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I have not had any personal experience of Typhoid fever among my

birds, nor have I ever seen any modified form of the Bacillus of Eberth

under the microscope; but Drs. Greene and Butler and Wallace mention

this disease in their works.


I am sony that want of time prevents me from going into this inter¬

esting subject more fully; but, I think, I have written enough to convince

most of the readers of the Magazine that certain very infectious forms of

diseases exist amongst birds, and that therefore all newly bought birds

should be kept in quarantine for a reasonable time before they are put into

the aviary with the other birds.


And, in conclusion, let me earnestly appeal to all those members of

our Society who have bird-rooms or aviaries to see that they are efficiently

ventilated.


Jas. Geo. Myean.



VIRGINIAN CARDINALS AND RED-WINGED PARRAKEETS


BREEDING.


Sir, —I am glad to say that I have reared two nice young Virginian

Cardinals, now flying in aviary; and a Red-winged Parrakeet is sitting on

fertile eggs. M. Hawke.



AUSTRALIAN FINCHES.


Mr. J. B. Housdeu of Brooklyn, Cator Road, Sydenham, informs us

that he has, flying in his aviaries, some twelve hundred Australian Finches,

consisting chiefly of Red- and Black-headed Gouldians, Star-Finches

(Bathilda ruficauda ), Long-tailed, Pectoral, Masked, and Bichenos. He

would be pleased to show them to any member of the Avicultural Society.



PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANIMALS.


We have received from the Zoological Society of London a set of

their new series of picture post-cards illustrating a number of the mammals

and birds in the Society’s Gardens. These are admirable reproductions of

Mr. W. P. Dando’s photographs, and form an extremely interesting series of

animal pictures. Considering their quality the price of these cards is very

moderate; a set of twenty can be obtained for tenpence, or a dozen for

sixpence, from the Society’s Offices, No. 3, Hanover Square, W.



THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY.


Mr. John SERGEANT, having gone to Africa, where he expects to

remain for about three years, has resigned his seat on the Council, and Mr.

A. E. L. Berteing has been appointed in his stead.



