02 Cleland, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds [^^^^ 



Emu 



(W.W.F.) Nothing definite : a few fragments of the wing- 

 covers of beetles. 



{h) Mount Lofty Range. Adelaide, 23rd May, 1910. 



A few small fragments of insects ; some minute fragments of 

 green vegetable matter. 



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



Meliornis novae-hollandiae (M. 799, H. 354). New Holland Honey- 

 eater. 



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



Small fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Chiefly remains of wings of small flies (Diptera) 

 and small ichneumon wasps ; a few elytra of beetles. 



{h) Middle Harbour, 9th April, 1910. 



An anthomyid fly • fragments of many other insects. 



(W.W.F.) An almost perfect specimen and wings of several 

 small flies. 



(c) Middle Harbour, i6th July, 1910. 



Portions of small gnats (?). 



(W.W.F ) Remains of very small flies (Diptera). 



{d) Middle Harbour, ist August. 1910. 



A small hymenopterous insect ; remains of other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small flies (Diptera) : wing-covers of 

 beetles 



{e) Middle Harbour, ist August, 191c. 



Stomach full of minute fragments of insects, amongst them a 

 small hymenopterous insect. 



(W.W.F.) Nearly all the remains consist of small midges and 

 mosquitoes. 



(/) Middle Harbour, 6th August, 1910. 



A small gnat. 



(W.W.F.) All the insect remains indefinite, with the exception 

 of a bundle of legs of gnats. 



(g) Mount Lofty Range, Adelaide, 23rd May, 1910. 



Numerous portions of small beetles, &c. 



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



Meliornis sericea (M. 801. H. 356). White-cheeked Honey-eater. 



[a) Middle Harbour, 28th March, 1910. 

 Remains of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of wings of small flies (Diptera) : a few 

 bits of beetle wings. 



(b) Middle Harbour, i6th July, 1910. 

 Several flies (Diptera). 



(W.W.F.) Two small moths : remains of muscid flies. 



Anthochaera caruneulata (M. 808, H. 363). Red Wattle-Bird. 



Jindabyne, N.S.W., 12th December, 1910. 



Stomach full of metallic fragments of a beetle. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of Coleoptera, apparently wing-cases of 

 small metallic lamellicorn on wattle trees {DiphiivepJuihi. sp.) 



