44 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



DOCOPHORUS Nitzsch. 



D. lari Denny. Found on several species of gulls occurring along the 

 Jersey shore and bays. 



D. melanocephalus Burm. Occurs on gulls and terns of various species 



in North and South America and Europe. 

 D. icterodes Nitzsch. Common on ducks and geese, domesticated and 



wild. *' 



D. cygni Denny. The little red swan louse; common throughout Europe 



and eastern North America. 



D. fusiformis Denny. Occurs on the Sandpipers; ''Tringa" sp. 

 D. testudinarius Denny. Taken on Bartrams Sandpiper; also known as 

 "Upland," "Field" or "Grass" Plover. 



D. platystomus Nitzsch. Infests hawks and eagles generally. 



D. buteonis Pack. Found on the red-shouldered hawk and on one of the 

 king-birds, "Tyrannus atra." 



D. halieti Osb. Found on the bald eagle. 



D. cursor Nitzsch. Occurs on owls of various kinds. 



D. bubonis Osb. Infests the great horned owl. 



D. ceblebrachys Nitzsch. Parasitic on the snowy owl. 



D. coccygi Osb. Taken from the yellow-billed cuckoo. 



D. superciliosus Nitzsch. Infests the hairy woodpecker. 



D. fusco-ventralis Osb. Occurs on the wood pewee. 



D. corvi Osb. Makes life miserable for the common crow. 



D. transpositus Kellogg. Found on the cowbird. 



D. agelaii Osb. Infests the red-winged blackbird. 



D. quiscali Osb. A parasite of the crow blackbird. 



D. compar Piaget. On the American or red cross-bill. 



D. communis Nitzsch. A general parasite on larks, blackbirds and many 

 other Passerines. 



NIRMUS Nitzsch. 



N. lineolatus Nitzsch. Taken on various gulls in Europe and America. 



N. furvus Nitzsch. Occurs on "Phalaropus," and also recorded from 

 Plovers. 



N. piceus Nitzsch. On the American Avocet or "Blue-stocking." 



N. signatus Piaget. A companion of the preceding on the same hosts. 



N. cordatus Osb. Recorded from the Hudsonian Godwit or ring-tailed 

 Marlin. 



N. orarius Kellogg. A parasite of the Golden Plover. 



N. boephilus Kellogg. Infests the "Killdeer." 



N. abruptus Osb. Infests the common "Bob White." 



