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3. Granuloma of kidney. — These two cases were in a waxwing 



and a sheldrake. The latter had enormous masses of 

 granulomatous tissue among which were small islands of 

 renal tissue, yet the bird was in good plumage and fat 

 and had lived for 18 years in the Gardens. 



4. Stomatitis. — This shows a decrease. 



5. Perfoi-ation of gizzard. — Both cases were due to pieces of 



wire and wei^e found in ground-feeding birds. 



6. Enteritis. — This is really a group of diseases due to various 



causes, all resulting in inflammation of the intestines. 

 The causes are at present unknown. 



7. Constipation. — A remarkable case occurred in a peccary. 



The coils of intestine were adherent to one another, 

 thereby causing a vicious circle. There was nothing to 

 indicate which was the primary condition. 



8. Intussusception. — Three of the four cases occurred in 



spotted cavies. 



9. Myeloid degeneration of liver. — In a double-striped Thicknee. 



10. Postpartum sepsis. — In a Dingo. Only four puppies out of 



eight were born alive, and of these three died early of 

 pneumonia and ulceration of intestine. 



11. Tuberculosis. — Both this disease and mycosis show a low 



incidence this year. 



12. Caries of jaw\ — This occurred in a hedgehog and a Malabar 



squirrel. 



13. Carcinoma of thyroid. — This occurred in a fox. There were 



large secondary growths in the lungs. 



14. Sarcoma. — These three cases were as follows : — In the breast 



muscles of a red-vented bulbul. In the neck muscles of a 

 Carolina duck. A melanotic sarcoma starting in the 

 suprarenal of a Lechee antelope. 



15. Osteomalacea. — This occurred in a cockatpo. 



16. Killed. — This heading includes those killed by order for 



injury, or by their companions. It does not include those 

 killed for disease. These are entered under the diseases 

 found post-mortem. 



