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93. T. cachinnans. Nilgiri Laughing-Thrush. Chief food 

 appears to be fruit, especially that of the peruviana, but they 

 occasionally eat caterpillars and other insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 49. 



101. Grammatoptila striata. Striated Laughing-Thrush. Fruit 

 and seeds only. A. S. B., XLV, 73. 



Fruit and insects, chiefly the latter. Jerd. B. I., II, 212. 



102. G. austeni. Austen's Striated Laughing Thrush. 

 Entirely of fruits and seeds. F. I., I, 104. 



104. Argya earlii. Striated Babbler. More exclusively on 

 insects than Ch. caud ta. Jerd. B. I., II, 69. 



105. A. caudata. Common Babbler. In confinement on 

 grain. Jerd. B. I., II, 68. 



107. A. malcolmi. Large Grey Babbler. They feed chiefly 

 on the ground especially round the trunks of large trees, near hedge- 

 rows, turning over the fallen leaves with their bills and sometimes 

 with their claws and picking up various insects, beetles, cockroaches, 

 grasshoppers, &c., and also seeds and grain. I once saw one in vain 

 attempt to catch a grasshopper on the wing. Jerd. B. I., II, 64. 



110. Crateropus canorus. Jungle Babbler. 



Stomachs examined : 



9_1_08. 23 Mesomorpha villiger. 

 3 Opatrum depressum. 



Vegetable matter including grass, grass-seeds and broken ber fruit 



which was undoubtedly taken from ground. 

 19-1-08. 2 Camponotus compressus. 



Vegetable matter : leaves and grass with a few seeds. 

 2-2-07. 2 (Ecophytta smaragdina. 



10 Myllocerus discolor. 

 3 Mesomorpha villiger. 

 14 Opatrum sp. 



Weed seeds and leaves, including 1 shoot of bamboo, and a little 



Ficus. 



2-2-07. Entirely vegetable, weed seeds and leaves, partly grass. 



' 2-2-08. 1 Blattid. 



6 Camponotus compressus. 

 3 Opatrum depressum. 



14_2-08. 2 Camponotus compressus. * ,; 



23 Mesomorpha villiger. 

 1 Trox indicus. 



1 Myllocerus discolor. , L '' 



2 Itlandut. I . i _ / . 

 1 Small caterpillar. _ . _ . , . *_ 



