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DISEASED FEET OF A CHIPPING SPARROW, 
On Sep. 10th a Chipping Sparrow, Spizella socialis, that had the 
feet diseased in a singular manner, w T as picked up dead in the street, 
by a young lady, and brought to me. 
A cancerous growth, partly soft and partly hard, had attacked the 
feet, tarsi, and most of the toes, while it had extended to the lower por- 
tion of the tibia of one leg. The right foot was the most affected, the 
disease extending over the entire posterior toe, see Fig. 29 A, a, where 
the inside of the foot is illustrated, excepting a portion of the nail, and 
covered the basal joints of the anterior toes, while the middle toe, ib. c, 
has an additional detached tubercle on it. The tibia, ib. g, is not af- 
fected noticeably. 
The left foot is not quite d g 
so much enlarged, see ib. B, 
where the inside of the foot e 
is represented, but the poste- 
rior toe is twisted forward 
and partly covered, ib. d; the 
middle toe, ib. e, has a large, B b a A 
globular, terminal lump, com- Fig. 29 
pletely covering the nail. This tibia, ib. b, is much swollen. 
That the bird managed to exist in this distressing condition, is 
singular. A s it was young, hatched this year, it is possible that it 
was fed by its parents sometime after it was fully grown, then when fi- 
nally abandoned by them died. It appeared much emaciated and I had 
intended making a more thorough examination of it, but unfortunately 
it was eaten, feet and all, by a cat which up to date, however, has ex- 
hibited no signs of having been affected at all, by this unique meal. 
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(Continued from page 79.) 
Since writing the article on S. incana, 1 have received, through the 
kindness of Dr. Yelie of Chicago, specimens of a striped species of Stro- 
phia, from Key Vaccas, Florida, that is evidently the shell that Binney 
figures as a striped S. incana. For proof that this is a distinct spe- 
cies, see forthcoming article under the head of S, fasciata, where this 
species is described. 
