Cotumix aotum'Lx (.4.0) and Eivundo vust'ioa C4«0). The 4 highest in¬ 
festation rates (Table 8) for birds of which more than 100 were handled 
were: Oenccnthe hispaniaa (24.0), Oenanthe oenanthe and Phoeniourus 
phoeniouTUS (16) and Upupa opops (10.0). Another high rate of infesta¬ 
tion was found on MontiooZa saxatZlZs (32.0). 
In the fall of 1967 (Table 10), 118 birds from Cyprus comprising 30 
species yielded 170 ticks representing 5 species: HyaZorrma rnavg'inatim^ 
HaemaphysaZis punctata^ H. aoncinna^ Ixodes fvontaZis and J. vioinus. 
All bird species were infested with E. m, marginatum^ PhyZZoscopus 
trochiZus with 3 other tick species, Erithacus rubecuZa and Turdus 
phiZomeZos each with 2, and CardueZis ohZoris^ L. Zusclnia^ MotacIZZa 
fZavOy Musoicapa striata^ PhyZZoscopus coZZyhita^ SaxicoZa torquata and 
SyZuIa atvIcocpIZZa each with 1. The 3 highest records of infestation 
loads were for Emberiza meZanocephaZa (7.0), E. caZandra (3.0) and 
Oenanthe finschii (2.1). 
The 3 highest infestation rates in Cyprus in the fall of 1967 
(Table 11), for birds of which more than 100 were handled were Erithacus 
vubecuZa (12.6)^ CavdueZis chZovis (4,9) and PhyZZoscopus tvochiZus (4.7). 
Other high rates of infestation were Oenanthe finschii (78.3), Turdus 
phiZomeZos (46.5) and SaxicoZa torquata (37.0). 
In Cyprus, in the spring of 1968 (Table 9), 177 birds comprising 
38 species yielded 797 ticks representing 8 species. Tick species were 
EyaZorma marginatum rufipeSj AmbZyomma variegatum^ A, nuttaZZij A, 
Zepidum^ Ixodes ?tatei^ I. frontaZiSy I. redikorzevi ?emberizae and 
Argas (Persicargas) streptopeZia. All bird species but 2 were infested 
with E. marginatum rufipes. Of these, Anthus triviaZiSy Erithacus 
rubecuZo.y Turdus phiZomeZos and T. meruZa yielded 2, 1, 1 and 4 other 
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