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THE FOOD OP BIRDS IN INDIA. 



315. Sitta himalayensis. White-tailed Nut-hatch. Insects off 

 hark, occasionally one in the air. Jerd. B. L, 385. 



321. Sitta castaneiventris. Chestnut-bellied Nut-hatch. 

 Stomachs examined 



11-2-08. 1 Small Elaterid. 



1 Hemipterous scutellum. 



2 Ants wings. 

 2 Spiders. 



27-5-07. 23 Cremastogaster subnuda. 



2 Pieces of wing ? 



1 Spider. 

 28-6-08. 5 Coleoptera. (Myllocerus sp. ?). 



1 Noctuid's head. 



1 Tabanid. 

 29-6-08. 9 Small Elaterids. 



1 Myllocerus sp. 

 30-6-08. 7 Weevils. 



1 Hemipterous scutellum. 

 12-6-08. 5 Elaterids. 



1 Mesomorpha villiger. 



1 Jassid. 



1 Termes sp. 



Much disintegrated coleopterous remains. 

 9-7-08. 11 Hydrophilids. 



2 Jassids. 

 30-10-08. 1 Myllocerus sp. 



3 Weevils. 



4 Hemipterous heads. 



Remains of other coleoptera unidentifiable. 

 12-11-08. 5 Small Elaterids. 



1 Myllocerus discolor. 



2 Tanymecus sp. 



Remains of Jassids, and some small coleoptera probably 

 Aphodiids. 



Summary. Of 89 insects taken by 9 birds, 26 are injurious 

 and 63 neutral. 7 birds took injurious insects and 8 neutral. 2 

 birds took spiders. 



323. Sitta leucopsis. White-cheeked Nut-hatch. Chiefly on 

 seeds of Pinus gerardiana. F. I., I, 306. 



325. Sitta frontalis. Velvet-fronted Blue Nut-hatch. Va- 

 rious small insects and larvae off bark. Jerd. B. I., I, 389. 



The nest of this species was found in a sissoo tree about 8 feet 

 from the ground. The young were fed largely on small caterpillars and 



