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Thompson, W. The New and Complete Bird-Faneyer, 

 or Bird-Faneyer's Recreation and Delight. 



Frontispiece. London: Alex. Hogg. ? I775- 



The advertisement of this book occupies tlie back of the title- 

 page of Girtoii's book on Pigeons. 



New and Complete Bird Faneyep, containinj? in- 

 structions for Catcliino-, Feeding, Rearing etc. the various 

 sorts of Song Birds. Plates. \imo. .^ London. 1852. 

 Is this a reprint of the above? 



{To be continued.) 



IPost flDortein IRcports. 



Vide Rules). 



Titlark and Wagtail. (Mr. Acntt). These birds died of 

 pneumonia. 



Zebra Finch hens. (Mr. T. N. Wilson). The one marked 

 with wire on the foot died of egg binding, a large soft- 

 shelled egg being the trouble. The other was not breed- 

 ing, the cause of death being pneumonia. 



Mocking Bird, hen. (Mr. True). Congestion of the liver 

 and bowels. 



L.-T. Grassfinch, hen. (Mr. T. N. Wilson). Egg binding 

 was the cause of death. 



BiyUE Bonnet, cock. (Mr. T. N. Wilson). Chronic enteritis 

 and consequent exhaustion. 



Canary. (Mr. Halliday). Septic pneumonia. 



Blue Sugar Bird. (Mrs. Miller). This beautiful little bird 

 was much too fat. The immediate cause of death was 

 acute congestion of the kidneys. 



Masked Grasspinch. (The Hon. M. Hawke). Enteritis. 

 The cage the Nonpareil had been in ought certainly to 

 liave been well scalded two or three times on successive 

 days with boiling water and Jeye.s' fluid. 



Red Headed Finch. (Mr. Fillmer). A condition of chronic 

 congestion of the liver had proceeded to fatty degeneration 

 of this organ, but an intercurrent attack of lung congestion 

 was the immediate precursor of death. 



