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A note on a species of Syngamus found in the intestine of Turdus pilaris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. L. Lee
Affiliation:
The Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge

Extract

A male and a female of a species of Syngamus were found in copula in the small intestine, about 1 in. from the gizzard, of a fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) which had been shot accidentally. The nematodes were well preserved and were undamaged. Eighty-four small tapeworms, of two different genera, were also present in the intestine. Neither the tapeworms nor the nematodes were attached to the intestinal wall.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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