Tosf Morfrm Frporfs. 63 
Post Mortem Reports. 
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Dead Birds i oii Po.il Mortem Examinati )n Kb eived diking ttie 
Month ake Repokted i pun jn the Foli.owinc; Isscjr of 
"Bird Notes." 
Green BrDOERiOAK (cf). (Baronne Lc Clement de Taintc- 
gnif's, Cli'V(>land, MiiK'head . The lef1< piilmonn y air-sac rontaincd a 
ranccrous-lookiiig growlh, wliich had been some time forming. 
M.\SK]OD tJuAssi'ixcH icf ) ■ (J- L- Orossmith, the Grange, 
Bifkh;y). The liver contained casoous nodules; also a similar nodiil'^ was 
attached to the intestine. These nodules were no doubt set up hy the. 
fungus (Aspergillus fumigatus) . 
LoNGTAiL Tit (cf)- 0^'- A- Bainbridge, Thorpe, SurreyV 
The bird \\ a.s vcrj' fat. No doubt death was due to fatty changes in 
the livei and other organs. 
Cock Ehd-Eit.mp Pakrvkekt. (B. Hamilton Scott. Ha milb nii, 
Ipswich). Beyond the viscera being congested, th?re were no gros;; 
lesions. Evidently death was caused by cold. 
Purple Stxrird. (A. Ezra, 110 Mount Street, \V). There 
was a minute extravasation of blood on the surface of the bruiu, no doubt 
due to the rupture of a small blood vessel. The .symptoms you m;'uti()n 
•c'.-y nnch rt^emblc l^.o^'' seen in game fowl and other birds .suffering 
from meningitis . ' 
P>i.ACK -BREASTED MEXICAN QuAii, . (Wm . Shore Baily, West- 
bury). There, were cheesy croupous deposits the size of a millet seed on 
the roof of the mouth, on the tongue and iiiside the larnyx. These ^Irposils 
a,re characteristic of a subacute form of diphtheria, which is very . untagious 
and often causes great mortality. If recognized in time painring the 
spots with tincture of iodine and giving sulphocarbolate of soda in the 
drinking water might have been of some use. The bird was w.dl 
nourished. 
Canary (A. S. Eccles, Ditton Hill, Surrey). The left abdominal 
air -sac contained a yellowish cheesy mass, the size of a pea . This was set ,)p 
by the presence of the fungus Aspergillus fit iiiigiitits . The (.'anar^' seed 
in sample sent is not of good quality ; it is daikish and at its opening 
contains a black spot. Befuse such seed. Please send me another sample 
as 1 threw it awaj' before microscopically examining it for the fungus 
mentioned as the cause of your bird's trouble. The fungus Asjh'rrjillns 
furiiigaliis is the cause of the so-called "canker" of pigeons, .vhi'di is 
technically known as Aspergillosis. Fre(|uently it attacks the lungs, 
liver, kidneys, and the membrane of the air-sacs and peritonium, causing 
nodules, resembling in appearance those of tuberculosis for wdiich it is 
