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that of Piaget's work, except that he puts Trichodectes, with family rank, 

 at the beginning. 



In his account of the Entomology of " Dee," published in 1878 in the 

 Transactions of the Natural History Society of Aberdeen, Prof. J. W. H. 

 Trail gives (p. 44) a list of 25 species of Mallophaga got on birds in that 

 district. In December 1881, as appears from its Transactions, vol. i. p. 23, 

 the late James Simpson showed 9 species at a meeting of the 

 Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club, but no localities are given. I have 

 met with few other records from Scotland, but I understand the Rev. 

 James Waterston, Ollaberry, Shetland, has a long and valuable list in 

 preparation, which it is hoped he may be able to publish at no distant 

 date. 



In addition to those from the Little Auk mentioned 

 above, my list includes a number of other species of 

 interest — such as Nirmus alchatw (from Pallas's Sand- 

 grouse), N. eugrammicus (from the Little Gull), N. 

 triangidatus (from two species of Skuas), N. lineolatus l 

 (from the Kittiwake and other gulls), Docophorus, ? sp. n., 

 Fig. 4 (from the Manx Shearwater), Goniodes damicornis 

 (from the Wood-pigeon), Lipeurus pelagicus (from Storm 

 Petrel and Manx Shearwater), Trichodectes tibialis (from 

 Hare), Colpocephalum bicolor 1 (from the Turnstone), etc. — 

 Docovhoriis ? sp n scvera ^ 0I " which have not previously been recorded as 

 (D. aviator, m., see " British." 

 p. 270.) 



LIST OF SPECIES TAKEN ON BIRDS AND MAMMALS 

 IN THE FORTH AREA. 



Note. — To save space the scientific names of hosts are given only once. References to 

 specimens from outside the Forth Area are enclosed in square brackets. 



Fam. Philopteridae. 



Docophorus platystomus, Nitzsch — From l\ough-legged Buzzard (Buteo 

 lagopus), Lammermuirs above Gifford, Jan. 1901, Gorebridge, Nov. 1906, and 

 North Berwick, Dec. 1907; [also off one from The Glen, Peeblesshire, in March 

 ! 885]. 



D. aquilinus, Denny — From Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), trapped on 

 Gotland, Ochils, Kinross-shire, March, 1904; [also from Boss and Sutherland birds]. 

 My specimens arc undoubtedly the same as Denny's from this bird. Compared 



1 Recorded from the North of Kngland l>y Messrs Hagnall and flail, in Joiirn. Econ. Biol. 

 for Februarj 1912. 



