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thrown up on to the ground-glass of my camera at g, as big as two small 

 crabs ! They could be focussed sharp, and studied with the greatest ease, 

 — and of course there would be no difficulty in obtaining a first-rate photo- 

 graph of them. It was most remarkable to see them get round through 

 the barbules of the feathers, or at times suck the blood from an unopened 

 'pin-feather.' Some of their antics were very curious. This species has 

 a large triangular head ; six legs, terminating in hooked claws for climb- 

 ing among the feathers of the bird's plumage. They also hold on with 

 their mandibles, which are situated near the centre of the ventral aspect 

 of the head. Antennae are lateral, and the whole insect is sparsely, verv 

 sparsely, covered with little spine-like hairs. I studied them for two 

 hours with great interest and profit, and towards the last quite forgot the 

 fact that the real insect was so small as to be scarcely observable by the 

 naked eye. On the ground-glass of the camera they were between three 

 and four inches long. 



I believe this to have been the only pair of the kind on the bird, but in 

 a few hours another species appeared on the feathers of the throat of my 

 Junco, — about a dozen or more of them. These were -white, barely dis- 

 cernible to the naked eye, and very active. They were entirely different 

 in form from the first pair secured, atid at the present writing 1 have not 

 studied them very closely. 



This is all I have to say about this subject just at present, but in con- 

 clusion let me add that I would be glad to have the titles of any works 

 devoted especially to these forms of parasites as they have been described 

 for birds in general, and for United States birds in particular. It would 

 seem that a special memoir devoted to full descriptions of this class of 

 insects, and illustrated by micro-photographs of the various species, 

 would, apart from its value to the entomologist, prove of interest to the 

 avian taxonomer. 



Very respectfully, 



R. W. Shufeldt. 



Takoma, D. C, Feb. 2j, /£ 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Rev. Samuel Lockwood, Ph.D., an Associate Member of the 

 A. O. U.,died at Frehold, N. J., Jan. 9, 1894, at the age of 75 years. Dr. 

 Lockwood was born in Nottinghamshire, England, and came to America 

 in childhood. He was graduated from the University of the City of New 

 York in 1847, and from the New Brunswick (N.J.) Theological Seminary 

 in 1850. He was for many years a clergyman at Keyport, N. J., and later 

 became superintendent of the public schools of Monmouth County, New 

 Jersey. He took an earnest interest in all matters relating to education, 



