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The following species infesting birds not uncommon in 

 Britain, are enumerated by Nitzsch and Burmeister, two 

 of which are included in Mr. Stephens's Systematic Cata- 

 logue of British Insects. 



2. LAEMOBOTHRIUM GIGANTEUM. (Louse of the Moor Harrier, and Buz- 



zard.) Fulvo-testaceum, abdominis disco dilution; eapite maculis 

 3-nigris una trigona vertical!, reliquis duobus transversis occipitalibus. 

 Long. 3. 



Laemobothriura giganteum. Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. iii. p. 301. Steph. Cat. 

 pt. ii. p. 334. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 441 Pediculus 

 maximus. Scop. Ent. Carniol. 382. 1036. Pediculus Buteonis. Fabr. 

 Syst. Antliat. 343. 17. Spec. Insect, ii. 478. 13. Gen. Inst. Mant. 309. 

 Stew. Elemt. ii. 298. Turt. iii. 696. Pediculus circi. Geoff. Hist. abre. 

 ii.pl. 20. fig. 1. 



'* Fuscescens, caput, subcordatum, antice truncatum, postice in medio ma- 

 cula fusco; ferruginea antiee ad apicem punctatis duobus fuscis ; tho- 

 rax subrotundatus, Isevis, lineis tribus fuscis longitudinalibus media ad 

 marginem, posticum nonprotensa; abdomen lanceolatum marginatum, 

 margine obscuriore, punctis, duobus impressis, prope, marginem in 

 singulis segmentis." (Scopoli.) Hab. Aquila albicilla. Buteo vul- 

 garis, et Circus seruginosus. 



3. LAEMOBOTHRIUM HASTICEPS. (Louse of the Kestril.) " Pallidum, 



clypeo thoraceque fuscis ; pronoto punctis 2-posticis pallidis. Long. 

 2 ."(Burmeister.) 



Lacmobothrium hasticeps. Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. iii. p. 302. Steph. Cat. 

 pt. ii. p. 334. Laemobothrium hastipes. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. 

 ii. p. 442. Nirmus hasticeps. Olfers. 87. Pediculus Tinnunculi. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1018. 13. Faun. Suecic. 1949. Fabr. Syst. Ent. ii. 

 p. 806. 11. Spec. Insect, ii. 478. 12. Mant. Inst. ii. 369. 13. Frisch. 

 Insect, ii. xxiv. t. 24. Panz. Faun. Germ. 51. fig. 17. Goeze. Faun, 

 cur iv. 192. Stew. Elemt. ii. 298. Turt. iii. 696. The Louse of the 

 Kestril. Redi. Exper. tab. 13. Albin, A ran. pi. 50. Hab. Falco tin- 

 nunculus. 



4. LAEMOBOTHRIUM ATRUM. (Louse of the Coot.) tl Atrum opacum, 



pedibus piceis. Long. 2." (Burmeister.) 

 Laemobothrium atrum. Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. iii. p. 302. Steph. Cat. pt. 



ii. p. 335. Laemobothrium nigrum. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. 



p. 442. Pulex Fulicse. Redi. Exper. tab. iv. fig. 1. The Louse of the 



Coot. Albin. Aran. pi. 44. fig. inf. Fabr. S. Antl. 347. 42. Hab. 



Fulica atra. 

 6. LAEMOBOTHRIUM GILVUM. (Louse of the Bittern.) " Pale fulvous ; 



