HOSTS OF CERTAIN NEW YORK TICKS 
By George Anastos 
Biological Laboratories, Harvard University 
The records of ticks contained in this paper are based 
upon material collected by Mr. R. V. Nardy and Mr. 
William M. Machado under the general supervision of 
Hr. Donald L. Collins of the New York State Science 
Service. 
The collection was made at the eastern end of Long 
Island, New York, from May 10, 1946, to September 9, 
1946, at three stations : Montauk Point, Hither Hills State 
Park, and Hook Pond (East Hampton). It comprised 
992 larvae, nymphs and adults, the following species being 
represented: Dermacentor variabilis (Say), Hcemaphy- 
salis leporis-palustris (Packard), Ixodes cookei Packard, 
Ixodes dentatus Neumann, Ixodes muris Bishopp and 
Smith, and Ixodes scapularis Say. 
The host distribution represented by this survey is ex- 
tensive and includes 17 species of birds and mammals. 
The ticks were taken mostly from trapped or shot ani- 
mals; only a few specimens were dragged from grass or 
taken off people. The host distribution is as follows : 
Birds 1 
Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus). — Ixodes 
muris (16 nymphs, 2 larvae off 6 birds). 
Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus). — Ixodes 
muris (9 n. off 1 bird). 
Eastern or American robin, Turdus migratorius migra- 
torius Linnaeus. — Ixodes muris (22 n. off 2 birds). 
Red-eyed towhee, Pipilo erytJirophtJialmus erythroph- 
tlialmus (Linnaeus.) — Ixodes muris (18 n., 9 1. off 2 
birds). 
Eastern song sparrow, Melospiza melodia melodia (Wil- 
son). — Ixodes muris (6 n., 1 1. off 3 birds). 
i Bequaert, J. C. 1946. The Ticks or Ixodoidea, of the Northeastern 
United States and Eastern Canada. Entomologica Americana, XXV, No. 2, 
pp. 73-232. 
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