32 THE FOOD OP BIRDS IN INDIA. 



The Harial is stated from the Punjab to keep loopers- Tarache 

 notabilis in check. This cannot refer to the Green Pigeon nor to 

 the Common Indian Bee-eater both of which are locally known as 

 Harrial, the former being purely frugivorous, the latter purely 

 insectivorous and obtaining all its food on the wing and certainly 

 not eating caterpillars. I believe this reference is to this Crow. 



The Jungle Crow destroys and eats a large number of wild 

 birds' eggs during the breeding season. A. S. B., LXIX, 104. 



"The cultivators in certain parts " Faridpore, etc., ' 'put bam- 

 boo poles here and there in the fields so that 'Saliks', Crows, etc., 

 may sit on them and eat the grasshoppers." (Hieroglyphus banian) 

 Kept. Ent. Collr., Dacca, 14-9-09. 



5. Corvus frugilegus. Rook. Worms, snails, and grubs in 

 meadows and ploughed land. F. I., I, 19. 



6. Corvus cornix. Hooded Crow. In addition to eating the 

 usual food of its ally, it is said to feed on grain. F. I., I, 20. 



7. Corvus splendens. Indian House Crow. 



2-2-07. Grass roots, a few oat blades, much unidentified vegetable matter. 



10-2-07. Flower of Bombax malabaricum. 



12-2-07. Flower of Bomhax malabaricum. 



2 Wheat grains. 

 1 Small pebble. 



1-3-08. 12 Opatrum sp. 



5 Oats. 



6 Vegetable matter. 

 14-3-08. 201 Oat grains. 

 18-3-08. 173 Oat grains. 

 18-3-08. 96 Oat grains. 

 21-3-08. 66 Oat grains. 



12 Wheat grains. 

 21-3-08. 94 Oat grains. 



3 Peas. 



12-4-08. Kitchen scraps including remains of fish, potato and u;i.e .- 



portions of shell of hen's egg. i_ 



14_4_08. 1 Small Centipede. 



3 Wheat grains. 



2 Linseed grains. 



Some grass and bits of roots and leaves. 

 14-4-08. 8 Small worms. 



3 Schizodactylus monstrosus. 

 2 Brachytrypes achatinus. 



1 Oryllotalpa africana. 



1 Legs of an ant (Camponotus compressus). 



