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ever will a report he sent by post unless a fee of 2s. 6d. 
accompanies the letter and bird. Pressure of work com- 
pels Mr. Gray to make this an invariable rule, and it 
applies to all Members, whether they are personally ac- 
quainted with him or not. 
GoLDKX Pheasant (9). (Arrived without letter). Cause of 
death was no doubt from coccidiosis, as there were ininimerable roceidia 
present, in the caeca. 
('(iJlSJdiV BrxTiNc; (9)- (M ■ Tomlinson, Midlothian). Cause 
of death, cerebral apoplexy. 
Canary (9)- (Miss Muriel Maxwell Jackson, Harrogate). CauBe 
of death, peritonitis, resulting from rupture of the oviduct. 
FiEEFiNCH (9). (Mrs. D. Longden, Swansea). Cause of death, 
pneumonia. The ovary was active. 
MoNTEzrMA Quail C9). (J. L. Grossmith, Ricklev). The 
cause of death was bird-fever. The liver and spleen were eiammcd with 
yellowish nodules, resembling the tubercles of tuberculosis. The cock 
bird arriving a few days later, had similar lesions. 
AVaxwing. (W. E. Teschemaker, Teignmouth). The bird was 
alive with maggots when it arrived . 
Goldfinch. (Geo. S. J'recland, Toubridge). ncath was due 
to pneumonia. 
PUKPLE SucJAR-BlKD (cf)- (Peter Arnott, Alloa). Cause of 
death, pneumonia. 
Yelloav Bi'DGKRiGAR (9). (F. W. BuU, Sutton). Death was 
due to sarcoma of kidney. 
Blackcheek Lovebird (9). (Mrs. E. Travers, Stourbridge). 
Cause of death, pneumonia. 
Cordon Bleu (cf). (G. E. Haggie, Oxford). Cause of 
death, pneumonia. 
Answcnd by /'o.s7 : — Capt . lireve, A. Ezra, Lady K-ithlei>n 
Pilkington, Geo. Scott Frecland. 
H. GRAY, M. E.G. V S. 
Errata. 
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protcria " read proterior . 
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