Post Mortem Examinations.



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Virginian Nightingale, cock. (Mr. F. G. Hindle). Bird died yesterday

in an open aviary; it had plenty of food and shelter, with a large

heated compartment to resort to in cold weather. [Your bird died of

enteritis. I am no believer in the warm compartment, as variations of

temperature frequently prove fatal. Mine are in an open aviary in all

weathers, and I have never lost one yet. You do not mention the food,

nor whether they have green food, etc.].



Swainson’s Lorikeet. (Mrs. A. K. Connell). Seemed in perfect health

yesterday. [Your bird was much emaciated, and shows evidence of


long-standing tubercular disease; the liver and mesentric glands were

much affected. Syncope was the cause of death. It was a female].



Two Budgerigars. (Rev. C. J. Berkeley*). [One very fat indeed, died of

apoplexy; the other must have shown signs of ill health although,

perhaps, you did not notice it. The lump you refer to was distended

crop (crop bound) which caused its death].



Russ’s Weaver. (Mrs. E. W. Robertson). [Your bird suffered from

tuberculosis of the liver, which was of long standing].



Pekin Robin. (Mr. H. W. Mathias). Found dead. [Acute pneumonia

was cause of death].



Arthur Gill.



