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interesting to know if otlier readers have heard such a case of 

 niiniicing by the Chaffinch, for in my experience it sticks to its 

 short soiiu; with marked absence of any variation. 



Sidney H. Snki^Iv. 



poet ni>orteni IReports. 



{yide Rules). 



Many-colour Parrakeet, hen. (J. N. Wilson, Bitterne). 

 The breast of bird was sharp, indicating that it had been 

 suffering some days. Death was due to acute septicaemia 

 associated with pneumonia, induced by a chill while 

 suffering from the infection. Birds travelling during wet 

 chilly weather are very liable to this. 



Crimson Finch, hen. (Mrs. Miller). Double pneumonia, 

 due no doubt to a chill caiising septicEemia, during the 

 changeable and wet weather we have been experiencing of 

 late, was the cause of denth. 



ViOivET TanagER, cock. (Mrs. Warren Vernon). Death was 

 due to septicaemia, arising from the dirty condition these 

 birds are kept in during transit, and the time they are at 

 the bird-dealer's shop, especially during wet chilly 

 weather. 



Crested Canary, hen. (Miss M. Lock). Death was due to 

 inflammation of the oviduct, produced by a broken egg 

 contained in the duct. The bird was very fat. You did 

 not say whether force had been used to free her from the 

 ^%%. The common cau.se of egg-binding is cold, wet, or 

 changeable weather. 



Cape Canary, hen. (W. E- Teschemaker). This bird on 

 arrival was eaten up with maggots, so much so it was 

 impossible to make a correct post mortem examination. 



Madagascar Weaver, cock. (Chas. W. Perryman). Death 

 was due to acute pneumonia and enteritis resulting from 

 septicaemia. African millet, French millet, and canary 

 seed are sufficient for such birds. The changeable weather 

 we are now experiencing is a fruitful predisposing cause of 

 disease in birds, especially if they are exposed to draughts. 



Henry Gray. 



