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HEl'OKT OF TUAVEliMNc; rATHOLOOIST 



I'lalu \1X., (. Ill tlie uoiiimun vulture (.\'iii/i/iriiii /ifrriinfiliTiis) a single lilariii wiis 

 fouiiil in tho lilooil, iilso of the iliac necklace variety, though this arrangement of granulation 

 is not so well niarkcil. It measures 12U /i hy '.V'! /< in lircadtii. The illustration shows 

 two curious large hyaline structures at about the midille of the parasite, which would 

 apparently distinguish it from any descrihed variety, hut it is unsatisfactorv to make 

 deductions from one specimen. In another bird a single specimen (KiO /i in length) of some 

 Filnriir was found, hut tm] irnicii Imrieii in corpuscles to describe. 



Plate XIX., '. In the shrikes ( /yunius f.rriiliitoriiia) a Fihirin is found, 7") t(j 20")/! 

 long, with hlunt cuds, an<i about 3 to 4 ^t at broadest part. It takes the stain very badly, 

 with a rather hyaline appearance, but is slightly granular. Especially granular areas 

 occur arounil two si)ots, wliiili arc fairly constant, at 30'3°/o and (111-? ,, of its length. 

 Other spots sometimes occur but not at regular intervals. From its outline it would appear 

 to have a containing membrane, but no sheath. 



A Fi/iiriii was four times seen in fresh s{)eciniins of this blood, whiili ditfered from the 

 iibove in being about 200/i long, and 5.i broad, having one end of ii pointed shape with a shoulder, 

 while the other end tapere<l somewhat. Unfortunately no staincMl specimen was obtaineil 

 although 31 slides in all of the blood of tliis species was e.vamined. Movements were both 

 wriggling on its own ground and advancing across the field. There was a V spot near the 

 middle, with granules posterior to this. 



Plate XIX., '/. Only one s[)ecimen of the hornbill {/^oji/iocerox nayiifiix) was shot, 

 and in the blood was found a Filurin, (55 to l(J5/i long and 3^ wide, with one pointed and one 

 round end, and with disc-like granulations but no sign of sheath. This is probably identical 

 wth that found in Ximiiiln jii'iUirJiinirlin. 



Plate XIX., y. Ill the marabou .stork ( Lejitoiitilna irimuiiifi'ntK) a Filnrin was found 

 70 to 10-i/z by 3/i, taking the stain badly and faintly granulated, round at the head end and 

 pointeil at the tail. The granulations divide at the head end an<l terminate in a bay 

 leaving a portion unstained. There are three spots all constant. There is a hyaline 

 containing membrane. 



The first spot at "iG'tiS ° ^ of length consisting of a transverse bar. 



The second at 38-71 ° „ of the length. 



The third at 60-14 % of the length. 



This somewhat resembles an emiiryo Filarin found by Dr. G. C. Low in the Java sparrow 

 which he has kindly shown to me. 



New H.kmamocba 



Plate XX. An Jf/rmnwnjiii was found ill the blood of the guinea-fowl {\niiiitlii 

 ptilorliiiufhti) which somewhat resembles //, ■.li-inninii. There are two varieties probably 

 Description (as in /fiil/criiliiiiii), male and fiinalc, the former hardly taking the stiiiii, while the latter 

 takes on a very deep blue colour (even when the blood eleiiu-nts generally are so liglitly 

 stained as to hardly exhibit any colour) and shows itself to be markedly granular. There are 

 in some cases two more transparent portions, one on each side of the centre of the parasite, 

 which in the male especially are dotteil with chromatin spots. Tlir parasite is from I.") to 

 'iO/< long and about fi/i broad, in addition to which the ends of the corpuscle are drawn out. 

 each sometimes being as much as Id/i in length. The female jiarasite as it grows, wholly 

 alters the shape of the corpuscle, pushing the nucleus of the corpuscle on one side, while the 



