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THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



Stomachs examined : contd. 



1 Fly. 



Some vegetable matter. 

 15-2-09. 16 Opatrum sp. 



2 Myllocerus discolor. 



1 Mesomorpha villiger. 



23 Cydnus nigritus. 

 9 ,, varians. 



18-2-07. 9 Opatrum depressum. 



18-2-07. 1 Camponotus compressus. 



27 Mesomorpha villiger. 

 1 Scleron orientale. 



3 Opatrum sp. 



Grass seeds and leaves. 

 26-2-09. 1 Blattid sp. 



1 Myllocerus discolor. 

 17 Mesomorpha villiger. 

 12-3-09. 5 Myllocerus discolor. 



4 Pieces of doub grass. (Cynodon dactylon). 

 Fie us and other remains. 



14-3-07. 1 Camponotus compressus. 



1 1 Mesomorpha villiger. 



5 Myllocerus discolor. 



1 Cutworm, Agrotis sp. Larva. 



28-3-08. Entirely vegetable : ficus : grass leaves and some weed seeds. 



1-4-08. 1 Onthophagus sp. 



1 Hister sp. 



1 Trox indicus. 



2 Small Elaterid. 

 7 Cydnus nigritus. 



3-4-08. 2 Myllocerus sp. 



20 Myllocerus discolor. 



6 Paddy grains and other vegetable matter. 

 12-4-08. Entirely weed seeds and leaves : almost empty. 

 14-4-07. 1 Elaterid grub. 



3 Cutworms sp. 



Some ficus fruit and other weeds and seeds and insect remains. 

 14-4-07. 10 (Ecophylla smaragdina. 

 5 Mesomorpha villigar. 



Some ficus and other remains. 

 16-4-08. 5 Mesomorpha villiger. 



20 Tenebrionids. Opatrum sp. 

 3 Myllocerus discolor ? 



3 Caterpillars, Agrotis sp. 

 13-5-07. 2 (Ecophylla smaragdina. 



1 Opatrum sp. 



4 Cutworms, Agrotis sp. Larvae. 

 Ficus fruit. 



18-5-08. 1 Chrotogonus sp. 



2 Brachytrypes achatinu*. 



24 Camponotus compressu*. 

 4 Opatrum sp. 



1 Scleron orientale. 



