SYNOPSIS. Haemoproteus palumbis sp. nov. is described from the English wood‐pigeon, Columba p. palumbus. Its pigmented gametocytes inhabit erythrocytes and resemble those of H. columbae (in C. livia) but may be slightly longer and narrower. It is characterized by having oval or slightly lobed, not elongate, schizonts in endothelial cells of lung and heart, a prepatent period of 14 days, and a sporogonic cycle in the hippoboscid fly Ornithomya avicularia lasting 6 1/2–7 days. H. palumbis sp. nov. cannot infect C. livia but can infect a small proportion of individuals of Pseudolynchia canariensis, the vector of H. columbae.
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