. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. NEMATODE PARASITES OF BIRDS 43 Male mm. long and of rather uniform thickness throughout (fig. 49), brick-red in color. Cuticula transversely striated at 20/« intervals. Esophagus length 640/i or 1/15 of body length. Bursa sup- ported by 10 rays of which 4 are simple and G are bifurcated at their apices. Spicules 50G> long; brown in color. Female 23 mm. long, brighter red than male. Head 90G> wide. Esophagus mm. long. Vulva near anterior third of body. Body ends in a conical process (fig. 50) set at an angle to the long axis of


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. NEMATODE PARASITES OF BIRDS 43 Male mm. long and of rather uniform thickness throughout (fig. 49), brick-red in color. Cuticula transversely striated at 20/« intervals. Esophagus length 640/i or 1/15 of body length. Bursa sup- ported by 10 rays of which 4 are simple and G are bifurcated at their apices. Spicules 50G> long; brown in color. Female 23 mm. long, brighter red than male. Head 90G> wide. Esophagus mm. long. Vulva near anterior third of body. Body ends in a conical process (fig. 50) set at an angle to the long axis of the body. Eggs 56/* long (Chatin says mm., but this is evidently an error and Skrjabin has given the figures as 56//,). Life history.—Unknown; probably similar to that of Syngamus trachea (p. 36). Distribution.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.


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