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Spends most of its time in picking insects off the leaves and 

 branches of trees. When fruit is in season, if feeds largely on that 

 and frequently descends to the ground to feed and drink. (Dewar, 

 B. P., 71). ' Dendrocitta rufa is very plentiful here' (Cawnpore) 

 as are also fruit trees, and I have never seen one feed on anything 

 but fruit/ (B. N. H. S. J, XVI, 503). 



Stomachs examined : 



12-1-08. Entirely on Ficus fruit. 



13-2-08. 2 Small caterpillars. 



Much Ficus fruit remains. 

 26-2-09 2 Myllocerus ? discolor. 



Ficus fruit. 



8-3-09. 7 Myllocerus discolor (heads, elytra). 



3 Noctuid ? moths heads. 



Other remains probably parts of the 3 moths or of others. 

 12-3-09. 2 Mutilla 6 maculate. 



3 Opatrum depressum ? 



Ficus fruit. 



26-3-08. 20 Small broken Geometrid caterpillars. 

 Much vegetable matter : Ficus fruit. 

 20-4-09. 1 Sphex lobatus. 



2 Cremastogaster subnuda. 

 Ficus fruit. 



Remains of a small bird (Phylloscopu-s f). 

 19-6-08. 3 Polistes hebrceus. 



1 Rhynchium (2 wings). 

 Parts of an Hemipteron. 



1 Spi'der (leg only). 



3 Fleshy fruits with hard stones. 

 19-7-08. 1 Myllocerus sp. 



2 Small Geometrid caterpillars. 

 6 Ficus fruits. 



23-7-08. 2 Polistes hebrceus. 



1 Vespa orientalis. 

 1 Hemipteron. Scutellum. 



Leg and broken thorax of large Carabid. 

 About eight banian fruits. 

 21-8-08. 2 Polistes hebrceus. 



3 Myllocerus maculosua. 



1 Spider (legs). 

 Ficus fruit. 



9-10-08. 3 Polistes hebrceus. 



2 Myllocerus discolor. 



2 (Remains of) other weevils. 



Other remains unidentifiable. 

 12-10-08. 1 Myllocerus maculosus. 



16 Flat leguminous seeds. 

 ' 2 Other seeds. 

 - . / N. 61 Small brown seeds, No. 5. - ~. ^ 



