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Sericornis maculata (M. 3S(). H. 205). Spotted Scrub Wren. 



Port Adrlaide. i()th May, i<)i«>- 



A nunibcr of very small shells and their tra^Mnents : several 

 small, narrow, yellowish seeds ; some fraj^nrents of insects and 

 (?) grubs : some vegetable fragments. 



(W.W.F.) Cut-worms [Agrotis, sp.) 



(J.H.M.) The seeds are grass-seeds. probal)ly a species of 

 Eragrostis. 



(C. Hedley, Esq., F.L.S., Australian Museum.) The shells are 

 Assuiiitica fasiiKvn'ca, Ten. -Woods. 

 Malurus cyanochlamys (M. 59;>. H. 117). Silvery Fduc Wren. 



((/) Port Adelaide, 19th May, 1910. 



Numerous remains of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Heads of plant bugs ; wing-covers of beetles. 



{h) Port Adelaide, 19th May, 1910. 



Numerous remains of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Nothing definite. Two small cocoons. 



Stipiturus malachurus (M. 610, H. 174). Emu-Wren. 



Sydney, 3rd October, 1910. 



Portions of insects ; a long, green leg of an insect. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of green mantis ; wing-covers of small 

 lamellicorn beetles ; elytra of Heteromera (beetles). 

 Artamus tenebrosus (M. 634, H. 398). Wood-Swallow. 



Narrabeen. N.S.W.. 2()th March, 1910. 



Remains of beetles and other insects ; some small seeds. 



(W.W.F.) Elytra and legs of small beetles ; heads and remains 

 of small bees ; one small fly ; bee remains most abundant. 



(J.H.M.) Cladium. s\V. (Cyperacae), probably C. marisciis, 

 R. Br., a tall coast plant producing seeds in abundance. 



Grallina picata (M. 646, H. 67). Magpie-Lark. 



Rowcna, near Collarenabri, November, 1910. 



Small beetles and portions of other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Plague locusts {Chortoicetes terminijcva) : ground- 

 feeding beetles. 

 Gymnorhina tibicen (M. ()47, H. 243). Black-backed Magpie. 



{a) Sydney, 2nd March, 1910. 



(W.W.F.) Dipterous larva ; one cut-worm ; two small grubs ; 

 ground spider ; remains of a number of locusts and grasshoi^pers. 

 Chief food, locusts and grasshoppers. 



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



Stomach full of remains of insects, amongst them a numlier of 

 small black beetles. 



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

 ground weevils, and a few carabid beetles ; chiefly fragments of 

 beetles. 



{c) Bowral, AjMil. Kjio. 



Numerous portions of large insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of bulldog ants {Myrmccia. sp.) ; legs of 



