84 Clkland, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds. [snd'oct. 



{b) Hawkesbury River, 20th November. 1909. 



Fragments of beetles and other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Syrphid flies, a number ; several muscid flies; a 

 native bee : few, if any, beetle remains. Flies and small Hymen- 

 optera the chief food. 

 Myiagra nitida (M. 490. H. 1^4). 



Slopes of Mt. Kosciusko, loth December, 19IU. 



Fragments of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small beetles. 

 Sisura inquieta (M. 493, H. 148). Restless Flycatcher. 



Tailem Bend, S.A., May, 1910. 



Remains of a number of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small moths (Lepidoptera) and spiders. 



Coracina robusta (M. 504, H. 78). Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike. 



((/) Berry, 9th August, 1910. 



A large seed like a small loquat seed : portion of a large greenish 

 grub. 



(W.W.F.) Two specimens of the spiny stinging slug or cup- 

 moth larvae {Doratophera lingerans) ; larva of green hawk- 

 moth (i^) ; another small moth larva ; wing-covers of chrysomelid 

 beetle (Paropsis) ; fragments of eucalyptus leaves. 



(J.H.M.) A single seed-pod, which looks like a pod of Goin- 

 ■pholobium, but no seeds inside. I am not sure about it, but can 

 give no better explanation. 



(/;) Hawkesbury River, i6th October, 1910. 



Stomach dyed purple ; three large kinds of beetles and many 

 fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) One buprestid beetle, ]3erfect ; one clerid beetle 

 (Trogodcndron fasciculatiim) ; lamellicorn beetles : and various 

 weevils. 



(J.H.M.) The seeds are — (i) Exocarpiis cnpressijormis. Labill., 

 native cherry ; (2) small seeds of an unidentified plant. 



Cinclosoma punctatum (M. 515, H. 212). Spotted Ground-Thrush. 



Sydney, 3rd October, 1910. 



A number of seeds, amongst them seeds like wheat, small yellow 

 seeds, small speckled seeds : a few small pieces of stone. 



(J.H.M.) Seeds of two leguminous plants, probably Trifolium 

 and Me dial go. 

 Psophodes crepitans (M. 526, H. 223). Coachwhip-Bird. 



{a) Hawkesbury River. November. 1909. 



Numerous fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) A large quantity of the heads and legs of ants, 

 chiefly Ectatomma metallicum the " green-head " ; a few dip- 

 terous maggots ; wings of small ground beetles ; small bundles of 

 vegetable fibre, like the tips of some small weed ; other seeds : 

 vegetable and animal matter about equa\ 



{b) Hawkesbury River, 20th November. 1909. 



Numerous fragments of insects ; small yellow seeds. 



