BIRD LICE. S71 



CASE annoyance from parasites. We have seen how they suffer from the 

 Dermanyssus avium, the Argas reflexus, the Sarcoptes mutans, 

 probably from Dermaleichi also, and now we find that they have 



4-6. 



7 9 



Menopon pallidum (from the fowl).* { to 5 of a line in length. 



a disproportionate allowance of lice, no less than five species 

 being allotted to them. This is the first and commonest .of the 

 five, and few fowls are to be found free from them. Indeed they 

 often swarm among the feathers to such a degree, that the han>^s 

 of those that rear them cannot be kept free from them when the 

 fowls are plucked or even lifted up. They cling very tightly, and 

 are not easily brushed away, as their bodies are smoothly polished 

 and offer scarcely any resistance. 



Xos. jMenopon perdricis {Denny). — 4. Specimen.s ; 5= Enlarged figure of ditto ; 

 6. Illustrative vignette (partridge). 



Infests the partridge, but specimens are also taken on the 

 pheasant. 



^os MEXoroN FULVO MACULATUM {Denny). — 7. specimens ; 8. Enlarged figurt 

 of ditto ; 9. Illustrative vignette (quail). 



Infests the quail, 



* Where not otherwise stated the figures of Anoplura are copied or reduced 

 from the magnified figures in Denny's AnoDlura. 



