 Parasitic protozoa of the genus <unk> have been recovered from the smooth muscles of adult American white ibis , and another species , Haemoproteus <unk> , has been recovered from the blood of adults and nestlings , and can hence be transmitted before the young leave the nest . The larvae of two species of mite of the family <unk> , <unk> <unk> and <unk> <unk> , have been recovered from under the skin . Two species of the louse suborder Mallophaga , <unk> <unk> and <unk> robusta , also parasitise the bird . 
