^"^i' 11^' 1 Ci.Ki.ANn, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds. QI 



Middk- Hiirl)()ur. ()th Ai)ril, Kjro. 

 Two small H\'incnoi)tera : remains of other inseets. 

 (W'.W'.lv) Iwo braconid wasps (Braconidie) and the remains 

 ot a minibrr of small flies (Diptera). 



Ptilotis chrysotis (M. 770, H. 329). Yellow-eared Honey-eater. 



(,/) Ilaukesbury River, 20th December, 1909. 



Some fragments of insects : a number of small kidney-shajied 

 seeds, sculptured with pits. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of Coleoptera. Are not the seeds those of 

 trefoil clover ? 



{b) Hawkesbury Ri\-er, December, 1909. 



Some fragments of insects ; some small, kidney-shaped seeds, 

 rt'ddish-brown. in a reddish-brown matrix. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of two spiders ; several ants ; the head 

 and broken elytra of small beetle. 



((■) Hawkesbury River, 6th April. 19TO. 



Stomach stained pur])le ; a number of large purplish seeds. 



(J.H.M.) Stephania hernandifolia ? (Menispermea). I failed 

 to identify the purple fruits which stained the stomach. Amongst 

 this fruit was a single but unmistakable seed of Stephania 

 hernandifolia. a slender vine very common on sandy sea-coasts. 



Ptilotis sonora (M. 772, H. 334). Singing Honey-eater. 



[a) Tailem Bend, S.A.. May, 1910. 



Numerous portions of ants and other insects : two seeds 

 surrounded by white fluffy " flesh " ; on section show green 

 cotyledons. 



(W.W.F.) Ants chiefly : remains of several moths. 



(J.H.M.) Vegetable remains not recognizable. 



[b) Murray Flats, near Blanchetown, S.A., May. 191 1. 

 Purplish fruits (?) of a salt-bush. 



(Mr. Mackinnon, per J.H.M.) Seeds of KoiJiia. 



Ptilotis leucotis (M. 77N. H. 339). White-eared Honey-eater. 



Middle Harbour, i.Sth March, 1910. 



Fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of wing-covers of small beetles, probably 

 obtained in the flowers of the eucalypts. All the Honey-eaters 

 are known to feed upon the small insects they find when sucking 

 up the honey of the flowers, but are only insecti\-orous in a minor 

 degree. 



Ptilotis melanops (M. 781. H. 342). Yellow-tufted Honey-eater. 



Middle Harbour, ist August. 1910. 



Some minute fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Insect remains small and indefinite : only some 

 wings of aphids can be determined. 



Meliornis pyrrhoptera (M. 7r)7. H. 353). Crescent Honey-eater 

 ((/) Mount Lofty. Adelaide. 17th May, 1910. 

 A few small fragments of insects. 



