3¢ ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
is unique. The bird feeds and moves about, but breathes rapidly ; if gan- 
grene does not intervene it may live. It is a most extraordinary case.” 
Within two months from the date of the accident this 
bird, perfectly recovered to all appearance, was returned to me 
by Mr. Jamrach, who, speaking of it as a ‘living miracle,” 
requested to have the body should it ever die, expressing 
a strong desire to ascertain the manner in which the ruptured 
windpipe had re-united. Of this, however, there seems no 
immediate probability, as the bird made a perfect recovery and 
shows no traces of the accident. Subsequently I lost a Chilian 
wigeon, and a post-mortem revealed similar symptoms to 
those described above, but it remains an open question whether 
the disease originated in the manner suggested by Mr. Jamrach, 
or whether the bird had hurt itself in the meshes of wire 
netting, or had been the victim of some spiteful larger duck, 
for the method of attack common to all waterfowl is to seize 
their antagonist by the throat. 
Lameness often attacks waterfowl which have a limited 
amount of swimming exercise, and often proceeds from walking 
on hard stones and unyielding concrete, or brick floors. The 
best remedy is a grass run and the use of a pond. 
Sore Feet. Cracked and sore feet are not uncommon 
among small varieties of ducks, and often proceeds from the 
effect on the soft webs, of the pressure from brick or concrete 
floors. Wounds are not unseldom produced when birds are 
kept in a gravel enclosure, the edges of flints inflicting severe 
cuts. It is desirable to cover the floor with dry mould and 
chaff, or peat moss litter an inch thick, and to avoid the 
presence of rough stones in the enclosure. The feet should be 
bathed with warm water and kept constantly anointed with 
vaseline, glycerine, or some healing ointment, 
Rheumatism in the joints, or a Gozzy condition, manifests 
