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pigs and rodents to our reptiles, and that there is no 
necessity for examining these animals prior to feeding. 
Hookworms in the Liver of the Giraffe. 
Two years ago I reviewed the literature on hookworms 
in a publication in relation to its distribution among the 
lower animals, mention of which was made in last year's 
report (pages 21 and 36). In the literary search I found 
no reference to this parasite as occurring in the giraffe, 
and never anywhere except in the intestines. This finding 
is, therefore, unique in two respects. The worms were 
fairly numerous, numbering 27, were about an inch long 
and produced a marked local dilation of bile ducts with 
surrounding cirrhosis. While they did not cause the 
death of the animal they surely produced disease in an 
important metabolic organ. I have partly determined it 
already as a new species, and am incubating ova in moist 
sand. As soon as they develop into the infestive stage I 
will try to transmit the parasite to the young thar in 
isolation. 
PSITTACIC SpIROPTERIASIS. 
Sixty-nine newly arrived parrots were examined 
routinely the past year for Spiropteriasis with negative 
findings in every case. 
Observations by Dr. E. A. Schumann Upon Interest- 
ing Conditions Found in the Female Genital 
Tract. 
3925. Common Marmoset (Midas geoffroyi). Puer- 
peral relaxation of uterus with fatal hemorrhage. A 
puerperal uterus and appendages is presented. The 
uterus is 4 cm. long, 15 mm. wide at intertubal line. 
Uterine wall averages 2 mm. in thickness. Peritoneal 
surface as ^ smooth, glistening and intact. Uterine 
musculature is soft and relaxed. Entire organ intensely 
congested and on section uterine cavity contains a large 
firm blood clot completely filling it. Mucosa is of deep 
purple color, shows many fragments of decidua and is 
the seat of profuse hemorrhage. 
