58 BIOLOGICAL SI'KVKY OF 



Order MALLOPHAGA 



Menoponidae 

 Menopon Nitzsche 



M. abnorme Piaget. Occurs on gallinules. 



M. alaskense Kell. & Chap. On pine grosbeak. 



M. biseratum Piaget. On many gallinaceous birds. 



M. carduelis Denny. On the goldfinch. 



M. colaptis Durrant. On the flicker. 



M. crocatum Nitz. On American woodcock and others. 



M. expansum. Osh. Occurs on bobolink. 



M. gallinae Linn. Common chicken louse. 



M. hirsutum. Carr. & Shull. Carried by downy woodpecker, 



M. interruptus Osh. Infests the crow. 



M. letjcoxanthum Xietz. On black duck. 



M. longicephalum Kell. Carried by pigeon. 



M. pachypus Piaget. Described from tern (Sterna hirundo), 



M. pallidum Nitz. The hen louse of domestic fowls. 



M. pustulatum Xitz. On the gannet. 



M. ridibundum Denny. On many gulls. 



M. stramineum Nitz. Infests domestic fowls. 



M. tridens Nitz. On coots and others. 



M. sp. On dickcissel, chicadee and others. 



COLPOCEPHAIiUM Xitzcll 



C. dolium. Rudow. Described from grebe. 



C. plavescens Nitz. Found on many hawks. 



C. fuscipes Piaget. Infests various gulls. 



C. haliaeti Denny. Found on the osprey. 



C. Labi Pack. Described from great black-backed gull. 



C. laticeps Kell. Pound on herons and bittern. 



( !. xyctarde Denny. Same as above. 



C. ochraceum Nitz. On pectoral and other sandpipers. 



( !. ocularis Carr & Shull. On ruddy turnstone. 



C. piceum Denny. Found on great black-backed gull. 



C. pustulosum Piaget. Infests belted kingfisher. 



