IN THE GARDENS DURING 1913. 185. 
left in the latter organ. In the case of a Bear the disease was 
of human type. Most of the cases in birds would appear to have 
been acquired in the Gardens, as only 22 of them had been less 
than six months in the Gardens. In 61 of the birds it was 
acute, and was a general infection: in 1] it was of bovine type. 
4 of the reptiles, which show a considerable decrease, were 
tortoises. 
3. All the mould-diseases have been grouped under mycosis. 
Of the 8 mammals, 6 were Kangaroos and the disease was of the 
same typeas that previously described, 1 was in a Gazelle, of same 
type, and the other was a mycotic disease of the intestine in a 
Beaver, in which the mould was of a different variety. The 
number of deaths from mycosis in birds is still very high, and 
constitutes 8°7 per cent. of the deaths in birds. Some young 
Pheasants died from mycosis at the age of 14,17, and 20 days, 
with mycotic growth in all the organs and filling the body-cavities. 
4. There has been a slight decrease in the incidence of pneu- 
monia in mammals and birds, and a slight increase in reptiles. 
In 5 of the latter it was due to irritation caused by worm eggs ; 
the rest were pneumococcal and constitute about 30 per cent. of 
the number of deaths in reptiles. 
5. In umbilical veins of recently born Buffalo and Gnu. 
6. There has been a general decrease of these diseases of the 
respiratory organs: they are largely dependent on weather. 
7. These cases of pericarditis in birds were not due to infection, 
but to a deposit of crystals in the pericardium associated with 
chronic kidney disease. 
8. The two birds were Penguins, in which over-distension with 
fish was the cause. 
9. In 6 of the mammals, 14 of the birds, and 3 of the reptiles 
the inflammation was caused by parasites (worms and coccidia). 
In 1 of the mammals and 7 of the birds the cause was a trau- 
matic one (sand, hay, ete.). In 7 of the mammals and 65 of the 
birds it was hemorrhagic, and probably of bacterial origin. The 
remainder of the cases were apparently due to the quantity or 
quality of the food not being suitable to the animal. 
10. Two of these bad intussusceptions were in Genets. 
11. Ina Plover from wire. 
12. There has been a slight increase in the number of cases of 
nephritis. Under this are grouped the acute and chronic cases, 
many of the latter being the result of old age. 14 of the cases 
in mammals were acute, and 32 of the cases in birds: the rest 
were of varying degrees of chronicity. Many of the mammals 
and birds had associated lung lesions, which would seem to 
indicate that climatic conditions and exposure may be answerable 
for these cases, 
13. Ina Terrapin in which both kidneys were converted into 
multiple cysts. 
14.-In an Antelope in which a stone impacted in the urethra 
had produced a ruptured bladder. 
