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least nine species of shore-birds, mostly phaloropes and sand- 

 pipers, are known to eat mosquitoes, and any such birds should 

 be strictly protected. 



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Howard, L. O. (1902). Mosquitoes. New York: McClure, Phillips 



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CHAPTER VIII 



CULICID.E (MOSQUITOES) continued. CLASSIFICATION 



The most recent classification of the Culicidae is that given 

 by Edwards, and is as follows. 



Family. CULICIDAE. 



Sub-family. CULICINAE. (Ordinary mosquito with long proboscis.) 



1. Tribe. Anophelinae. 



2. Tribe. Megarhininae. 



