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Fauna Fseröensis. 



Ergebnisse einer Reise nach den Fgeröer, ausgeführt 

 im Jahre 1912 von Alfons Dampf und Kurt v. Rosen. 



II. On some Mallophaga in the Kgl. Zoologisches Museum, 



Königsberg, 



being a collection made in the Faroe Islands, 

 by Dr. A. Dampf, 1912. 



By 

 James Waterston, B. D., B. Sc.^) 



Witb 6 Figares in the text. 



During the summer of 1912, Dr. Alfons Dampf, when on a 

 Visit to the Faroe Islands, devoted some time to investigating the 

 parasites of birds and mammals. 



The Mallophaga taken on this expedition have been submitted 

 to the writer for Identification. To one working out the corre- 

 sponding fauna of so near an area as Shetland this task has been 

 specially interesting. It has also been a great pleasure to handle 

 material, labelled so clearly and with such careful detail as 

 Dr. Dampf has bestowed on his gatherings. 



The collection as received was contained in 14 tubes holding 

 over 500 examples which are referable to 6 genera and 27 species. 

 All the hosts examined (see appended list) occur in typical form or 

 with slight modification {Corvus corax; Sturnus; Troglodytes) in 

 Shetland and Faroe alike. As one might expect, therefore, the 



1) Während des Krieges ohne Korrektur durch den Verfasser gedruckt. 

 Zool. Jahrb. XXXIX. Abt. f. Syst. 2 



