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The Pigeon Tick

Nature volume 110, page 380 (1922)Cite this article

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THERE is a slight error in the statement of L. H. Matthews and A. D. Hobson in NATURE of September 2, p. 313, with regard to the latest previous record of the pigeon tick Argas reflexus. In 1917 I secured four specimens from the tower of Canterbury Cathedral. At least two living specimens were forwarded to Mr. C. Warburton at the time.

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LOWNDES, A. The Pigeon Tick. Nature 110, 380 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110380c0

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