1146 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



2751 



Ixodes anatis Chi 1 ton, 1904, 2 ?'s 



Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli ) 



North Islands New Zealand 



III. 1914 



W. W, Smith 



[Rec'd. from Professor C. Chilton, 

 Biological Laboratory, Canterbury 

 College, Christchurch, New Zealand, 

 27 April 1914.] Compared with 

 type. G.H.F.No det. 



Note: Prof. Chas. Chilton, writes 

 20. 1 1 1. 191 4 "Mr. Smith says he has 

 2 young kiwis, 2 months old, much 

 subject to the attacks of the 

 Ixodes , which generally attack them 

 about the ears & on the top of the 

 head, while in older birds they are 

 found about the base of the remnants 

 of the wings. He says that in life 

 the Ixodes are dark blue in colour 

 and shining with brilliant red legs.' 

 Letter destroyed G. H.F.N. 



N 2751 

 RML 111501 



2 ? Ixodes anatis 



Apteryx austral is mantelli 



North Island, New Zealand 



III. 1914 



W. W. Smith 



Cited: Nuttall (1916: 318) 



