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Post Mortem Reports. 
Many CoLouiiKi) Pakkakket ( ) (Miss A. B. Smyth, Catford) 
Cause of death, septicaemia. 
Goi'iJ)iAX Finch. (Mr.s. C. A. Longdon, Guildford). Cause of death^ 
septicfemia. 
Gkkat SroTTEi) WooDi'ECKEK. (Dr. Philip Gosse, Hants.) Cause 
of death, septicaimia. 
CoCK.VfEEL ( ? ) (jNIrs. Sproston, Nautwich). Cause of death, en- 
teritis. 
CocK.VToo. (E. A. Mallet, Barnsley). The cause of death was peri- 
carditis of a peculiar type. The heart was covered with a mealj' material. 
This condition is common in Parrakeets. In an outbreak of an infectious 
disease in some liighly bred poultry I found a similar condition of the heart 
but in blood drawn from the living birds very great numbers of a small 
micro-organism resembling that of fowl cholera were observed. 
Canary ( $ ) (A. J. C. Lowe, Notts.) Ruptured egg yolk in the per- 
itoneal cavit}'. No doubt the funnel-shaped extremity of the oviduct failed 
to grasp tlie yolk as it left the ovisac, and therefore it tumbled into the 
abdominal cavity. 
Pakkakeet. (Mrs. E. Turner-Turner, Hants.) The cause of death 
was enteritis. 
Sri'EKH Taxager ' S ) (The Hon. IMary C. Hawke, Tadcaster). The 
cause af death was nephritis or inflammation of the kidney, which was also 
infiltrated with fat. 
White-headed Mannakix ( <? ) (Frank Howe, Wellingborough). 
The cause of death was acute enteritis. Continuallj' picking things over or 
throwing seed out of the seed pot without eating any, a restlessness and 
ultimately a periillar hai/i/ard r.cp/r.s.s/o// are characteristics of acute necrotic 
enteritis in birds. 
Brown's Parhakeet (j) (Mis? Drummond, Mains of Megginch, 
Errol, N.B.) Apparently the bird died in a fit, and bej'ond the brain being 
somewhat congested the carcase seemed healthy. 
Yoi NG Budgerigar. (H. Snarey, Blackburn). Cause of death, acute 
hepatitis or inflammation of the liver, probably of bacterial origin. 
Diamond Si'AKUOW (i) (Mrs. E. Travis, Stourbridge). The cause 
of death was pneumonia, probably of an infectious origin. Bird fever may 
remain in certain birds for a long time. All the Cardinals I have examined 
for some months back had succumbed to bird fever. 
Cordon Bleu (j) (Mr. J. Smith, Kendal). Cause of death, pneu- 
monia. Cutthroat ( s ) had the same disease. 
Hon. Mrs. Bamfylde, North Devon. The Parisot Finch was a cock. 
Answered by post : The Hon. Mary C, Hawke (2) ; Lady Webster ;. 
The Hon. Mrs. Bourke ; H. D, Astley. 
H. GRAY, M.R.C.V.S- 
