Sarcocystis in Birds

THe. protozoan genus Sarcocystis, which is parasitic in the muscles of vertebrates, has been reported from eight orders, thirteen families, nineteen genera, and twenty species of birds. In Europe it has been found in the Domestic Fowl and Duck, the Wild Duck, and doubtfully in the European Blackbird (Babudieri, 1932, believes that Sarcocystis turdi, reported for the European Blackbird, is an intestinal coccidian). In Africa it has been recovered from one species--the Red-faced African Mouse-bird. All other references to its occurrence in birds relate to the Americas. In North America it has been re-