Excerpt from Studies on Some Protozoan Parasites of Fishes of Illinois: With Eight Plates This paper is divided into two parts. The first part deals with a pre liminary Observation made by the author from August 12 to September 1930, under the auspices of the Illinois State Natural History Survey, on some parasitic Protozoa of fishes inhabiting the main water systems of the state. The second part gives the descriptions of several new spe'cies and additional information on a few already known species of Myxosporidia Observed during this survey and also in the fishes which have been collected by Dr. D. H. Thompson, Zoologist of the Survey, from various parts of the state in connection with his work over a per iod Of several years. The author is indebted to Dr. Thompson for these materials placed at his disposal and for assistance during the month of field study. Thanks are also due to Mr. F. D. Hunt Of the Survey, who was instrumental in the collection of material on the Fox River. The specimens are deposited in the collections Of the Illinois State Natural History Survey at Urbana. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.