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Turk (1945); Holland by Oudemans (1913); Germany by Hirst 

 (1914) ; and middle and western Europe by Vitzthum (1931) from 

 birds and from a variety of small mammals but most often from ro- 

 dents. I have examined specimens from : Apodemus sylvaticus, Tor- 

 rington, Devon, England, March 18 and 22, 1937; Reskadinnick, Cam- 

 born, Cornwall, England, March 17, 1946 (E. W. Jameson collection). 

 Apodemus flavicollis, North Sara j eve, Bosnien, July 12, 1929. Sciurus 

 niger ruflventer, Allegan County, Mich., October 19 and December 26, 

 1937, February 10, 1938. Sciurus griseus nigripes, San Simeon, Calif., 

 May 28, 1931; Santa Lucia Mountains, Calif., date?. Sciurus caro- 

 Unensis, Point Abino, Welland County, Ontario, September 13, 1945. 

 Neotoma fuscipes macrotis, San Simeon, Calif., May 29, 1931. Neo- 

 toma fuscipes, Monterey, Calif., February 14, March 16, 1946. Neo- 

 torrm cinerea, Logan Canyon, Utah, July 13, 1933. Neotoma sp., 

 Monterey, Calif., May 27, 28, 1945, July 16, 1938. Microtus agrestis, 

 locality? date?. Glaucomys volans volans, East Falls Church, Va., 

 February 27, 1934, Seymour, 111., November 9, 1937. Glaucomys vol- 

 ans, Welland County, Ontario, September 1, 1946. Glaucomys salri- 

 nus macrotis, Saxtons River, Vt., December 24, 1934, Wayne County, 

 Pa., July 17, 1945. Glaucomys sp., MacDonald College, Quebec, No- 

 vember 3, 1940. Microtus operarius operarius, Takotna, Alaska, 

 December 1934. Microtus califomicus, Monterey, Calif., August 2l' 

 1940, December 5, 1938, April 14, 1945. Microtus sp., Takotna,' 

 Alaska, June 1, 1934, Monterey, Calif., November 15, 1948. Cleth- 

 rionomys gapperi ochraceus, Mount Washington, N. H., July 1, 1928. 

 Thomomys fuscus, Colfax, Wash., April 14, 1927. Thomomys tal- 

 poides, Garland, Colo., July 1940 ; Thomomys sp., Fresno, Calif., July 

 6, 1932. Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Ithaca, N. Y., March 4, 1939. 

 Blarina hrevicauda, Point Abino, Welland County, Ontario, Septem- 

 ber 1, 1946. Thomomys monticola, Huntington Lake, Fresno County, 

 Calif., January 27, 1948. Glethrionomys amurensis mikado, Sapporo 

 Holdiaido, Japan, November 27, 1945. Sorex palustris, Montana, 

 October 17, 1947 (U.S.P.H.S. collection, Hamilton, Mont.) . "Alaska 

 short-tailed mouse," Golovin, Alaska, May 19, 1931. "Short-tailed 

 mouse," Golovin, Alaska, May 9, 1931. "Red-shouldered hawk," 

 Halifax, N. C, October 26, 1935. "Blue jay," Ontario, May 16, 1917 

 "Red squirrel," Ontario, May 11, 1907. "Chipmunk," San Simeon, 

 Cahf., June 9, 1931; "Government Camp," Oregon, May 19, 1934. 

 "Pine marten," Big Pines, Santa Lucia, Calif., May 23, 1931. "Gray 

 squirrel," San Simeon, Calif., June 9. 1931, Good Hope Township, 

 Ohio, June 6, 1937; Idyllwild, Riverside County, Calif., December 9, 

 1948 (Bureau of Vector Control collection, Dept. Public Health^ 

 Calif.) . "Gray squirrel nest," Patuxent Game Reserve, Bowie, Md ,' 

 May 22, 1943. "Flying squirrel," Clemson, S. C, December 14, 1940 • 



