| 1. | Seventeen strains of " chewing lice and feather mites.
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| 2. | They contain many feather mites, being ectoparasites of birds and occasionally mammals.
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| 3. | The birds themselves host species belonging to more than four genera of feather mites.
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| 4. | The two also share a species of feather mite, which supports their relationship.
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| 5. | Several species of feather mites, helminth and blood parasites have been described from the species.
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| 6. | Eurasian blue tits are known to be host to feather mites, and rarely lice and flat flies.
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| 7. | A number of feather mites have been recorded in the genus, including " Proctophyllodes glandarinus " on firecrest.
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| 8. | A species of feather mite, " Proterothrix megacaula " has been described as an ectoparasite of this bird.
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| 9. | Recent studies have shown a new species of feather mite that feeds on the preening oil on the feathers of the penguin.
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| 10. | Most notorious among these are the Psoroptidia, which contain such notable taxa as feather mites and " Sarcoptes scabiei ".
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