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have been received either from the Zoological Gardens, or from 

 personal friends. In particular I may mention the collections 

 sent to me by Mr Charles Darwin, Mr Eobert Swinhoe, Mr 

 Charles W. Devis, Dr Murie, Dr John Anderson, and Mr 

 Spooner Hart, of Calcutta. A great many correspondents have 

 contributed single specimens, many of which I have already 

 incidentally acknowledged in these pages. In this place I 

 must particularise the new species (Ascaris Cornelyi) which I 

 described from specimens sent to Mr Sclater. This worm in- 

 fests the vulturine pintado (Numida vulturina). Mr Darwin's 

 collection contained fine examples of Filaria horrida from the 

 American ostrich (Rhea). When dissecting birds at the Zoolo- 

 gical Society's Menagerie, I obtained (in addition to the parasites 

 already mentioned) Distoma oequale from the American owl 

 (Strix perlata)-, Tcenia multiformis from the night heron (Ardea 

 nyctocorax) ; T. infundibuliformis from a horned pheasant 

 (Phasianus) ; T. laevis and T. lanceolata and also Ascaris 

 tribothrioides from a dusky duck (Anas obscura) ; 

 Eustrongylus papillosus (fig. 75) from the larus 

 crane (Grus antigone) ; Trichosoma longicolle from 

 the horned pheasant, and T. brevicolle from the 

 Sandwich Island goose (Bernicla Sandwichensis). 

 This bird was also infested by Spiroptera crassi- 

 cauda and Ascaris dispar. From the ring-necked 

 pheasant (Ph. torquatus) and from the black-backed 

 Kaleege (Euplocomus melanotus), and also from a 

 cheer pheasant (Ph. Wallichii), I obtained abund- 

 ance of Ascaris vesicularis. From the ashy -headed S*ed Ml origmHf nl " 

 goose (Chloephaga poliocephala) examples of Sir. 

 tubifex and Sir. nodularis. This bird also yielded a new species 

 (Sir. acuticudatus) . From a tinamou (Tinamus) I obtained the 

 Ascaris strongylina of Rudolphi (Sir. spiculatus, mihi). From 

 amongst our British birds I have obtained Asc. deprcssa, Tri- 

 chosoma falconum and Hemistoma spathulum, from the kite 

 (Falco milvus). Of these three worms, the last named was 

 also found in the long-eared owl (Strix otus), whilst the first 

 likewise occurred in a kestrel (Falco tiununculus] and in a honey 

 buzzard (Pernis apivorus). I may add Filaria attenuata from 

 a peregrine (F. peregrinus) ; and F. leptoptera from a sparrow 

 hawk (Accipiter nisus). From the redshank (Totanus calidris) 

 I obtained Tcenia variabilis, and from the curlew (Numenius 

 arcuata) T. sphoerophora ; and from various gulls (Larus glaucus 



