MASON AND LEFBOY. 



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1 Dynastid (? sp.). 

 1 Moth's head. 

 1 Caterpillar. 



Some Fields fruit. 

 8-7-08. [A young bird.] 



Young shoots of grass and of ? maize 

 21-7-08. [A young bird.] 



Ficus fruit. 

 21-7-08. 1 Myllocerus discolor. 



Ficus fruit. 



6-8-08. 6 Myllocerus discolor. 



6 Fruits (? Nim). 



Some grass blades, &c., seeds. 

 24-8-08. 1 Myllocerus sp. 



3 Opatrum ? 

 1 Penthicus sp. 

 1 Himatismus sp. 



Ficus fruit. 



6-9-08. Ficus fruit. 



6-9-08. Ficus fruit. 



3-10-07. Some Ficus. 



Stomach practically empty. 

 3-10-07. 1 Phidole malinsi. 



14 Myllocerus maculosus. 

 1 Myllocerus ? sp. ? 

 1 Oymnopleurus miliaris ? 

 4_10-08. 1 Camponotus compressus. 



Vegetable matter including Ficus. 

 4-11-08. 1 Chrotogonus sp. 



1 Camponotus compressus. 



Banyan fruit (Ficus). 

 21-11-07. Ficus fruit. 



21-11-07. Ficus fruit. 



Summary. Of 129 insects taken by 37 birds, 3 are beneficial, 

 96 injurious and 30 neutral.* 16 birds took insects and of these 2 

 took beneficial ones, 14 injurious and 9 neutral, 2 had eaten 

 insects only. 



35 of the 37 birds took vegetable food, 21 of these containing 

 vegetable matter only. Ficus fruit is largely eaten and was found 

 in 31 birds 14 having fed only on this fruit. 3 took 'ber' fruit, 

 1 nim and 1 maize shoots. 



The food of this bird is undoubtedly more vegetable than ani- 

 mal, and consists to a very great extent of fruits of Ficus of several 

 species, ber, mulberries, also grass and weed seeds and leaves. 

 Insects are taken to a certain extent, chiefly weevils. As is usual 



* I have seen 

 T f B. y. 



this bird eating Gryllotalpa afrficana, which does not appear in the above list. 



