FIELD MEETINGS FOR 191I 36 1 



had all left, but other birds were there to watch, including 

 numerous small wading birds— oystercatchers, turnstones, 

 ringed plovers, dunlins, sanderlings, and purple sandpipers. 

 The cormorants were congregated about their nests and 

 several gannets were observed fishing, dropping one after the 

 other with extraordinary velocity like stones into the sea. 



The return to the mainland was not, to some of the party, 

 so pleasant as the journey out, as the sea was distinctly rough, 

 but nevertheless all thoroughly enjoyed a hearty meal on the 

 return to the inn, after which the party drove to Chathill to 

 catch the home-going train. 



The results of the day's work were very satisfactory, several 

 bird-lice proving, on examination, to be entirely new to the 

 British fauna, whilst a rare flea and a centipede were added 

 to the local list. 



Afallophaga or- Biting Lice. 



The following is a list of the birds examined together with 

 the Mallophaga discovered on them. 



Cormorant : Docophorus bassanaz D., a few ; ** Lipeurus 

 longicornis P., both sexes in numbers ; ** ' Menopon 

 brevipalpe P., in numbers ; and % *Nirmus lineolatus 

 N. (straggler) one specimen. 



Turnstone : ~ % *Nirmus dispar P., one example ; the species 

 was described by Piaget from two exotic species of 

 cormorant ; N. furvus N., both sexes common ; 

 ** Colpocephalum bicolor P., a few examples of both 

 sexes. 



Redshank, Ringed Plover and Dunlin : several parasites 

 not yet worked out. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull : Docophorus lari D., common ; 

 ** 'Nirmus punctatus N., in numbers. 



Puffin : Docophorus celedoxits N., in numbers ; **D. acuti- 

 pechis Kellogg (described from North America from 

 the Horned Auklet) two examples. 



