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Page 181
... birds are attractive to a variety of insects , because they provide at the same time shelter , concealment , a supply of highly nutritious guano , and the opportunity to attack the birds themselves . Nestling birds are particularly ...
... birds are attractive to a variety of insects , because they provide at the same time shelter , concealment , a supply of highly nutritious guano , and the opportunity to attack the birds themselves . Nestling birds are particularly ...
Page 229
... birds ; Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are confined to bats . It appears most probable that these three families came from at least two different ancestors , Hippoboscidae perhaps from flies living in birds ' nests , and Streblidae and ...
... birds ; Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are confined to bats . It appears most probable that these three families came from at least two different ancestors , Hippoboscidae perhaps from flies living in birds ' nests , and Streblidae and ...
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... birds of tropical seas carry with them their own parasite , Olfersia spinifera , which they pass between themselves when they nest . On the rare occasions when these magnificent birds are carried away by storms and turn up , for example ...
... birds of tropical seas carry with them their own parasite , Olfersia spinifera , which they pass between themselves when they nest . On the rare occasions when these magnificent birds are carried away by storms and turn up , for example ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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