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(b) iith June, 1909, Hawkesbury River. 



Several brownish purse-shaped seeds, and some smaller white 

 ones. No insect remains. 



ACANTHIZA REGULOIDES (M. 575, H. 197), (Buff-rumped Tit), 

 loth April, 1909, Sydney. 

 Beetle cases, &c. 



Malurus CYANOCHLAMYS (M. 593, H. 117), (Silvery Blue 

 Wren. 



(a) 13th July, 1909, Orange, N.S.W. 



Numerous elytra of small beetles (?). 



(W.W.F.) Remains of ants {EctatoiiiDui inetallicum) ; elytra 

 of small chrysomelid beetles. 



{jb) 13th July, 1909, Orange, N.S.W. 



Numerous fragments of small beetles (.-*). 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small beetles and ants. 



Malurus lamberti (M. 602, H. 125), (Variegated Wren). 

 26th October, 1909, Hawkesbury River. 

 Broken fragments of beetles. 

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



Family — Prionopiu/E. 



Collyriocichla harmonica (M. 636, H. 68), (Grey Shrike- 

 Thrush). 



{a) 7th June, 1909, Sydney. 



Elytra, &c., of several insects. 



(W.W.F.) Chrysomelid beetles ; remains of grasshopper. 



{b) 26th October. 1909, Hawkesbury River. 



A large green-with-gold-spots grub, i| inches long ; portion 

 of a grasshopper (?) ; carapaces, legs, &c., of several large 

 beetles ; several small pale blue eggs. 



(W.W.F.) Caterpillar of large hawk moth {Cequosia trian- 

 gularis) ; banksia moth [Daniitia banksice) ; looper caterpillar ; 

 beetles — Elator, sp., Aliaila, sp., and other undeterminable 

 species ; remains of grasshopper or locust. 



Grallina picata (M. 646, H. 6y), (Magpie-Lark). 



7th June, 1909, Sydney. 



Some brown pieces of maize seed, two seeds of wheat ; one 

 small fly, several small beetles, almost complete ; many 

 fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Fragments of wheat and maize ; remains of 

 beetles and small flies ; green-head ant. 



Family — Laniid/E. 



Gymnorhina TIBICEN (M. 647, H. 243), (Black-backed Magpie). 



2 1st May, 1909, Berry, N.S.W. 



(W.W.F.) Wheat and plant remains ; several ground-beetles ; 

 green-head ants {Ectatomvia inetallicum). 



