LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 590.5 FI V.42 cop. 3 NATURAL history; CI 1D\/CV % 4- 3 FIELDIANA ZOOLOGY Published by CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Volume 42 August 22, 1958 No. 4 Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946-1947 NOTES ON PHILIPPINE MALLOPHAGA, I. Species from Ciconii formes, Anseriformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and Charadriiformes K, C. Emerson AND Ronald A. Ward INTRODUCTION This is the first installment of a report on the Mallophaga col- lected from avian hosts by the Philippine Zoological Expedition, 1946-47. Since Mallophaga are obligatory external parasites, and highly host-specific, their distribution is dependent upon the distribution of the hosts. A list of the species of Mallophaga in the Philippines could be compiled by referring to a list of hosts known to inhabit, or mi- grate through, this region. Such a list has not been included in this paper because many records and descriptions have been based on material obtained from skins in museums or from live hosts in zoological gardens, and many still await confirmation. This study has arisen as a subsidiary enquiry to bird collecting, and it constitutes the first opportunity to confirm many host records. All records which were obviously mislabeled or mixed during collec- tion have been omitted. Some series have not been given specific determinations because studies now in progress by other workers in- clude several generic revisions. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 58-133^5 ftaipili^^'w^';'i No. 847 49 /^