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hair, when the same is turned back. Bats, rodents, and small mammals are all good hosts.
To secure fleas found on birds, the following plan should be adopted :-
Take the nests of birds as soon as the young have left them. Place the nest in a box, preferably one lined with white paper, and with a glass top. From time to time the nest should be slightly damped. The fleas will frequently keep emerging from their pupae in the nests for six or eight weeks after the nests have been taken. The live fleas can be taken off the sides and top of the box with a camel's hair brush dipped in chloroform or benzine.
“Chigoes,” which are highly specialized fleas, occur on man, various mammals, and birds in warm countries. The females bore into exposed portions of the skin and swell to a considerable size. They should be carefully collected. In the case of small mammals the skin to which they are attached may be removed and preserved in alcohol.
Buos.
These are found not only in human habitations, but also in birds' nests and the habitats of bats. The general directions as regards the collecting and transmission of ticks and fleas also apply in this case.
PARCELS.
Tubes containing specimens are best packed in a small tin box, such as a tobacco or cigarette tin, care being taken to allow plenty of cotton wool or dry sawdust between the tubes to minimise the risk of shocks, In all cases use a separate label or tag hearing the address and stamps (to minimise shock of stamping in the post). The label should be firmly attached. Boxes containing dry or pinned specimens of flies or ticks should be packed in a stout outer box, surrounded by cotton wool or sawdust.
Collections should be addressed to-
Professor G. H. F. NUTTALL, F.R.S.,
New Museums. Cambridge.
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