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In the way of nesting they prefer a cigar box. 

 They are not free breeders, thongh one usually hears 

 of a lucky nest or two each year. The young have 

 blue beads on the inside of the mouth, their pur- 

 pose is supposed to be to guide the parents when 

 feeding.*^ 



I don't know whether my readers will like this 

 paper or not, still des gouts et des C02cle7irs il ne jaut 

 jamais discuter. I once knew a town dandy and 

 plunger who used to derive the most intense gratifi- 

 cation from the perusal of Miss Yonge's novels. 



ILbc Storv? of BirD**2)eatb. 



By W. Geo. CRESWEi^r,, M.D., L,.R.C.P., F.Z.S., etc. 



(Co7iU7iued from page 8q.j 



^yur'ND when we go further and investigate the later 



JhI manifestations of the disease in Parrots, i.e. 



f '-^ those apparent in the individuals which have 



"^ survived the acute and early stages to struggle 



on through what is often a long period of chronicity, 



we find the same identity. As in all other birds we 



see the liver and spleen thickly permeated with 



caseous nodules, we commonly find the same cheesy 



masses in the mesentery and intestinal walls, and in 



the lymphatic glands, occasionally in the lungs, and 



often in the submucous tissues of the mouth and 



throat ; while in connection with the joints, bones, 



muscles, and skin, they are as frequently seen as they 



are in pigeons. On the skin, especially on that of the 



facial region, where the outer layers of debris of dead 



bacilli and cells naturally tend to harden from expos- 



• To be correct, these beads or wattles are not inside the mouth, but 

 on the outer edg^e of the commissure of the beak. They are three in num- 

 ber on each side, two being emerald green and the other blue. Both colours 

 have an opalescent appearance. Tlie supposition that the use of these 

 beads is to guide the parents in finding the way to the youngster's mouth 

 is surely a joke. — Ed. 



