/'Dtl Miir/ftii li'i'iiiirlx 
April 15.— Saw a iiiiniln i ol ^\'illc>^^ \\ ri iis . 
April 30. — Cuckoo hrard lure t(i-ila\-. Saw lirsi Swallow. 
• J. SR., Catfrhaiii. Surrey. 
May 4. — Lc-'si'i Wliii I I liKial . Hazclcii;h. (i p.m.: strong S.E. Winil 
G.H.T?., Hazeleigh. 
Maj" 1. — Saw Cool's nest conta im iifi' cgys. 
May 4. — Saw first Swift hi'ic .I.S.H.. Cat'Tham, Surrey. 
Post Mortem Reports. 
Vidi: Hllhs, Sec puffi II. of covcr . 
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Gdi, 1)1-1 Mil ( ; .\li.-s J). K. I'iilui'i. Cau.sr of diatli, pneu- 
monia It is dui' to the insanilar\- ((Jiuiiiion iindiT which liird.s are usually 
kept plu.s the cliill thc\- arc cx|k]simI to at this time of the year. If it i.s 
contagioU!-- th - contagion is ot a wry low ili-nrcc. The eiui.se of death 
of Siskin was also pneumonia. J'neumonia in oth t aiiiinal.s is usually 
associated with an infectious disease and is onU' a eoinj)lication. iiot a 
disease jx r sc . 
Zi-,Bli-\ _FlN(;il ($1. iMr~. Williams. l^\eii-i i. I)(alh due to 
pneumonia . 
Bird':' (Miss CJerlruile M. Hoop i-i. Xo dmih; d.'ath was lirousrht 
'about by convulsions. 
G(il,l)-I!l!t;.\s ri;i) l-'lXfil. (Mrs. Foslcr. I'.alihaiomix' l . Cause 
of death. ])ncumonia . Jn the keejiing of live stock on<' must iiope for 
the bes! but at the same time exp<:ct the worst. 
■^^'J■;.\ VKK . ((ico. Frcidand. 'ronbridgci. Cause of death, cn- 
t<_'ril is . 
GltK-i' SiN(iiN(;-i''i.\( II . iMiss .lohnsDii. HasI ings ) . The cau.se 
of death, of Gre^' Singing-finch was pneumonia . Xo doulit all the birds 
were submitted to thi' same cause, probably a chill, hence the same 
result — death . 
Answcrci] b// I'oat — Dr. L. Lovell -Ivcays. 8. Clarke (2). 
H. GKAY. M.E.C.V.S. 
Ekkata: Page 86, line 8, for " sumiiie " read siDinner. 
Page 87, line 27, for " veritable bird of paradise, 
read veritable bird paradise. 
Page 108, line 35, for " Pkty's Conurk ' read Pbtz's 
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