JUNE, 1913, 



The Foreign Bird Club. 



Notices to Members. 



Ci.Tin Mrktincs at ttik Zoo: TJu' spcoiuI of tlio^so meetings 

 will Uiki- phu'r on Saturday, June 21.st, ;\t 2-:]() p.m.. rendezvous, 

 Small Bifd.s' House. Clul) Badges to l)c worn. A note to Mr. W. 

 T. Ko-jfr.s, AA'eald View, Ongar Koad, Bi'e,ntwood, Essex, intimating 

 intention to l>e present would be ai^preeiated, a.s this allows of .some 

 little orgiinization. 1 1" members coming Tiom a distance desire to 

 b(^ then- in the morning, they will be met at 11 a.m., Small Birds/' 

 House if they notify the Hon. Sec of Soeial Committee by the 19tlv 

 inst., latest. 



WESLEY T, PAGE, Hon. Editor. 



S. WTLLIA^IS, Hon. Business Secretary and Treasurer. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



Vide h'Hlr, (Srr P,i,jr lii nf Crer.) 



GoULDiAN FiNcii 'Caiit. .1. S. Reeves. Lincoln.) Tho cause of 

 death was pneumonia. 



Gori.Dl.VN FiNf'ii ( ? ). fW. E. Baiubi'idge, Thorpe, Surrey.) Cause 

 of death was pneumonia. 



CuiuN Fi.N('Tr. (H. A. Swayne, Dublin.) Cause of death, pneumonia. 



Pinch ( ^). fG. E. Haggie, Oxford.) Cause of death, pneumonia. 



Two WHiTE-CHEEKEn Qu.vii.s ( cT ). (W. Shore Baily, Westbury, 

 Wilts.J Roth died from coccidiosis— a protozoal disease of the intestines. 

 This disease sometimes spreads with great rapidity, causinsr terrible losses in 

 young pheasants, young chickens, young grouse, canaries, etc. It is very pre- 

 valent in the spring and early summer. It is largely spread all over the 

 kingdom by the traflficof one or a few days' old chickens In voung Turkeys 

 it gives rise to " blackhead "; young chicks "white diarrha3a"; and older 

 ones " dysenteric " or " bloody diarrhsea." 



GouLDi.vN Finch {s). (A. B. Smyth, Catford. S.E.) Cause of death, 

 pneumonia. 



GorijM.vN Finch (J). (F. M. Littledule, Cowes, I.W.) Cause of 

 death, pneumonia. 



White J.vva Sp.\i;i:ow (<? ) (M. R.Tomlinson, Inveresk. Midlothian.) 

 Cause of death, pneumonia. 



Blue Mexican Tiikisii(?). (W. Shore Baily, Westbury, Wilts.) 

 Cause of death, pneumonia. 



Weavki;. (G. Scott Freeland. Tonbridge ) Cause of death, pneumonia. 



CoKDoN Bleu ( ? ). (H. P. Gloyne, Hampton Wick.) Cause of death, 

 hfemorrhage on the brain. 



BiHD (SPECIES?) (Miss D. E. Pithie, Southsea. Hants.) Cause of 

 death, pneumonia. 



YoHKSHiHE C.\nahy(c?). Miss MaxwellJackson, Harrogatc.) Cause 

 of death, pneumonia. 



