88 Cleland, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds. [jnl'o'ct. 



grasshopper: remains of small ground beetles {AnotJiopha^us, sp., 

 and other Scarabaeidae). 



[d) Hawkesbury River, 13th August, iqio. 



(G. P. Darnell-Smith.) Two soldier ants ; one wild tig. 

 Pachycephala pectoralis (M. 667. H. 265). White-throated Thick- 

 head. 



((/) Hawkesbury River, Oth August. 1910. 



(G. P. Darnell-Smith.) Insects ; insect larvae ; one spider. 



[b) Hawkesbury River. 6th August, iqio. 

 (G. P. Darnell-Smith.) Small seeds. 



(c) Hawkesbury River, 13th August. 1910. 

 (G. P. DarneU-Smith.) Insects. 



((/) Hallett's Cove, near Adelaide, May, 1910. 



Portions of large beetles. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of ants, earwig, and beetles. 



Pachycephala ruflventris (M. 674. H. 271). Rufous-breasted 

 Thickhead. 



((/) Hawkesbury River. January, 1910. 



Portions of insects : empty seed-vessel of a plant. 



(W.W.F.) Spiders, two species ; homopterous insects (Cer- 

 copidae) ; head, body, and damaged wings of weevil beetles ; small 

 plant bugs. Food obtained upon low shrubs, probably 

 eucalyptus. 



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



Fragments of beetles and other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Nearly all remains of beetles : small Homoptera. 

 Eopsaltria australis (M. b^^, H. 259). Yellow-breasted Shrike- 

 Robin (Yellow Robin). 



Middle Harbour, Sydney, ist August. 1910. 



Bulldog ant : remains of small beetle : numerous other insect 

 remains. 



(W.W.F.) Chief food, ants of various species — bulldog ant 

 {Myrmecia giilosa), wood ant {PolyrhacJns, sp.), green-head ant 

 {Edaiomrna inctaUicuni) : moth caterpillar and wing-cover of 

 beetle. 

 Aphelocephala leucopsis (M. 689, H. 239). W^hiteface. 



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



Numerous fragments of beetles, &c. ; portion of a seed, and some 

 chlorophyll-containing vegetable fragments ; a little sand. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of wing-covers and legs of beetles. 



Climacteris picumna (M. 704, H. 281). White-throated Tree- 

 creeper. 



[a) Narrabeen, 26th March, 1910. 



Smell of ants ; fragments of insects (?) ; ant eggs. 



(W.W.F.) Chief food remains are ants of several species, with 

 a few remains of the elytra of small beetles. I see no ant eggs 

 (larvae ?). 



{b) Mount Lofty. Adelaide. 17th May. i()io. 



