Beautiful Birds. 995 



IV. 



Sweet birds th.it breathe the spirit of song, 

 And surround heaven's gate in melodious throng, 

 Who rise with the earliest beams of day, 

 Your morning tribute of thanks to pay, 

 Vou remind us that we should likewise raise 

 The voice of devotion and song of praise ! 

 There's something about you that points on high, 

 Ye beautiful tenants of earth and sky ! 



--C. W. THOMPSON. 



Post Mortem Reports 



CuTiHROAT ($J. (Lieut. W. R. Batty, Southportj. The cause of 

 death was rupture of the left auricle of the heart, setting up haemorrhage. 



I^LiE Tit. (Miss Clara Bowring, Ascot).. Cause of death, pneu- 

 moTiia. .Striated Finch : Cause of death fatty degeneration of the liver. 



Bird (?). (Mrs. Alice M. Cook, Kilburn). Cause of death, 

 chronic pneumonia. 



Bf.ncal Pitta (cf)- (Capt. John S. Reeve, Caterham, Surrey). 

 Cause of death, cardiac failure. The heart was affected with fatty degener- 

 ation 



Cordon Bleu. (G. E. Haggie, O.xford). Cause of death, rupture 

 of the liver. 



Goldfinch-Bui I FINCH Cro.ss. (J. Goodchild, Suffolk). Cause of 

 death, pneumonia. 



YouNc; CocK.Miii.. (Miss L. Sturtin Johnson, Hastings). Cause 

 of death, acute pneumonia. 



Answered by Post: James Yelland ; Lady Kathleen Pilkington. 



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



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