. Bird notes . 163 p06t riDortent IRepoite- [Vide Rules). Pui^ivET. (Tlie Hon. M. C. Hawke). Pneumonia was the causeof death. Pheasant Pour/r. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). This bird diedof tracheal and bronchial irritation due to gape worms, ofwhich there was a large number present. Otherwise it wasfree from any disease. Canary. (Mr. North). This bird had been wheezing more orless for twelve months. Chronic bronchitis due to irri-tation by particles of smoke carbon, accompanied byanaemia and finally by rupture of cerebral vessel. Cordon (Mrs. E. Mellor). A posterior basal meningitis(inflamma

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. Bird notes . 163 p06t riDortent IRepoite- [Vide Rules). Pui^ivET. (Tlie Hon. M. C. Hawke). Pneumonia was the causeof death. Pheasant Pour/r. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). This bird diedof tracheal and bronchial irritation due to gape worms, ofwhich there was a large number present. Otherwise it wasfree from any disease. Canary. (Mr. North). This bird had been wheezing more orless for twelve months. Chronic bronchitis due to irri-tation by particles of smoke carbon, accompanied byanaemia and finally by rupture of cerebral vessel. Cordon (Mrs. E. Mellor). A posterior basal meningitis(inflammation of the membrane enclosing the brain andupper part of the spinal cord) was the cause of death. Mannikin. (Mrs. E. Mellor). Septic inflammation of thelungs and air sacs was present. The spleen was muchenlarged and contained many septic bacilli. Diamond Finch. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke). This birdarrived too late for satisfactory examination. Decomposi-tion had set in. It was a male bird, and the beak did notshew

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