Abstract Out of 225 birds, distributed over 26 species, examined from Punjab, India, during 1973–75, a total of 269 mites were discovered from 7 bird species. These mites belonged to 7 families and 5 genera. The mites discovered from different hosts were:CHEYLETIDAE—Bakericheyla sp., from house sparrow (Passer domesticus); EPIDERMOPTIDAE—Strelkoviacarus sp., from house sparrow, common myna (Acridotheres tristis), common house crow (Corvus splendens) and bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus); GABUCINIDAE—Gabucinia sp., from common house crow, common myna and house sparrow; HARPYRHYNCHIDAE—from common house crow; PROCTOPHYLLODIDAE-Proctophyllodes picae (Koch), from tree pie (Denddrocitta vagabunda), house sparrow, common myna and bank myna, and Proctophyllodes orientalis Gaud from house sparrow; RHINONYSSIDAE—from house sparrow and bank myna; TROUESSARTIIDAE—Trouessartia sp., from bank myna.