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It is fuppofed that almoft every creature has its peculiar fpecies of 

 Pediculi, but not more than fifty diftin£l fpecies have been hitherto 

 afcertained ; and nearly the whole of thefe belong to the feathered 

 tribe. Rediy Linnaus, FabnciuSy and other Authors diftinguifh many 

 of thefe Infeds by the names of thofe creatures they infeft, as 

 P. Vulturis, Orioli, CucuU, Cygniy Pavonis, Phajiani, &c. &c. 



Fig. I. Natural Size. Fig. II. Magnified. 



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