Le Taenia infundibuliforinls Geoe«e. que j'avais place prov- 

 tsolrement dans le sem'o Drepajiidotaenia. s'en distingue par 

 le grand m>nibro des testioules, ot d'une nianicre generale pur 

 la oonstltutlon de I'appareil reproduoteur (Cj-ety). 11 nierilc 

 ilono do dovenir le type d'un noviveau gvnre Choanotaenia (do 

 ^•Anw entonnotr). Cli. infundtbulitorniis. '.ntestin do la poulo, 

 {V. 16!l,> 



Although 1 lei-oguizt'd the groat dilleioiKo iu organ 

 izatiou botwoon T. infumlibulifonuis ^as lU-siribi'd by 

 Crety) ami the other species of Taenia which have been 

 phioed iu Drepauidotaeuia, aud am iuelimtl to consider 

 it generically distinct fioni these worms ^see p. 012), 

 and although 1 have the highest regard for the opin- 

 ion of my coUeagne and for his keen foresight, parti 

 cuhirly in systematic questions, I prefer to reserve 

 judgment uih>u his new genus until its type species 

 aud u few allied forms are more thoroughly under 

 stood, especially as it appears to me that T. Infundi 

 huliformis, as determined by various authors, is lathei- 

 a hetetvgenous and collective species. 



Dicranotaenia spheuoides: Kailliet correctly sup 

 presses the speciiic name cuneata T.instow ncc Batch 

 (see p. 50,^1. 



In the following chart 1 have given the reouds of 

 the tajvworms fotmd in the douiestieated poultry and 

 in the allitnl wild birds. The «igii C signittes that the 

 parasite is recorded only for domesticated birds. X for 

 wild birds. O both domesticated and wild birds. 



The names of the hosts are given at the left, those 

 of the parasites at the top. The first row of numlHM's 

 refers to the numbers in the A. O. T^. check list of 

 North .\m<Mican birds, the second column of numbers 



