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ON July 2 a Song Thrush was captured in the Vicarage Garden, North Mimms, Herts, by Messrs. D. Buxton and J. F. Shillito. The bird was a young one and in a very weak condition, being unable to stand up for more than a few seconds at a time when it was caught. It was noticed that there were at least twenty specimens of a Hippoboscid on the bird. Four of these were caught, the rest escaped. The Hippoboscids together with the bird were brought to the British Museum and Dr. F. W. Edwards determined the Hippoboscids as Ornithomyia avicularia Linn., a widely distributed parasite of many passerine and raptorial birds.
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THOMPSON, G. Association of Hippoboscids with Lice. Nature 132, 605–606 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132605b0
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