broken and its contents together with the other impacted matter may be dislodged with a looped wire or small spoon. The oviduct should be lubricated for some time with a bland antiseptic oil (olive oil and boric or salicylic acid). In obstinate cases the abdomen and oviduct may be laid open and both evacuated of any egg matter that may be present. After suitable antisepsis the wounds in the oviduct and abdominal walls are to be sutured. If there appears to be danger of the further early descent of eggs into the weakened oviduct the ovary may be removed. _Eversion of the Oviduct._ This appears at times as a result of the intromission of the penis (ducks) being shown immediately after copulation as a pink, lax membrane one or more inches long, dragging from the anus. In other cases it appears to result from the paresis that occurs in old birds from prolonged laying, or from inflammation and impactions. It may appear abruptly or gradually, and after a few hours becomes the seat of exudation, swelling and redness, forming a pyriform mass. In some cases it is carried out around an egg which does not glide through its canal and may be felt through its walls, and through its terminal opening. A partial eversion may take place as an invagination into the cloaca, without showing externally. When an egg is impacted, or when the protruded organ is inflamed and swollen, violent straining continues, which tends to aggravate the condition, and the bird gets rapidly exhausted, resting on its breast, later upon its back, and dying in convulsions. In slight cases following copulation, the vermicular movement of the duct, of the cloaca and anus may serve to secure speedy spontaneous reduction. In the partial cases, of eversion into the cloaca, the free local use of oil, may secure the passage of the presenting egg and the return of the oviduct. If necessary the egg may be broken and its shell thoroughly extracted. This last method is imperative when the egg enclosed in the oviduct has already passed through the anus. The oviduct should then be cleansed in tepid water, and laudanum, oiled and returned.