DEATHS IN THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS. 127 



mammals have reached the lowest figure during the last seven 

 years: of the 12 cases, 3 were pet animals, and 2 came from a 

 suspected source. Two had been kept for about five years in the 

 open, both summer and winter. The birds show a slight increase, 

 and in 63 of the cases the infection was general. About 50 of 

 the birds came from the Small Bird House, where there was an 

 epidemic during the spring and summer months. In three of the 

 birds it was of bovine type, and in a Coati it was of " perlsucht " 

 type. 



3. All the mould diseases have beeu grouped under Mycosis. 

 Of the 6 mammals, 4 were Kangaroos and 2 Gazelles. The 

 number of deaths from mycosis in birds is still very high, and 

 constitutes close on 10 per eent. of the deaths. It has increased 

 in reptiles, and has been found in the larger frogs and tortoises. 

 It is produced in them by a much larger mould than that found 

 in the mammals and birds, which generally leads to the formation 

 of tumours. 



4. There has been a considerable increase in the incidence of 

 pneumonia in mammals and birds, but a considerable decrease 

 in reptiles, due to the careful sterilization of the cages with 

 steam. In three of the reptiles it was due to worms, the rest 

 were pneumococcal. 



5. In three of the mammals the abscesses, which were large 

 and excavating, had started in connection with the teeth : in the 

 remaining mammal the abscess was in the mediastinal glands, and 

 was due to nematode worms. 



6. Due in a Seal to perforation of stomach which contained 

 4| lbs. of stones, and in two Tasmanian Wolves to perforation of 

 the intestine, caused by a mycotic growth in the intestine. 



7. Found in a Fossa from Madagascar, and in a Fruit- Pigeon 

 from the Aru Islands, in both for the first time. 



8. Found in an Indian Wild Dog, which fortunately was only 

 three weeks in the Gardens. 



9. This Saccharomyces was of the Oidium albicans type. 



10. An acute infection in a Barbary Ape, with Demodex 

 folliculorum, producing extensive ulceration of the face. 



11. The designation is not used here in its usual sense. In 

 this case the liver of a Honey-eater was riddled with nematode 

 worms, but no embryos were found in the blood. 



12. There has been a slight general increase in diseases of the 

 respiratory organs : these are largely dependent on weather. 



13. Two of these cases were in Cats, and one in a Chimpanzee, 

 whose gall-bladder was full of gall-stones. 



14. In 3 of the mammals, 10 of the birds, and 2 of the reptiles 

 the inflammation was caused by parasites or foreign bodies. In 

 87 of the birds it was hemorrhagic and 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. 



15. There has been a general decrease in the number of cases 

 of nephritis. 18 of the cases in mammals and 13 of those in 



