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same egg-white with which the rabbit had been treated, viz. with that of 

 the emu. A less marked reaction occurred with the egg-white of one 

 of the Carinatae, whereas medium and faint cloudings occurred when 

 the antiserum was added to the bloods of a number of Aves, as well as 

 in two out of six bloods of Rcptilia (Chelonia). The negative results 

 Avith other bloods of this class may be due to their partial insolubility 

 when dried. 



Reactions 



309 Mammalia 309 



258 Aves 



SRatitae 2 



250 Carinatae 



5 Colymbifornies 5 



11 Ciconiiformes 7 



27 Anseriforraes . . 25 



32 Falcouiformes 29 



28 Galliformes 25 



5 Gruiformes 4 



43 Charadriiformes 35 



20 Coraciiformes 18 



12 Cuculiformes 12 



67 Passeres 61 



4 Eggs 



1 Ratitae 



3 Carinatae ••21 



31 Eeptilia 



6 Chelonia 4t • 2 



2 Crocodilia 2 



23 Sauria 23 



7 Amphibia 7 



15 Pisces 15 



6 Crustacea 6 



* Emu's egg-wbite with which rabbit was treated. 



t Three out of the four were dried samples, on paper (see te.xt above). 



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9 

 11 

 20 

 18 

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IX. Antisera for bloods of Reptilia. 



(1) %QQ Tests with Anti-Turtle Serum. 



The following tests were conducted with two antisera obtained from 

 two rabbits treated with the serum of (No. 809) Chelone niidas, the 

 Green Turtle, a specimen of which was killed in Cambridge. Both 

 antisera were very powerful, one giving a precipitum of "03 c.c. 



