Ticks 
Data on the ticks collected during six migration seasons in Egypt 
an^ two seasons in Cyprus have been compiled in Tables 1-11• These tables 
summarize ticks recovered from each species and demonstrate differential 
infestation loads and infestation rates between bird species. In Egypt, 
a total of 1276 birds yielded 2917 ticks while in Cyprus, 295 birds yield¬ 
ed 967 ticks. The breakdown by seasons and by year is as follows: 
In Egypt in the fall of 1966 (Table 1), 129 birds comprising 27 
species yielded 384 ticks of 5 species. The tick species were: Eydtorrmna 
mavgvnatym mavginatvm^ Ixodes vioinus^ I, arboriaola^ I. pari (=frontalis)^ 
Haemaphysalis punctata. All bird species except 8 carried Hyalomma m. 
marginatum. Of those carrying E. m,. marginatum^ Cotumix cotumix carried 
two other tick species, as did Luscinia luscinia^ Phylloscopus collybita^ 
P. trochilus^ Turdus merula; Passer domesticus and Sylvia communis each 
carried one. The three highest infestation loads were for Sylvia borin 
(8.0), Passer domesticus (6.3), Turdus philomelos (6.0). The five highest 
infestation rates (Table 7 ) for birds of which more than 50 were handled 
were Passer domesticus (47.0), Carduelis carduelis (22.0), Luscinia luscinia 
(11.0), Cotumix cotumix (9.0), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (7.0). 
In Egypt, in the fall of 1968 (Table 2), 111 infested birds com¬ 
prising 20 species yielded 253 ticks representing 6 species: Eyalorma 
m. marginatum^ Eaemaphysalis punctata^ Ixodes otophila^ I. frontalis^ I. 
redikorzekxl and I. arboricola. All bird species but 3 yielded Eyalomma 
m. marginatum. Of these Luscinia megarhynchos^ Phylloscopus collybita^ 
P. trochilus and Sylvia borin each yielded 2 other species; C. cotumix^, 
Erithacus rubecula^ Lanius collurio^ Sylvia atricapilla^ Turdus philomelos 
and T, merula yielded one other each. The 3 highest infestation loads 
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