S IC -12 Island Ectoparasites and general Insects 
Bird 
Berlese: 
Christmas Island Shearwater nest 
Miscellaneous 
Brown Boob| nest 
Red-tailed Tropicbird nest 
Audubon*s Shearwater nest 
rabbit burrows 
Great Frigatebird nest 
Lesser Frigatebird nest 
■lue-faced Booby nest 
White*throated Storm ^etrel nest 
Sooty Torn nest 
Number of Samples 
1 
22 
15 
3 
5 
3 
5 
15 
10 
f. 
Total 
Ticks; Three liv tick, collectlions* Two on McKean, one on Phoenix* 
Tick specimens collected at Fhoenix, McKean and Howland. Larval 
ticks found at Phoenix. Hard tick on Fairy Tern at Phoenix* 
Chi xarsz Heavy’ infestati >n at Phoenix, especially on rabbits found m 
Phoenix, McKean and possibly Baker. 
Ectoparasites collected; bird numbe of collections 
Christmas Island Shearwater ch. 1 
Christmas Island Shearwater ad, 1 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 
Common Noddy Tern 
Fairy Tern 
Reef Heron 
total 
8 
