OF NOKIHUMISFRI.AND AND DURHAM 191 



Gknus ARCH.^OPSYLLA Dampf. 



Archaeopsylla erinacei (Bouche). 



On hedgeliog.s {Erinaceus ei/rofieiis), Swalweli, Winlaton, 



Lintz Green, Wylam-on-Tvne and Fatfield. One specimen 



on a fox ( Vulpes vulpes) with Spilopsyllus cuniculi, Fatfield. 



"Common on the hedgehog and occasionally on the fox." 



Gknus CTENOCEPHALUS Kolen. 



Ctenocephalus canis (Curtis). 



Common on dogs and cats, but, according to Rothschild, 



much rarer than C. felt's. 



Ctenocephalus felis (Bouche). 



Also common on dogs and cats ; the first specimens I 



ever took of this species were found in a box of foreign 



stamps. 



Genus SPILOPSYLLUS Baker. 



Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale). 



^=igoiiiocepIialiis Tasch. 

 > In rabbit burrows {Oryctolagus ciiniculus), Gibside, Win- 

 laton, Corbridge and Seahouses. Common on rabbits and 

 once from a hare {Lepus eirropceus) at Fatfield (W. Hall). 

 On foxes, Fatfield (W. Hall) and Houghton-le-Spring, 



" Common on the rabbit and the hare, especially on the 

 ears. Also found on the wild cat {Felis silvestrt's), and rarely 

 on the cormorant {Phalacrocomx carbo)" 



Family CERATOPHYLLIDvE. 

 Genus CERATOPHYLLUS Curtis. 



A. — BIRD-INFESTING SPECIES. 



Ceratophyllus gallinulae Dale. 

 •=.newsteadi Rothsch. 

 In nests of tree creeper {Cerlhia fantiliatis), i $, Gibside; 

 and wren {Anorthura troglodytes), Holystone, Northumber- 

 land. In yellow hammer's {Embenza citr{?iella) nest, Fatfield 

 (W. Hall). Other records have unfortunately been lost. 



"Widely distributed in the British Islands in the nests of 

 birds such as the wren, grouse, the moorhen and many 

 others." 



