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it; beyond fanning its tail it never betrayed any emotion when carried

about in an open cage or when a big dog smelt at it.


O. crassirosltis were much wilder. The}' seemed very hardy: I left

them in a large open aviary until November, and when taken in they both

accomplished a very rapid and complete moult. I never saw either species

touch anything bnt canary seed and paddy rice. When caged they would

not look at mealworms or any form of green food. In a large aviary—with

a good deal of natural food in it—it is hard to say exactly what they do eat.

I can answer for their biting power as they nearly cut pieces out of my

fingers when I was obliged to handle them. These are now in the New

Bird House in the Zoological Gardens, where I heard them singing on

Sunday last. E. G. B. MeadE-Wai,DO.



POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.



Kach bird must be forwarded, as soon after death as possible, carefully packed and post¬

age paid, direct to Mr. Arthur Gill, Danherne, Bexley Heath, Kent, and must be

accompanied by a letter containing the fullest particulars of the case, and a fee

of i/- for each bird. If a reply by post is required a fee of 2/6 must be enclosed.

Domestic poultry, pigeons and Canaries can only be reported on by post.



Hidd-Mynah. Bronchial catarrh. There were marked evidences of pneu¬

monia as the left lung was quite consolidated. This seems to have

been of long standing.



