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Correspondence. 
top perches have been removed, so as to allow space for flight. 
The dome is filled once a week with fresh branches which the birds 
delight to peel. What trees produce the most suitable green twigs 
for this purpose ? 
As each pair like to feed together, a two -hole hopper haa 
been given to them. The food is a mixture of two parts canary 
seed with one of millet; occasional handfuls of oats, raw or malted ;i 
flowering grasses of all kinds, and lettuce when obtainable. The 
cage-floor is covered with silver-sand. What improvements, or vari- 
ations, are recommended in these matters ? 
A five-inch zinc dish serves for bath and drinking-trougtt, 
and of course such elementary matters as cleanliness and protection 
from cold draughts, have attention. At night the cage is covered 
with a green baize cloth. Are the fumes from a gas lamp and fire 
harmful ? 
The birds have so far thriven exceedingly. Without being 
exactly tame, they are not subject to panics, and look on ^Kiih more 
curiosity than apprehension, wheu anything novel presents itself. 
Highly intelligent and light-hearted creatures, they appreciate toys. 
A rope ladder and a bit of hempen string knotted at intervals of two 
inches, keep them occupied for hours. I intend to add to these the 
revolving wheel from a mouse cage. Can anyone favour me with 
other suggestions ? 
" PSITTACUS." 
[We shall be pleased to find space for any correspondence 
or articles bearing upon the above topic. If the keepers of birds 
in cages feel aviarists are getting more than their share, they must 
look at home for the cause — copy has been solicited again and again, 
but the keepers of birds in cages have not proved responsive — the 
matter rests with themselves, the subject should prove of general 
interest. — Ed]. 
Post Mortem Reports 
Yide Rules. 
For replies hi/ jtost, a tee of 2s. Gd. must he sent ; this ride vull not he hrohen 
under any cond/tion. 
Post-Mortem Reports ran onJi/ appear in next issue wJien bodies are received 
by Mr. Gray prior to the 31st. of any nt<'nth 
It irould f/reatly help to elucidate contiujious diseases in hirds if mem hers of the 
F.B.C. in scndinfj me dead hirds. irere to state the snurc from which they obtain- 
ed the birds and u-hen. The names of the sellers would he kept a secret. 
Shama (cT)- (Capt. Reeve, Lincoln). The cause of death 
was pneumonia, which was of some standing. 
St. Helena Waxbill (cf). (W. A. Bainbridge, Surrey).. 
Cause of death, ruptured liver, and in consequence, iriternal haemor- 
rhage. 
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