pleuro-pneumonia legislation. 
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ibmit some of the specimen to Dr. W. E. Hoyle for identifi- 
ition, and by that gentlemen they were recognized as a species 
I ^ Echinorhynchus , probably the E. joolymorjphus. Dr. Hoyle 
irther informs me that they are found in the intestine of the 
uck and other water-birds, and that in their larval stage they 
ihabit small freshwater Crustacea. They cling, he says, to the 
[ ucous membrane by the aid of a number of re-curved hooks or 
eth situated on the proboscis. 
In oui domestic animals we are only, so far as I know, ac- 
lainted with one other species of the Acanthocephala or thorn- 
jaded worms (to which this specimen belongs), and that is the 
T . gigas of the pig. 
Whether in the swan these entozoa are the cause of much 
ischief or not, may, I think, be left an open question as, although 
ey adhere firmly to the mucous membrane, they do not appear 
induce any marked inflammatory action, nor did I observe any 
ndency to perforation of the bowel in the manner so often seen 
the case of the analogous worm in the intestines of the pig. 
also introduce to your notice specimens of a strongylus found 
r Mr. Percival Snaith (one of my pupils) in the stomach of a 
bbit. The nematode has been recognized by Dr. Hoyle as the 
strigosus of Dugardin. 
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Pleuro-Pneumonia Legislation. —It is announced from Wash- 
^ton that the Agricultural Committees of the two Houses have 
ally reached a definite conclusion on the subject of an appro- 
iation for the stamping out of pleuro-pneumonia and other con¬ 
gous diseases. They have decided to appropriate $100,000 for 
3 use of the Commissioner of Agriculture in carrying out the 
jects for which the Bureau of Animal Industry was created. 
J is not restricted in the number of agents that he may employ, 
t may engage the services of “ as many persons as he may 
?m necessary A and is authorized to use any part of the sum 
’I ? r °priated which “ he may deem necessary or expedient, and 
1 such manner as he may think best, to prevent the spread of 
Ij uro-pneumonia.” All restrictions are repealed by the compro- 
tUe agreed upon, and all responsibility for the execution of the 
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