8o Cleland, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds, [.^nd'o'ct 



certainly leguminous, and probably Cassia, but they do not 

 agree exactly with any of the three Port Jackson cassias. They 

 come nearest to Cassia Icevigata, and may be from that species. 



{b) Murray Flats, near Blanchetown, S.A., May, 1911. 



Seeds and a leaf. 



(Mr. Mackinnon, per J.H.M.) Seeds of Kochia, perhaps A'. 

 scdifolia. F. v. M., together with pieces of the leaves. 

 Ocyphaps lophotes (M. 46, H. 560). Crested Pigeon. 



{a) [b) Rowena, near Collarenabri, 4th November, 1910. 



Numerous small seeds of several kinds. 



(J.H.M.) I recognize none of the small seeds. Some of them 

 are leguminous seeds — Trifoliiim — and one seems to be a Vicia. 

 Leucosarcia picata (M. 47, H. 561). Wonga-Wonga Pigeon. 



Hawkesbury River, ist November, iqio. 



Seven small land snails ; large seeds of several kinds. 



(C. Hedley, F.L.S.) The snails are Nanina marmorata. Cox. 

 The species frequents decaying leaves, cracks in bark, &c. In 

 wet weather it might ascend trees, but I should not call it of 

 arboreal habits. 



(J.H.M.) The seeds are — (i) Exocarpus cuprcssiformis, Labill., 

 native cherry ; (2) Elceocarpus cyaneus. Ait., fruit of " blue-berry " 

 tree ; (3) seeds of a cyperaceous plant ; (4) a large quantity of 

 unknown seeds (Rubiaceye) ; (5) two unknown seeds, flat and 

 curiously serrated. 

 Zonifer tricolor (M. 149, H. 606). Black-breasted Plover. 



{a) Hallett's Cove, near Adelaide, 20th May, iqio. 



A hymenopterous insect ; portions of a cricket (?) ; numerous 

 beetle fragments and other insects ; several small leaves f? salt- 

 bush) ; several minute yellow seeds ; a minute brown seed and a 

 small elongated grass-like seed ; a little sand. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of common mole cricket, legs and heads, 

 and ants. Chief food, ants. 



(J.H.M.) Leaflets of a small leguminous plant, j^robablv a 

 Trijolium or Medicago. The seeds were identical with those found 

 in .Egialitis melanops (M. 158, Port Adelaide). They are not the 

 perfect seed, being covered with a dark testa, which peels off when 

 they swell in liquid. I could see the remains of the testa on 

 several seeds. 



ih) Hallett's Cove, near Adelaide, 20th May, 1910. 



Numerous fragments of beetles, &c. ; a grub ; several minute 

 yellow seeds. 



(W.W.F.) Chiefly remains of ants, wing-covers of beetles, and 

 a small caterpillar. 



(J.H.M.) For the small yellow seeds, see Zonifer tricolor [a) 

 and .Egialitis melanops (M. 158) 

 Charadrius dominicus (M. 151, H. 608). Lesser Golden Plover. 



Cronulla, Sydney, 2nd March, 1910. 



