MASON AND LEPROY. 



seeds and other weeds and 



Stomachs examined : contd. 



5 Myllocerus blandus. 

 21-6-07. 2 Gryllotalpa africana. 



6 Hydrophilides. 

 1 Aphodius sp. 



Ficus fruit. 

 21-6-07. Entirely vegetable, doub grass and 



leaves. 

 22-6-08. 1 Gryllotalpa africana. 



1 Asiytus sp. 



1 Myllocerus discolor. 



3 maculosus. 



1 Small Coprid. 



Various elytra and vegetable matter. 



16-7-08. Absolutely empty : probably vegetable only. 



20-7-08. Vegetable including Ficus. 



1 Paddy grain. 

 12-8-08. 10 Camponotus compressus. 



3 Onthophagus spinifer. 



6 Cydnus nigritut. 



1 ,, variant. 



3 Opatrum sp. 



4 Worms. 

 19-8-08. 3 Small frogs. 



Ficus fruit. 

 2-9-08. 1 Camponotus compressus. 



1 Small frog. 



Vegetable grass weed leaves, &c., few seeds of ficus. 

 12-10-07. 4 Myllocerus sp. 



2 Astycus sp. 



3 Small frogs. 



Some vegetable matter. 

 12-10-07. 1 Myllocerus discolor. 



2 Small frogs. 



Leaves and weed seeds. 

 12-10-08. 1 Haltica cyanea. 



1 Coprid. 



1 Anomala viridis. 

 14-11-08. 3 Myrmecocystus setipes. 



1 Phidole (malinsi sp. ?) 



1 Opatrum depressum. 



3 Myllocerus sp. 



1 (Coprid ? Legs only). 



1 Hemipteron (head). 

 12-12-07. 12 Opatrum depressum ? 

 12-12-07. 21 Opatrum depressum ? 

 17-12-07. 3 Small Coleoptera. 



Ber buds, Ficus, weed leaves and seeds. 



Summary. Of 456 insects taken by 36 birds, are beneficial, 185 

 inj irioiis, and 271 neutral. Twenty- four birds took injurious insects 

 and 22 neutral. Twelve took insects only, 4 took frogs and 1 worms. 



