liASON AND LEFROY. 6l 



Summary. Of 55 insects taken by 6 birds. 4 are beneficial, 

 18 injurious, find 33 neutral. One bird took beneficial insects, 

 3 injurious and 5 neutral. Only 1 bird took vegetable matter. 



246. Myzornis pyrrhura. Fire-tailed Myzornis. Small insects. 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 264. 



247. Chloropsis aurifrons. Gold-fronted Chloropsis. Insects 

 principally. F. I., II, 235. Entirely insectivorous ; hunts tall 

 shrubs (red-flowering) for insects of all kinds (two leguminous 

 seeds which were probably taken for beetles, which were crowding 

 on the plant) ; also white ants. B. N. H. S. J., VIII, 8. Insects on 

 tea when flowering. B. N. H. S. J., 10. Catching insects on wing 

 like Bee-eaters or Shrikes. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 188. In captivity 

 feeds principally on fruit, but it is also an insect-eater and takes 

 grasshoppers greedily. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 789. 



248. C. malabarica. Malabar Chloropsis. Fruit and insects, 

 principally insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 99. 



249. C. hardwickii. Orange-bellied Chloropsis. Almost 

 entirely insectivorous ; individual preference once shown to young 

 oranges. In captivity plantains, insects especially grasshoppers, 

 bees and wasps. B. N. H. S. J., VIII, 9. Often among cherry 

 bloom. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 789. 



252. C. jerdoni. Jerdon's Chloropsis. Fruit and insects. 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 98. Bomb. Gaz., Ahmedabad, IV, 75. 



254. Irena puella. Fairy Blue-bird. Chiefly fruit of various 

 kinds, but I dare say may take caterpillars occasionally. Jerd. 

 B. I., II, 105. Principally fruit. F. I., I, 241. Partly of insects, 

 partly of berries. B. N. H. S. J., XV, 262. 



255. Melanochlora sultanea. Sultan bird. Insects chiefly ; 

 exceedingly fond of caterpillars and occasionally takes pulpy 

 berries. Jerd. B. I., II, 282. Minla insects on trees. Jerd. B. 

 I., II, 255. 



261. Psaroglossa spiloptera. Spotted- wing. Hutton-berries. 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 336. F. I., I, 250. 



