A. meleagridis, but the identification is not yet completed. 

 The form of the parasite showed considerably resemblance 

 to a Ooccidian, Doflein 1 remarking the same thing in regard 

 to Theobald Smith's figures of it. A more detailed account 

 will be published shortly by the Director in the annual 

 report of the Bureau of Microbiology. 



92. Anas boschas, Linn. The duck. 

 Cestodn:—Hymenolepissp., Johnston, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. V. W. 



xxxiv, 1909, p. 190. (N.S.W.) 

 The specimens were very small and immature. The 

 scolex was unarmed. 



93. Anser eincrcus, Meyer dom. The goose. 



Cestoda : — Hymenolepis lanceolata, Bloch., Johnston. Auric. 

 Gaz. A r .SAV., xx, 1909, p. 582; Rec. Austr. Mas., vn, 

 1909, p. 331 (N.8.W.). 



94. Columbia liria, Bonn., dom. The pigeon. 

 Netnatoda :— Ancaris op., Krefft, Lc, p. 212. (New South 



Wales or Queensland). 

 Tli is reference should be to Heterakis maculosa. 



ii. Heterakis maculosa, Rud., Johnston, Proe. Linn. Soc. 



N.8.W., xxxiv, 1909, p. 412 (N.S.W.) 

 Ac&rida: —Falciger rostratus, Bucholz., Sweet, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Victoria, xxi, (N.S.) 1908, p. 500, 523. 

 The hypopial stage of this mite was found deeply buried 

 in the subcutaneous tissues. 



95. Passer domesticus, Linn. The sparrow. 



Protozoa.- — Plasmodium passrris, Johnston and Cleland, 

 Johnston, Ayric. Ca\. X.S. Wal> >, xx, 190!', p. 584 : Rec. 

 Austr. M>is., vn, 1909, p. 344 ; Jour. Trop, V«t. 8ci. f v, 



This sporozoan infests the red corpuscles of the blood, 

 t was first recorded by me as Plasmodium praecox, (»r. 



1 Doflein, " Lehrb. d. Protozoenkuade," 2 Aufl.. 1009, p. 508. 



