Abstract
Haemutosiphon inodorus (Duges), the Mexican chicken bug, is a bloodsucking ectoparasite recorded from only nine species of birds of prey (Falconiformes and Strigiformes) and domestic fowl (Galliformes): California condor (Gymnogyps californiunus Shaw), turkey vulture (Cathartes aura Wied), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos L.), red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin), prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus Schlegel), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus Gmelin), barn owl (Tyto alba Bonaparte), domestic chicken (Callus gallus L.), and domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo L.) (see Wilson and Oliver, 1978, Southwest. Nat. 23: 305307). The Mexican chicken bug is relatively uncommon in southwestern U S A . (Usinger, 1966, Monograph of Cimicidae, Horn Shafer Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 585 pp.; Lee, 1955, Pan-Pac. Entomol. 31: 137-138; Wilson and Oliver, 1978, op. cit.). The USDA Cooperative Extension Service and the Insect Identification Laboratory of the Arizona State Agriculture Commission have no reports of any serious infestations on domestic poultry in Arizona. This note documents the first recorded occurrence of H. inodorus in an active nest of a bald eagle in sufficient numbers to have caused or contributed to the death of two eaglets. The eagle nest was located in east-central Arizona in Sonoran desertscrub habi-
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