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tliose abli; to attend such a t'athei iiiy. say in July, would pronqitly communi- 
cate with mc so tliat a convenient date may be decided upon. 
Wksi.ev T. Pack. 
Post-Mortem Reports. 
(Vide Kules). 
Fur rr/tl /ex /;// /ins/, a fi'C (ij 2x. (id. iiiiisl hi' sent ; lliis rci/Hhd/d/i irill nt)l lie 
hroL cii uiiiier a/i;/ cjinilitioii. 
Pitxt- Miirtciii /i/'iiDiin ciiii iDih/ appmr ni iicrf inxiu- irlic/i Ihci/ arc rccei red 
III/ Mr. (irii;/ /ir/iir In tlic -'lis/ nj' m/// month. 
.Mr. (IrHfl irill /jr iriUi/ii/ In exit ki'i iir lirnni liirdx ( iiK'l iid/iir/ pnidlr/j, i/dmfi, 
(I rill I//, iiiid i-iii/r-/j/ rih ), and ijirr ndr/rr ii.f In llic I real iiii'iil iif anij d'lxe.am they 
lint fi hii ri\ fur II Irr i, f .'jx. each lii rd , t lir nirnr r lilL'iiiii nil r/xL x and pilf/inif the 
carr/iliji' Im/li irii//x. 
Zebra Finch <j (Mrs. Pattison- Yeoman). Cause of death, pneumonia. 
Pennant Parrakeet (Wm. Shore Baily). ('ause of death, pneumonia. 
Freshly im])i)rted or newly purchascil birds should not be exposed in an 
out-door aviaiy until the weather has become genial and dry. 
Many-Coloured Parrakeet i (G. B. Wright). Cause of death, inflam- 
mation of the bowels. This is a very common complaint in breeding hens 
when exposed to the chilly weather of spring. 
Gouldian Finch ? (G. Rice). Cause of death, pneumonia. This 
disease has killed the majority of freshly imported Gouldian Finches, espec- 
i.'illy when coming fioni tlic stuffy, fdul and over-heated birdshops. I cannot 
say the complaint is infectious ; at least, not to British Birds kept with the 
sick l)ii(ls or fed on th( rii anings of thei r cages. 1 believe it is merely a 
climatic malady coui>Icd with rdiigli treatment and chills, which the birds are 
subjected to after landing in this country. 
Anxii-ered hi/ Poxt. — W. R. Temple, Esq. and H. W. Mathias, Esq. 
A Goose has been received but the name and address of the sender 
has been withlield. 
Tuberculosis in a Hawk In a few numbers back I recorded the 
post mortem lesions in a case of pulmonary tuberculosis in a Peimant 
Parrakeet, sent by one of our members. Inadvertently my surgery attendant 
gave the breast of this creature to a tame Kestrel Hawk in my possession. 
In less than six weeks this bird died and on post mortem examination the 
liver was found crammed with tubercles — liardly a })art was left unaffected. 
There were also tubercles in other visceral parts. The lesions contained 
the bacillus tuberculosis. This was verified by a pathologist of undoubted 
eminence especially on the question of this disease. 
In a paper devoted to Cage Birds it is often recorded in the Post 
Mortem column that this or that Canary died of tuberculosis. No doubt the 
writer, who has neithei- had scientific nor professional training, in fact is 
neither ;i iiuMlic;il man nor a x etcrniary singeon, has mistaken the lesions of 
bird-t'o\ ( i' t'di- tlidsi' of tuberculosis, wliich can oidy be verified by a micros- 
copical e.vauiinat iun aftei- the ni<)rl)id parts iiave undergone a special staining 
process. In tlu; coiuse of my post mortem exi)erience 1 have come across 
hundreds nf tuliercnlai' looking lesions in binls that were not due to the 
bacillus tuberculosis, and u)) to now never uucouutei'ed a caseof tuberculosis 
in a ('anar.\'. Drs. Clai-ke and Cieswell iiad tlie same e.x|)urience. I merely 
mention this to show how easily the public are gulled by i)eople who assume 
knowledge thev do not possess. 
Henky Gkay, M.R.C V.S, 
