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Toucan. (C. F. Leach, Leatherhead). The cause of death was 

 acute pneumonia. No details were sent. 



GouLDi.\iN Finch (cT)- (J- Smith, Kendal). Cause of death, hae- 

 morrhage into liver. 



Cordon Bleu. (Miss K. Webb, Cambridge.). Cause of death 

 pneumonia. 



GouLDiAN Finch (cT)- (H. J. Turner, Newton Abbot). Cause 

 of death, pneumonia. This disease is usually fatal in birds and in spite- 

 of the treatment carried out death mostly ends the scene. Great heat, 

 citrate of soda or aceto-salicylic acid in the water or food may give bene- 

 fit in the less acute cases. 



Canary — Goldfinch Hvbrid and Roller Canarv. (Mrs. Burgess, 

 Bristol). Cause of death, pneumonia. 



Diamond Dove. (B. C. Thomasset, Ashmans worth). The lungs- 

 were congested ; no doubt caused by a lowered temperature. 



Answered by Post :— James Yealland ; the Hon. Mrs. Bourke, H. 

 Earle ; Col. Routh. 



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



A Colony of Birds. 



NEW ZEALAND DISCOVERY. 



Wellington, Saturday. — Mr. R. E. Clouston, a mining 

 engineer, recently made a remarkable discovery of bird life 

 near Rockville, in tlie Nelson district, while exploring the 

 ranges. Mr. Clouston discovered an entire colony of birds of 

 rare species, including thousands of kiwis and kakapos. The 

 latter bird is so rare that recently an advertisement was pub- 

 lished which offered £80 for one of its kind." 



" Mr. Clouston declares that he had not seen anything 

 like the collection before. He secured a number of kiwis, 

 which he placed on the Little Barrier. ' Not only are there 

 kiwis and kakapos,' he says, ' but dozens of mountain duck, 

 saddle backs (worth £10 each), New Zealand robins, wrens, 

 owls, cools, petrels (rain birds), keas, kakas, tui, makomakos. 



