found numerous round white worms and some murky fluid. Upon 

 examination of the worms, both macroscopically and micro- 

 scopically, they were found to belong to the phylum Nemathel- 

 rninthes, to which are referred most of the worms parasitic in 

 man and vertebrates in general. The worms proved to be of 

 two kinds — large, fairly thick individuals over an inch in length, 

 and small, threadlike ones less than a half inch long. The former 

 were identified as Eustrongylus tubifex and the latter as Filaria 

 {histrichis?) . Eustrongylus occurred in much greater numbers 

 than Filaria. Both of these worms are common parasites in 

 the digestive tracts of water-birds, being taken in with the fish 

 they eat. Certain fishes are intermediate hosts of these parasites. 

 The fluid revealed fragments of partly digested tissues and a 

 number of eggs. These eggs could not be positively identified, 

 but were undoubtedly those of the parasitic worms. — L. Wm. 

 McGrath. 



Brown Creeper — A Correction. — My statement in the last is- 

 sue of the Bulletin^ that Mr. B. Rhett Chamberlain had seen a 

 creeper at Hampton Park on October 14 is an error. The bird 

 was in Mr. Chamberlain's yard in the city, and the record is of 

 particular interest on that account. — Francis M. Weston, Jr. 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



Each section of the Natural History Society has held a meet- 

 ing and taken a field trip since the last issue of the Bulletin. 

 Section A met on December 4; South Carolina Birds on Bird 

 Rock and South Carolina Birds in the Arctic Regions were the 

 subjects treated. Mr. B. Rhett Chamberlain gathered the in- 

 formation for the study of Bird Rock, and Mr. Alexander Sprunt 

 Jr. prepared a carefully worked out and extensive paper on the 

 Arctic Birds. Both subjects, however, were presented hy Miss 

 Bragg. A series of sixteen colored lantern slides has been pur- 

 chased, illustrating the habitat groups of birds in the AuK-rican 

 Museum in New York. Several of these were used and more 

 will bo utilized at the January meeting. 



The January meeting of Section A will be held the second 

 Thursday of the month as New Y'ear's Day comes on the first 



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