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19. D. frontalis. Black-browed Tree-pie. Fruit and insects 

 of various kinds. Jerd. B. I., II, 317. 



Crypsirhina. Search leaves for insects. They also feed on 

 fruit. F. I., I, 34. 



Platysmurus. Insects and occasionally fruit, probably among 

 trees. F. I., I, 36. 



GARKULIN^E. 



Feed on various kinds of insects and fruit, occasionally robbing 

 other birds' nests of their young and eggs. Jerd. B. I., II, 306. 



All kinds of animal and vegetable food. F. I., I, 37. 



Garrulus. More frugivorous than most oi the Corvidce, but they 

 will eat also insects, worms, eggs and even small birds. Jerd. B. I., 

 II, 307. 



Nucifraga. Chiefly on seeds and nuts, but also on insects and 

 small birds. Jerd. B. I., II, 303. Seeds of Pine and cedar ; they 

 also eat seeds and fruits and also insects. F. I., I, 40. 



27. Nucifraga hemispila. Himalayan Nutcracker. (14 nuts, 

 a kind of bastard hazel). B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 229. Seeds of 

 Pinus excelsn, walnuts when in season, grubs, larvae of beetles, 

 and other boring insects. B. N. H. S. J., XIV, 819. 



Graculus. Much the same substances as the rook. F. I., I, 

 42. 



30. Pyrrhocorax alpinus. Yellow-billed Chough. Various 

 fruits, especially the mulberry. Jerd. B. I., II, 319. 



PARING. 



TITS. 



Strictly arboreal, omnivorous, feed equally on seeds, fruits and 

 insects and they pierce hard seeds and nuts with their strong coni- 

 cal bill, holding it with their feet and thus extract the kernel. Jerd. 

 B. I., II, 271. 



Tits live chiefly on insects, but they also eat seeds and in the 

 hard weather no sort of food comes amiss to them. F. I., I, 45. 



