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skii) from inflammation of bladder, November 27, 1921 ; an Arabian 

 camel, hemorrhagic cystitis, April 3, 1922; a female Eocky Moun- 

 tain sheep from metroperitonitis, June 6, 1922; two Count Eaggi's 

 birds of paradise, enteritis, February 7 and 9, 1922; and the last 

 trumpeter swan, the property of Mr. E. M. Barnes, Lacon, 111., 

 which had been on deposit since April 15, 1917. The swan died 

 of tuberculosis of the liver on June 14, 1922. 



Post-mortem examinations were made, in most cases, by the 

 pathological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Two 

 examinations were made by Dr. Adolph H. Schultz, of the Carnegie 

 Institution, Laboratory of Embryology, and one by Dr. C. W. 

 Stiles at the Hygienic Laboratory, Bureau of Public Health Serv- 

 ice. The following list shows the results of autopsies, the cases 

 being arranged by groups : 



CAUSES OF DEATH. 

 MAMMALS. 



Marsupialia : Congestion of lungs, 1 ; pleurisy and pneumonia, 1 ; enteritis, 

 2 ; septicemia, 1 ; accident, 1 ; old age, 1. 



Carnivora : Pneumonia, 1 ; tuberculosis, 2 ; enteritis, 1 ; gastroenteritis, 3 ; 

 old age, 1 ; no cause found, 1. 



Rodentia : Tuberculosis, 1 ; septic pleuropneumonia, 1 ; enteritis, 2. 



Primates : Bronchopneumonia, 1 ; tuberculosis, 1 ; enteritis, 1 ; gastroenteri- 

 tis, 1 ; colitis, 2 ; parasitic peritonitis, 2. 



Artiodactyla : Pneumonia, 1 ; verminous bronchopneumonia, 2 ; pleurisy, 1 ; 

 tuberculosis, 1 ; enteritis, 1 ; metroperitonitis, 1 ; hemorrhagic cystitis, 1 ; 

 pyemia, 1 ; anemia, 1 ; accident, 1 ; no cause found, 1. 



Perissodactyla : Tuberculosis, 1 ; prolapse of rectum, 1. 



Sirenia : Peritonitis, 1. 



Ratitse : Pleurisy and peritonitis, 1. 



Ciconiiformes : Aspergillosis, 1 ; enteritis, 1 ; anemia, 3 ; no cause found, 5. 

 Anseriformes : Tuberculosis, 6 ; aspergillosis, 1 ; enteritis, 1 ; abscess of in- 

 testine, 1 ; no cause found, 4. 



Falconiformes : Anemia, 1 ; no cause found, 1. 



Galliformes : Enteritis, 4 ; anemia, 1. 



Gruiformes : No cause found, 1. 



Charadriiformes : Pneumonia, 2 ; aspergillosis, 1 ; no cause found, 2. 



Coraciiformes : No cause found, 1. 



Passeriformes : Aspergillosis, 1 ; enteritis, 4 ; abscess of lung, 1. 



Serpentes : No cause found, 1. 



A total of 68 specimens — 26 mammals, 25 birds, and 17 reptiles — 

 of special scientific importance, were transferred after death to 

 the United States National Museum. Four dead mammals were de- 



