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Post Mortem Examinations.



POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.


RULES.


Kaeh bird must be forwarded, as soon after death as possible, carefully packed and postage

paid, direct to Mr. Arthur Gill, M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Establishment, Bexley Heath,

Kent, and must be accompanied by a letter containing the fullest particulars of

the case. Domestic poultry, pigeons, and Canaries cannot be dealt with. No

replies can be sent by post.


Combassou. (Mrs. Holding). [Bird died of pneumonia].



Pintail Nonpareil (Hon. Mary C. Hawke). Bought at the end of


December and has been ailing ever since. [Bird died of sub-acute


inflammation of the liver of long standing. I have kept them out of

doors in warm weather]. _


Amherst Golden Pheasant. (Mrs. O. Gregory). Seemed quite well

until a few days ago, when it has looked puffy and not eaten well.

[Your bird has been ailing a long while : cause of death was tuber¬

culosis: the bird was only a frame].



Picui Dove and hen Californian Quail. (Miss Alderson). Dove

appeared in perfect health a few hours before it was found dead.

[Fractured skull]. Quail appeared ill yesterday ; died to - day.


[Tuberculosis; the bird was only skin and bone].



Grey Singing-finch. (Mr. J. \V. Tidey). [Syncope from exhaustion].



Canary. (Mrs. Sherbrooke). Seemed dull about a fortnight and did not

sing, slept a great deal, appetite good all the time. [Congestion of


liver and jaundice]. * _


Cordon Bleu. (Mr. M. E. Rycroft). Found dead with one or two

others on bottom of cage. [Pneumonia. It is unwise to put birds

of this species into an unheated room at this time of the year when

they are freshly imported. These birds are decidedly delicate, although

one occasionally hears of a hardy one. It was a hen].



Combassou. (Mr. Tomes). [Bird was very plethoric and died of

apoplexy]. _


Budgerigar. (Mr. M. E. Rycroft). Mopey yesterday, found dead to-day.

[Inflammation of the oviduct from retention of a broken soft-shelled


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Arthur Gill.



• Members are requested not to send Canaries to Mr. Gill, as these are outside

the scope of this magazine.—Kt>.



