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r2th June, 1009, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. 



A fleshy purple fruit. 



(J.H.H.) ¥r\x\t oi Phytolacca decandra,\^\nx\. (red-ink plant). 



Ptilotis chrysops (M. 775, H. 336), (Yellow-faced Honey- 

 eater). 



(a) 24th April, 1909, Sydney, 



(W.W.F.) Remains of Diptera (one Culicidae, Cnhx, sp. ; 

 one Muscidae). 



{b) 24th July, 1909, Sydney. 



A few fragments of insects. 



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



{c) 3rd April, 1909, Sydney. 



Beetle bodies. 



Ptilotis leucotis (M. 778, H. 339), (White-eared Honey- 

 eater). 

 (<?) 1 2th June, 1909, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. 

 A beetle case. Some remains of other insects. 

 (W.W.F.) Chrysomelid beetle; heads of small ants. 

 (/;) 26th October, 1909, Hawkesbury River. 

 Fragments of beetles ; three eggs like ant-eggs. 

 (W.W.F.) Fragments of beetles. 



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

 eater). 

 3rd April, 1909, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. 

 Beetles. 



Ptilotis penicillata (M. 791, H. 346), (White-plumed Honey- 

 cater). 



13th July, 1909, Orange, N.S.W. 



Numerous fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Insect remain.s. Nothing distinctive except frag- 

 ments of beetles. 



Ptilotis PLUMULA (M. 787, H. 349), (Yellow-fronted (Plumed) 

 Honey-eater). 

 September, 1909, Perth. 



Some fragments of insects and case of a small beetle. 

 (W.W.F.) Also remains of spider. 



Meliornis nov.e-hollandlk (M. 799, H. 354), (White-bearded 

 Honey-eater). 



{a) 24th April, 1909, Sydney. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of two flies (Diptera) ; appear to have 

 been Syrphidas. 



{b) 2nd August, 1909, Sydney. 



Wings and part of body of large fly (?) ; some other remains 

 of insects. 



(W.VYF.) Chiefly remains of various species of flies. 



