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company with C. Gallincz, 9, vi. '06. Nest of Lanis argen- 

 tatus, Burwick, ^ $ $, 699,17, vi. '06. Nest of Fulmar 

 ^/acialis, St. Kilda, one $ . A $ given me by Mr. Hewitt, 

 from St. Kilda, proves to be of this species. 



FRINGILL/E, Wek. ii, v. '06 : Passer domesticus, very abundant, 

 Colinton. 17, vii. '06 : P. domesticus, manse, Gorebridge, . 



GAREI, Rothsch. - -Tankerness, Orkney, in the following nests :- 

 Somateria molissima, $ and $ ; Gallinago ccelestis, 6 $ 9 j 

 Lagopus scoticus, and 2 , 8, vi. 06. Nest of Gallinula 

 chloropus, Arniston, forwarded by Mr. Alex. Bennet. Several 

 bred, 26, vii. '06. 



FARRENI, Rothsch. Described by Mr. Rothschild " Ent. Mo. 

 Mag." October 1905, August 1905, 7 $ $ and 7 $ $ . Nest 

 of Chelidon urbica, Dunlaverock, Coldingham. One of these 

 $ 9 is the type. This year (24, ix. '06) Mr. R. Cormack 

 sent me three nests from the same house. In them Farreni 

 was abundant. Swarming in nests of same host, Gladhouse, 

 Midlothian, 13, viii. '06. 



HIRUNDINIS, Curt. Abundant in nest of Chelidon itrbica, Glad- 

 house, Midlothian, 13, viii. '06. 



STYX, Rothsch. 20, vii. '06 : nest of Cotik riparia, Morningside, 

 swarming (R. C.). 



GALLINULA, Dale ( = Newsteadi, Rothsch.). The most abundant 

 flea on passerines in my experience. In Midlothian from the 

 following localities and hosts: Colinton : Turdus musicus, T. 

 merula, Accentor modularis, Eritliacus rubecula. Between Hill- 

 end and Flotterstone : Ligurinus chloris, T. viscivorus, Motacilla 

 lugubris, Troglodytes parvulns. Glencorse Pond : Gallinula 

 chloropus, Phylloscopus trochilus (R. C.), Pants major (R. C.). 

 Gorebridge : Muscicapa grl sola, i 2, vii. '06; Ruticillaphoenicurus, 

 17, vii. '06. I have also bred it in numbers. Braid Hills, 

 Anthus pratensis. Orkney. T. merula, St. Margaret's Hope ; 

 Sturnus vulgaris, near Kirkwall ; Alaitda arvensis, Tankerness 

 and Burwick ; Lagopus scoticus, Tankerness. A few bred from 

 nest of Gallinula chloropus, Arniston (Alex. Bennett), 26, vii. 

 '06. Abundantly bred from nest of Fringilla ccclebs, from 

 Inchture, Perthshire, July-August, 1906 (J. H. M.). 



TYPHLOPSYLLA, Taschb. 



AGYRTES, Heller. 26, iv. '06 : on Mus sylvaticus. Colinton, 5 



examples, n, vi. '06 : Nest of Alauda arvensis, Burwick, one 



$ . Also abundant in nest of Microtus orcadensis, taken by 



Miss Allan. 7, vii. '06 ; Nest of Microtus sp., Aberlady 



