PERCENTAGE INFESTATION OF NEW ENGLAND BIRDS BY MALLOPHAGA 



This percentage infestation agrees quite closely with the results 

 obtained by Geist (1935) who, over a 5 year period, collected 1,025 

 birds, 470 were infested with Mallophaga giving a percentage infes- 

 tation of 46.0. 



HOST-MALLOPHAGA INDEX OF GENERA FOUND IN NEW ENGLAND 



Genus 



GAVIIFORMES 

 C'/'aspedonirmus (Found only on this order) 



PODICIPEDIFORMES 

 Genus Aquanirmus (Found only on this order) . 

 Genus Laemobothrion 

 Genus Pseudomenopon 



PELECANI FORMES 

 Genus Eidmaniella (Found only on this order) . 

 Genus Peotinopygus (Found only on this order) . 

 Genus Piagetiella (Found only on this order in the throat pouch) 



CICONIIFORMES 

 Genus Avdeiaola (Found only on this order and rarely collected) . 

 Genus Ciconiphilus 



161 



