Avian Hosts 



It should be of some interest to present the available African 

 records of avian parasitism by R. s. sangiiineus in the hope of in- 

 stigating fiirther investigation^of^this subject. The immediate 

 concern over this problem is the fact that specimens from birds 

 in Equatoria Province have much lighter interstitial punctations 

 than those from mammals in the same Province. Material from 

 birds resembles the majority of specimens from northern Sudan 

 and Egypt and is in closer conformity to the general conception 

 of the appearance of this species. 



Recorded African avian hosts are the follovdng: 



Ostrich 



Struthio camelus massaicus in Kenya (Neumann 1911,1912). 

 S. camelus subsp. in Uganda (Theiler, unpublished). S. camelus 

 australis in l-tozambique (Saxitos Pias 1952D). "" 



Bustards 



Lissotis melanogaster in Mozambique ^Specimens in B14(NH) 

 and from Sudan (Kordof an Province record above). "Greater 

 bustard" in Kenya (Lewis 193^). "Lesser" and "greater" bustards 

 in Sudan (various Province records above). Neotis cafra denhami 

 in Sudan (Equatoria Province records above). Neoti~cafra 

 jacksoni in Uganda (Theiler, unpublished) .7 



Secretary bird 



Sagittarius serpent arius in Sudan (Khartoum zoo record 

 above) and in Kenya (Lewis 1934) . 



Plornbill 



Bycanistes albotibialis from Yaounde, French Cameroons 

 (J. Itouchet legit , HH det.j. 



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