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SEPTEMBER, 1915. 
The Foreign Bird Club. 
Notices to Members. 
Ci.iJB Meeting ai Zoo: 'i'he last of these for this season will take 
place on Saturday, September 25th : Kendezvous, Small Birds' House, 
2 p.m., when we hope there will be a good muster. 
Condolences : We tender profound sympathy to Mr. Scott Freeland 
and family in their great bereavement ; their eldest son having fallen in 
action, somewhere in the Gallipoli peninsular. 
WESLEY T. PAGE, Hon. Editor. 
SIDNEY WILLIAMS, Hon. Bus. Sec. and Treas. 
♦ 
Post Mortem Reports. 
Hanging 1'arrakkkt (i). (K. T. Stewart, Radlet). The cause of death 
was a perniriou.s anaemia which is nearly always fatal. The bird was a young one. 
Hybkih Mkai.i.y X Red Rosei.i a. (W. Shore. Baily, Wilts,) The cause 
of death was pneumonia. 
Bui.l. -Finch ( ). (Mrs. K. Storey, Tarporley, Chesliire.) The cause of death 
was anaemia. This species too frequently loses its feathers in confinement especially 
in cages. It is a parasitic complaint but debility predisposes these creatures to it. Such 
birds require a variety of food to ward off the malad)'. 
(Mi.ss Ali.son Harnaby.) The cause of death was apoplexy. No doubt mice 
cau.sed wound after dealh. 
ClIlNRsK Bunting. (Miss 1). E. I'ithie.) The cause of death was pneumonia 
wjnich is usually fatal. 
St. Tiiomas'.s Conurk. (W. Shore Baily, Wills,) Cause of death pernicious 
anaemia, from which the l>ir(i must have been suffering several months, 
Bll! Finch. (F.Galloway, Fast Finchley,) The cause of death was a 
chronic inflammation of tlie liver. 
Zkbra Finch ( ). (.Mrs. .A. riialterlon. Crouch Fnd,) Died from chronic 
inflammation of the liearl. 
PuKi'i.K Sugar Biri>, (Lady Katherine I'ilkinglon, Wakefield.) The cause 
of death was interstitial inflammation of th.e kidnev. 
(,)UAli. (L f liaf'es, Doncaster.) The cau^e of death was enteritis 
