94 DISEASE IN WILD MAMMALS AND BIRDS 
It is perhaps well to show the state of our records in 
the Passeres by a table. 
Passeres — Secondary anemia associated with 
intestinal or visceral parasites 11 
blood parasites 9 
intestinal inflammation 6 
skeletal diseases and chronic infection (osseous) 3 
nephritis 4 
miscellaneous and unassociated anemias 8 
(entries in this line not included under any 
other heading) 
Total cases 37 
In the first group, two of the birds showed cestodes, 
one a tsBnia, the other not examined for identification; 
three showed coiled filaria in the air sacs, two, tropido- 
cerca in the proventricular wall and five had coiled 
filaria in the serosa of the stomach. The second group 
was infested five times wdth Halteridium and five times 
with embryo filariae. Anemia was associated with gastro- 
intestinal inflammation alone only once, the remaining 
five cases having other finding of greater significance. The 
three birds of the next group concerned one with tubercu- 
losis, one with mycosis and one with a long continued 
abscess. It seemed w^orthwhile to separate four cases of 
anemia in which nephritis was a prominent association, 
in three indeed being the only other diagnosis. "While 
it is impossible to state that either is dependent upon the 
other, and they may of course be coincidental, it is never- 
theless noteworthy that such an obscure relation occurs 
here as well as in human pathology. In one of these birds 
seen recently there was in all probability a distinct hemo- 
globin anemia suggested by jaundice, pallor of the tissues, 
absence of pigmentations and the finding of large pale 
er5i:hrocytes in the heart blood. The last group is a 
mixed one including some birds in which only anemia was 
diagnosed, others with prolonged hemorrhages, two 
tumors, intestinal sand, congestion of the lungs and 
the like. 
The parrots and their relatives are represented by 
nine specimens, among which two had proventricular 
