2bo Post Mortem Reports. 
Post Mortem Reports. 
Vide rules on page ii. of cover. 
Mrs. C\ril Dennis, ( ).\Iey Hall, Salop: Canary.- — 
Capt. J. S. Reeve, Leadenhani House, Lincoln: RiiD-vi;xTHi) Bulhul (J. — 
Mrs. Calvocoressi, Holme Hey, Liverpool : Violkt-icarhd Wa.xbili,. — 
All three cases were instances of death from enteritis or inflammation 
of the intestines. The cause is almost impossible to give. It docs not 
seem likely that ;iny of the deaths were due to improper feeding'. The 
violet-eared waxbill was priili,'il)l\' kept in rather too cold surroundings, and 
chilling made it more liable t(. inl\ciion by bacteria, which, had ii been warmer, 
il might have resisted. 
NATH.WIEL S. LUCAS, M.H., F.Z.S., 
Hon. P(7//if)/()t;/j7. 
