Letter from Ludwig Glauert to R.B. Benson, Department of Entomology, British Museum of Natural History, London.I am sending a specimen of Siphunculata discovered by our taxidermist when skinning a Pterodroma lessoni that has washed up on a beach.There
seems no doubt the louse was on the bird.Determination of the host species would give information about the origin of the bird.Please forward the specimen to a colleague dealing with that group on insects.
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