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side of the spine just above the kidney was a large 

 irregular excrescence. Staining in the special way for 

 tubercle bacilli failed to show any of these in any of 

 the organs, but septic organisms were found. In this 

 connection the case was very illustrative as regards 

 the relationship between the organisms and chronicity. 

 In the spleen, liver, and abdominal glands, which as we 

 have seen had been affected at least three months, 

 there were very few indeed, while the bony excre- 

 scence, which naturally would be the most recent local 

 effect of the disease, revealed crowds of them. 

 {To be cotitinned). 



IReview. 



71ie Birds of Calcntla. By Frank Finn, B.A. {Oxon.), F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. Second Edition. Crotvn ^vo., paper cover, 2/6 

 net. W. Th acker & Co., 2, Creed Lane, Lndgate Hill, 

 London. 



The fact that a second edition of this popular little 

 book having been called for shows that the bird-loving 

 public, either at home or in India, or both, have 

 appreciated the first. The edition now before us has 

 been brought up-to-date, and is illustrated with twelve 

 little drawings in line. This book is no dry and 

 matter-of-fact work, but one that anyone interested in 

 birds may read with pleasure. The author's vein of 

 humour is shown on every page, and not his humour 

 only, for one cannot help seeing that it is written by a 

 man who is a keen observer and who has his heart in 

 his subject. Mr. Finn is an all-rouud naturalist, who 

 knows the scientific side of bird life, and is a keen 

 aviculturist, as well as being a field naturalist. As 

 may be supposed, he has touched on all points of view, 

 but left that part of the subject that can be learnt in 

 Museums, in the background, and tells us instead just 

 what one would wish to be told by a man who has seen 



