Hyp tala aoadlca . 
Cambr idge , Mass . 
1898. very ill. Someone suggested that a smell of fresh paint, 
Feb .14. which pervaded the museum at the time, might be the cause. We 
; (No. 4). accordingly toqh the bird out of doors but it expired only a 
few minutes later. Its death struggle was as violent as that 
of a bird that had been shot. It fluttered half across the 
cage and at the last beat the floor vigorously with its wings. 
On dissecting it I failed to detect anv signs of internal in- 
jury or disease. The stomach was empty but the bird was not 
emaciated. It was a male with testes as large as #1 shot. 
