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Post Mortem Reports. 



Rainbow Bunting (cT). i^G. £. Haggle, Oxford). Tlie cause of 

 death of this beautiful bird was pneumonia. I am very sorry for your 

 loss. In future try Vichy water in lieu of ordinary plain water as drinking 

 water 



Starling (O). (B. T. Stewart, Radlett). The cause of death was 

 pneumonia. 



Magpie Mannikin. (T. T. Barnard, Bedford). The cause of death 

 wa^ pneumonia, which is very prevalent during inclement weather and almost 

 always fatal in birds. 



Greater Spotted Woodpecker {^)- (The Hon. Mrs. Bourke, Tap- 

 low). This bird was affected with haemorrhagic enteritis, which is interest- 

 ing' btcausc it was encountered in, a bird at liberty. I did not find the 

 presence of coccidia, which are a fruitful source of such a condition. 

 Probably the disease was of an infcctiou.s origin. Perhaps the Missel- 

 Thrush which you found in the same condition so far as symptoms were 

 concerned was due to the samci cause. .-Xvian plague, coccidiosis and 

 other infectious and protozoal diseases attack birds in nature. 



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



British Bird Calendar. 



Arrival of migrants in S. E. Essex in Spring, 1916. 

 April 2ist.— Chiff-Chaff, Hazeleigh, 6-15 a.m. Wind W. 

 ,, 2lst. — Gold-Crest, Hazeleigh, 9-45 a.m. Wind W. 

 ,, 2lst. — Cuckoo, Hazeleigh, 1-30 p. m Wind S. 

 ,, 24th. — Swallow, Hazeleigh, 6 p.m. Wind S.W. 

 ,, 2Sth. — Nightingale, Hazeleigh, 11-50 p.m. Wind S. 

 ,, 26th. — Martin, Danbury. 

 ,, 26th. — Blackcap. 

 ,, 30th. — Tree- l^ipit, Hazeleigh, 10-30 a.m. W^ind S.E. 



There is nothing remarkable about these dates, which are, however, by no 

 means early. It may, however, be interesting to mention that the Nightingale was 

 singing unconcernedly whilst a Zeppelin raid was taking place in the neighbourhood ! 



G.H.R,, Hazeleigh, 30-4-'i6 

 April 20th. — Cuckoo, Lingfield, Surrey, 6 a.m., heard continuously since, but mos 

 vociferous in early morning and late evening, also calls stronger about mid- 

 day than at intermediate periods. W.T.P., Lingfield, l-5-'l6. 



