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crowned Lorikeets, at least that's what they are said to be ; they are quite 
new to me. They have a small orange patch on cheek, golden-front, viz., 
above beak shading at sides into crimson ; purple patch on crown ; body 
colour green, size a little larger than the common Love-birds. 
Also a single specimen of White-winged Dove, body colour speckled 
golden-brown, with grey stripes on face ; wings very large and carried low 
down, colour as body, with large patch of white on the under surface of 
primaries ; legs very short, giving the l)ird the appearance of squatting 
when really it is standing. 
The Einhlenia picta'a were a wonderful lot, simply perfect specimens 
The above hurried note may prove of interest.- W.T.R. 
Post-Mortem Reports. 
(Vide Rules). 
For i-fjilicx III/ piisf, a fefi of2x. Od. iiiiixt be xe.itt ; Ihix rei/ii/alin/i irill n(it he 
Imiheii under am/ condHiiin. 
Pfixt-Morteiii Repiirtx run ii/ili/ appear hi iiert ixxue inJie/i t/iei/ are rereired 
by Mr. Gray prior to the 31st of any iiiotith. 
Red-headed Gouldian Finch (W. Edmunds). Cause of death, pneu- 
monia. A great number of these birds just imported are dying off. 
Gouldian Finch : Young cock (Dr. J. Easton Scott). Cause of death, 
pneumonia. 
Amethyst Starling and two Gouldian Finches (Wm. Shore Baily). 
Cause of death in each instance was pneumonia. 
Cock Seed-eater (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). Your bird had a fatty 
liver and no doubt died in a fit. The cranium was very much congested. 
Red-rump Parrakeet (Mrs. B. Croysdale). The cause of death was 
no doubt duo to congestion of the brain. 
Cock Violet Tanager (Lady K. Pilkington). Cause of death, fatty 
degeneration of the liver. 
Aiisirerril hy post : E. J. Brooks, Esq., H. Willford, Esq., Mrs. B. 
W. Hodgkins, and T. N. Wilson. 
Hakky Gkay, M.R.C.V.S. 
