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nortlv. Thr- Ko-callecl lack of lime in the food plays no part in its 
causation. Budg>erigars confined in a Very larg^e open ovit-door iviary 
even having a southern aspect are liable to the so-called e^g-binding, 
when the wind is in the north or north-east. 
P.'RROT FiNcii (0") (Mrs. E. Travis, Stourbridgfe) . Cause 
of death pnciimoriia. An aviary having an artificially warmed in- 
terioi', and an open exterior is not very good. The temperatures 
of the two are so opposite. 
EED-nE.\i)En Cardinal. (I. Clarke, Haywards Heath). (X): 
The post-mortem examination of the bird showed well pronounced 
lesion3 of bird-fever in the liver and spleen. (2): The Whitk- 
HEADEi- Nun only had an enlargiement of the spleen but no nodules. 
It is quite possible this bird died before the characteristic appearances 
had lime to manifest themselves. (3): Another RBn-CARDTNAL. 
Lesions we-e identical to those observed in the first case. 
It would bo rather interesting to learn if the various Cardin- 
als sent to me of late for post-mortem examination had been in 
contact with one another. Disinfect and isolate. The best way 
to detect thi'i disease in the early stage is to have a post-mortem 
cxrmination of the first birds that die. By doingi this the disease 
would not have made very great inroads into the inmates of the 
aviar' before the disease was discovered, and an earlv disinfection 
and isolation adojtted. Always isolate newly purchased birds for 
two or three weeks, at least. 
Cactus Conuee. (Miss Drummond, Mains of Megginch, 
Errol). The bird was very thin and had lesions of pneumonia. It 
must have been ill several days. 
GoLDEN-nitEASTEn Waxbili. (cf). (Gr- E. Hagigis). Death 
was due to pneumonia. 
Military Troupial. (W. Shore Baily, Wilts). The breast- 
bone wat! very thin, and spleen very much enlarged and crammed 
with small fig-seed like nodules, so characteristic of bird fever. 
Isolate and disinfect. 
SuPEEii Tanager: (W. T. Eogers, Brentwood). The liver 
was very much enlarged, which is a very common condition in 
Tanagfers, which seem to over-gorge themselves. I do not think the 
exposure to an outdoor aviary for nearly three years had anything" 
to do with the bird's death. Probably it was aged for a Tanager, 
and enlargement of the liver increases in frequency after middle 
life. You deserve credit for taking the bold course of exposing a 
tropical species to our ever changing climate. 
Hen Cookatiel. (Eev. John M. Paterson, St. John's Vicar- 
agte, Hollington, Sussex). No doubt this bird died from convulsions, 
which probably were pi'oduced from some auto-infection of the intes- 
tine, which was cong^ested. T'le cranium also had spots of extravasa- 
tion in its thickness. 
Answered by Post — Mrs. Lily W. Quait, Lady Kathleen 
Pilkington, E. J. Brook, C. H. Row, Mrs. E. Travis. 
HENBY GRAY, M.B.C.S. 
