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The Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax n. nivalis) Taken near Charleston, S. C.

1927; Oxford University Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/4075076

1938-4254

Alexander Sprunt,

Species Distribution and Climate Change

August 1, 1926, I caught one of these young Finches, which seemed unusually docile.An examination of the bird disclosed a good sized swelling in the cellular tissue just below the right eye, a swelling that proved to be an abscess containing three small living larvae which were removed by expression.Thereupon the bird was liberated, was seen about my premises all that day and was much more lively than before.The larvae were placed on fresh meat, and in a week pupated; in another week two of the pupae matured.I am indebted to Dr. A. K. Fisher and Mr. W. L. McAtee of the BiologicalSurvey for their kindness in identifying the flies which came from the pupae, which proved to be Protocalliphora splendida Macq, which I am told is a well known parasite.In a study of the House Finch (Auk, January, 1913) I once found fly larvae in the raw wool foundation of one nest, but this is my first experience in detecting fly larvae in the body of a living House Finch.--W.H. B•.