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(2) 0. Calvert recorded to me that he found a nest near 

 Port-of-Spain on June 24, 1919 containing eggs. 



(3) On September 3, 1920 a bird was seen carrying food to a 

 nest in a Palmiste palm near Princes Town. 



According to Mr. Strange more than one bird occasionally lays 

 in the same nest, but I have not personally seen this. 



The food is varied and includes insects, spiders and even lizards. 

 The bird is frequently seen round the cattle pens or following the 

 diggers in the fields. It is sometimes called the " pen-bird " by 

 sugar planters. In Porto Rico it has been proved by dissection to 

 at ticks and almost certainly does so here. It is one of the few 

 birds that will take the nymphs of the injurious sugar cane froghopper 

 from the froth with which they are surrounded. 



Urich {Bull. Dept. Agr. Trinidad IX p. 160) records them 

 feeding on caterpillars of Remigia repanda that were destroying sugar- 

 cane at Couva in July 1909. According to Mr. Barnardo it frequently 

 kills bees. 



The following are actual stomach contents: 



(1) Shot at Harmony Hall among sugar cane on October 20, 1917 

 contained the bones of a small lizard, remains of a froghopper, and 

 numerous other insect remains chiefly beetles. 



(2) Shot at Caroni among sugar cane on October 30, 1917 

 contained a large number of froghoppers and one or two small beetles . 



(3) Shot at Wellington Estate on July 9, 1918 contained eight 

 adult and two nymph froghoppers, three small spiders, one cockroach, 

 one grasshopper and five termites. 



