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Field Notes. The common tit of the plains ; breeds in holes in 

 trees but those in walls, &c., seem to be preferred. The young are 

 fed chiefly on small caterpillars (probably Geometrids) on spiders, 

 and on young crickets, such as Brachytrypes achatinus and on 

 mole crickets (Gryllotalpa africana). 



In most of the stomachs containing vegetable matter this form 

 of food was probably derived from the contents of the caterpillars, 

 which usually occur in the bird. 



34. Parus monticola. Green-backed Tit. Insects and larvae 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 277. 



35. Mgithaliscus erythrocepkalus. Red-headed Tit. Chiefly 

 insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 271. 



40. Sylviparus modestus. Yellow-browed Tit. Chiefly on 

 minute insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 267. 



43. Machlolophus haplonotus. -Southern Yellow Tit. Fruit 

 and insects, like other Ampelidce. Bombay Gazette, Ahmedabad. 

 IV, 81. 



PARADOXORNITHIN^E. 



Their food is not grain and seed, but insects. F. I., I, 60. 



50. Conostoma cemodium. Red-billed Crow-Tit. Chiefly in- 

 sects in summer, in winter doubtless some vegetable food. Jerd, 

 B. I., II, 11. 



51. Paradoxornis flavirostris. Yellow-billed Crow-Tit. Various 

 seeds. Jerd. B. I., II, 4. 



It does not appear to be the usual habit of these birds to eat 

 seeds. F. I., I, 62. 



Wild berries : entirely a fruit eater. B. N. H. S. J., VIII, 166. 

 Suthora. Feeding on insects. F. I., I, 63. 



53. S. unicolor. Brown Crow-Tit. Bugs and other insects. 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 7. 



55. -S. nepalensis. Ash-eared Crow-Tit. Habits of a Parus. 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 9. 



