^"'I'go"'] Berne V, The Food of the Birds. 8 1 



144. Brown Shrike-Thrush {Collyriocincla hrunnea). — Beetles and 

 caterpillars. 



148. Yellow-throated Miner (Myzantha flavigula). — Few small beetles. 



149. Ground-Lark (Anthits anstralis). — Small beetles. 



151. Magpie-Lark (GraUina picata). — Spiders of the family Amaurobius, 



lepidopterous larvae^ beetle grubs, some heteromerous beetles, 

 wasps, ants, grass seeds, marsh-mallow seeds, and leguminous 

 seeds. 



152. White-throated Fly-eater (Gerygone albigularis). — Small flies, 



wasps. 



154. Pale Flycatcher {Micrceca pallida). — Numerous white ants. 



155. Lesser White-plumed Honey-eater {P/ilolis leilavalensis).— Small 



flies, beetles, &c. 



156. Lesser White-plumed Honey-eater (P. leilavalensis). — Small flies, 



wasps, &c. 



157. Red-throated Honey-eater {Entomophila rufignlaris). — Cater- 



pillars, beetles, flies. 



158. Black-headed Diamond-Bird {Pardalotus melanocephalus). — Flies, 



wasps, &c 



159. Pallid Cuckoo (Ciiculiis pallidus). — Many hairy caterpillars, 



probably species of Teara ; some butterfly larvae, probably 

 Danais menippe. 



160. Striated Tree-runner {Sittella striata). — Caterpillars and a few 



beetles 



161. Striated Tree-runner (5. striata). — Caterpillars. 



165. Black-breasted Lark (Cinclorhamphus cruralis). — Grasshoppers, 



cockroaches. 

 167. Black-breasted Lark (C. crurali^). — Beetles, crickets, tS:c. 



169. Black-breasted Lark (C. cruralis). — Beetles, flies, &c. 



170. Black-breasted Lark (C. cruralis). — 75 per cent, beetles, 25 per 



cent, vegetable matter. 



171. Brown Quail (Syncecus australis). — i beetle, vegetable matter, 



and thistle seeds. 

 176. Lesser Golden Plover {Charadriiis dominicus). — Caterpillars, 

 grubs. 



Magpies or CroW'Shrikes. 



Bv Isaac Batey, Drouin (Vict.) 



My knowledge of these fine birds began with GymnorJiina 

 leuconota at Redstone Hill, near Sunbury, in 1846, and in later 

 years extended to Woodend, where G. tibicen was met with. The 

 White and the Black-backs were found there living amicably 

 together. About five years ago, having to go to Tandara, some 

 27 miles north from Bendigo, a young pet G. tibicen was seen 

 quite different in marking to those met with further south. 

 The black bands across the backs of the Woodend birds may 

 be set down as narrow, whereas in the Tandara specimen the 

 black ran up towards the base of the skull. 



According to Mr. A. J. Campbell's work, " Nests and Eggs of 

 Australian Birds," G. leucoiiofa ranges over New South Wales, 

 Victoria, and South Australia, but there is a big gap in that 



