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Meliornis sericea (M. 8oi, H. 356), (White-cheeked Honey- 

 eater). 



24th April, 1909, Sydney. 



(W.W.F.) The remains of several flies (Diptera), much 

 decomposed ; species appear to belong to family Muscidae. 

 Myzantha garrula (M. 804, H. 360), (Noisy Miner). 



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



A few fragments of insects (legs, elytra, &c.) 



(W.W.F.) Remains of beetles (Heteromera, &c.) 



Myzantha flavigula (M. 806, H. 361), (Yellow-throated 

 Miner). 



5th October, 1909, Moree. 



Fragments of beetles and other insects ; .'* remains of grubs ; 

 several small yellowish kidney-shaped seeds. 



(W.W.F.) (i) Crane fly (Tipulidae), Diptera; (2) remains of 

 cut-worms {Agrotis, sp.) ; (3) beetles (Heteromera). 



Tropidorhynchus CORNICULATUS (M. 816, H. 370), (Friar- 

 Bird, Leatherhead). 

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

 One dipterous insect ; seeds. 



Family — O RiOLiD/ii. 

 Oriolus SAGITTARIUS (M. 850, H. 62), (Oriole). 

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

 Exocarpos (.?) fruits, red seeds. 



Family — CoRviDiE. 



CORCORAX MELANORHAMPHUS (M. 883, H. 54), (White-winged 

 Chough). 



2ist May, 1909, Berry, N.S.W. 



When shot, discharged a carnation-coloured fluid from anus 

 and mouth, and the abdominal organs were similarly deeply 

 tinted. This was due to the bird feeding on the fruit of the red- 

 ink plant {Phytolacca decandra, Linn.) 



(W.W.F.) A cut-worm {Agj-otts, sp.) ; beetles {Paropsis) and 

 other beetle remains ; a quantity of black seeds. 



Introduced Birds. 

 Passer domesticus (Sparrow). 



Richmond, N.S.W. 



About a dozen very small black seeds ; part of a maize (.-') 

 seed ; fragments of other grains. No insect remains. 



(J.H.M.) Seeds of a plant belonging to Amarantaceae, 

 probably a species of AmarantJuts. 



Sterna vulgaris (Starling). 



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



(W.W.F.) Remains of one earwig (Forficulidae); one spider ; 

 two flies (Diptera), and one beetle (Chrysomelidae). 



