174 jrirst annual Report 



MALLOPHAGA FROM BIRDS AT LAGUNA 

 BEACH, CALIFORNIA 



JOHN H. PAINE 

 STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CALIFORNIA 



The following list of determinations, with one new species, was 

 made from material collected at Laguna Beach, California, by Mr. 

 Leon Gardner. 



Docophorus communis Nitzsch 



A number of specimens from Zuiinlntlui >iicl>n><-i>p]Kil<i, the 

 Black-headed Grosbeak. 



Docophorus lari Denny 



Two specimens from Lanix ucciilt'iiidHtt, the common Western 

 Herring Gull. 



Docophorus excisus var. major Kellogg 



One female of this species, with its curiously incised clypcus, 

 from PetrocheUdon hnilfroiis, the Cliff Swallow. 



Nirmus foedus Kellogg and Chapman 



Specimens from Zenaidura inn/ nmr/i, Kui/on/i* ni<iric<nis xci\- 

 u/>'</ and Tijrdiiiiitx ri'iiicnlis. 



Nirmus splendidus Kellogg 



A number of specimens from the California Thrasher, Tc>.rns1<nn<i 

 ri'd/ririini, and from the Eoadrunner, (li'ucn, <//.< 



Nirmus maritimus Kellogg and Chapman 



A large number of specimens from Ptiiflioi-umplius (ilniticux, the 

 Cassin Anklet. 



Nirmus fuscus Xitsch 



Two individuals from a Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparveriu* drm-rt- 

 icola ) . 



Nirmus longus Kellogg 

 Six specimens from PetrocheUdon 



Lipeurus baculoides n. sp. 



(Figure It.")) 



Numerous males and females from the mourning dove, 

 macroura. This species resembles L. Ixiniliis, the common parasite 

 of pigeons, possessing the two modified hairs on the clypeus, a char- 



