender our best thanks to all who have responded, 

 but shall still be pleased to hear from others who have spare 

 bii'ds, either young or adults. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



Vide Rules. 



Young Pin-tail Nonpakeil (Miss Guildford). The illness 

 was n(i doubt due to a septicaemia, wliieli was bi'ought about on the 

 one hand by the insanitary conditions of importation, and on the 

 other by our climate. More than 90 per cent, oi these birds do not 

 survive at the most two months sojjurn in this eountiy. You 

 should feed them on a mixture of canary seed, millet, ])addy lice, 

 oats, etc., and also some ant egg^s,, and occasionally a mealworm. 

 To get one bird to survive you must buy at least two dozen. The 

 more beautiful the colour of a bird the greater its liability to a 

 premature death. 



Young Painted Fincu. (H. W. Mathias, Hants.) Death was 

 due to pneumonia, both lungs being as black as coal. 



Yellow Budgerigar (cT). (Miss Edith P. Brickwood, Dun- 

 stable) . Death was du3 to pneumonia and inflammation of the 

 bowels. Enteritis is a viery common disease in the summer months. 



Cacitus Conure (Miss Drummond, Mains of Megginch, Errol, 

 N.B.) Inflammation of the bowels was the cause of death. This 

 disease is very fatal in hot weather. 



Diamond Dove \(jfou\\g cock). (H. W. Mathias, Lucerne, 

 Stubbington, Fareham, Hants). The liver, lungs, and intestines were 

 affected by inflammaltion of a septica^toiic ,nature. It is a very common 

 condition during hot weather, 



