36 
The following table is illuminating. 
Year Ending. 
Vermin- 
ous. 
Not 
vermin- 
ous. 
Total 
from 
all 
causes. 
Per 
cent, 
dying 
with 
worms. 
Census 
Per 
cent. 
of 
mor- 
tality. 
March 1, 1911 
12 
29 
41 
29 
132 
31 
March 1, 1912 
24 
57 
81 
30 
142 
58 
March 1, 1913 
31 
31 
0 
149 
21 
Total 
36 
117 
153 
59 
423 
110 
It would seem from the above that the spiroptera en- 
demic is under control. We would feel much safer, 
however, if we knew more about the life history of this 
parasite. 
Parasites. 
The following parasites have been determined during 
the past year by Fred D. Weidman: — 
Filaria fasciata (n. s.), from muscles of wildcat {Felts 
ruffus), 2842. 
Spiroptera contorta (n. s.), from proventricle of horn- 
bill {Dichoceros hicornis), 2640. 
Uncinaria canina, from the duodenum of a wildcat 
{Felis ruffus), 2644. 
Trichocephalus dispar, from the colon of a rhesus 
macaque (Macacus Rhesus), 2744. 
Distomum capsulare, under the skin of a bittern {Bo- 
taurus lentiginosus) , 2600. 
Cysticercus tenuicollis, in a Mexican deer (Mazama 
mexicana), 2629; and in a Red River hog {Potamo- 
choerus porous), 2833. 
Echinococcus cysts, in the lung, liver and spleen of a 
Bactrian camel {Camelus hactrianus), 2551. 
Spiroptera laticeps, in the proventricle of a bittern 
(Botaurus lentiginosus), 2600. 
Spiroptera incerta, in the proventricle of : — 
Larger Hill Mynah (Mainatus intermedins), 2623. 
