. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Bird Tickt Of birds, such as the homed owl. cert;.in , t\u- ruffed ltousc or partridKf, and which h;.s . , smooth. iLmened yellow body. I he species which belong to the genus "live on mammals, and apparently live for a long time. When they first ^*l!^.. >'ig. 110.â.Melophagus u\inus. (.â l/tvr I'.ukarJ. , appear
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Bird Tickt Of birds, such as the homed owl. cert;.in , t\u- ruffed ltousc or partridKf, and which h;.s . , smooth. iLmened yellow body. I he species which belong to the genus "live on mammals, and apparently live for a long time. When they first ^*l!^.. >'ig. 110.â.Melophagus u\inus. (.â l/tvr I'.ukarJ. , appear they have wings, but when thev have found a satisfactory location on some deer or other animal thev lose their win-s either them off or casting them. While .still win-ed they may live on birds. In other words, apparently too la/y t,. Ily. they use birds as their means of until thev lind themselves in the -mmediate vicinity of some deer Tlvit the name "bird ticks â 'should have been applied to these creatures is very unfortunate, since the name tick ought to be restricted to the spider-like parasites of the family hut in the case of the so-called sheep tick, which is reallv a dipterous insect, it is not surprising that the name tick should have been applied since no one in his senses would think that it is a llv unless he were (arniliar with the intimate structure of the Diptera and of the true ticks. 1S9 I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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