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Stomach lined by black hairs, mostly parallel to each other. 

 Microscopically these have thorn-like processes projecting from 

 the sides (? hairs of caterpillar). Rest of contents black and 

 granular (fragments of hairs). Three portions of a large insect 

 (? caterpillar). A small piece of white quartz. Miscroscopically 

 an oval Qgg and a number of curved brownish bodies of regular 

 shape. 



(W.W.F.) These are chiefly the remains of " woolly bear " 

 caterpillars, as the heads are also on the bundles of hairs and 

 skin. The caterpillars are probably the larva of a Darela. 



Family— MusciCAPiDyE. 



MiCRCECA FASCINANS (M. 433, H. 86), (Brown Flycatcher), 

 loth April, 1909, Sydney. 

 An ant, ladybird, beetle case, and remains of other insects. 



Petrceca rosea (M. 443, H. 94), (Rose-breasted Robin). 



nth June, 1909, Hawkesbury River. 



Fragments of small beetles and other insects ; an ant. 



(W.W.F.) Several ants ; small ground-beetles, amongst them 

 the elytra of a clerid. 



Rhipidura tricolor (M. 487, H. 139), Black-and-White 

 Fantail. 

 {a) 7th June, 1909, Sydney. 

 Many fragments of insect wings, elytra, &c. 

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

 \b) loth April, Sydney. 

 Beetle cases in stomach. 



Family — Timeliid.^i. 



PSOPHODES CREPITANS (M. 526, H. 223), (Coachwhip-Bird). 



17th April, 1909, Bulli, N.S.W. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of beetles of genus OnthopJiagus (family 

 Scarabfeidee). Probably captured by the birds about fresh cow- 

 dung, on which the beetles feed. 



Family — Turdid/E. 



Oreocichla lunulata (M. 544, H. 160), (Ground-Thrush). 



17th April, 1909, Bulli, N.S.W. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of some ground-living beetle. Species 

 cannot be determined. 



Family — Sylviid.e. 



Origma rubricata (M. 557, H. 185), (Rock-Warbler). 



{a) nth June, 1909, Hawkesbury River. 



A number of small seeds and parts of seeds of several kinds. 

 A little sand. 



(J.H.M.) Seeds of Chenopodiace^e, perhaps species of 

 Oienopodiiun or A triplex. 



