84 THE POOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



A few Ficus seeds. 

 1 Shot. 

 20-11-07. 1 Myllocerus sp. 



Some pieces of leaf. 

 A few Ficus seeds. 

 1-12-07. 2 Myllocerus sp. 



4 few Ficus and weed seeds. 



Summary. Of 22 insects taken by 7 birds, 1 is beneficial, 20 

 injurious and 1 neutral. One bird took a beneficial insect and 

 6 injurious and 1 neutral. Four contained some vegetable matter, 

 and in 3 of these Ficus seeds were in greater proportion than other 

 vegetable matter. 



417. Phylloscopus superciliosus. Crowned Willow-warbler. 

 Insects on trees. B. N. H. S. J., X, 610. 



13-2-08. 2 Blattids. 



1 Phidole malinsi. 

 1 Tanymeciis sp. 



Various coleopterous remains. 



1 Spider. 



Summary. One injurious, and 3 neutral insects taken. 

 Acanthopneuste. Willow- warblers and Cryptolopha. Fly- 

 catcher-warblers feed on insects on leaves. F. I., I, 423. 



421. Acanthopneuste nitidus. Green Willow-warbler. 



9-12-07. 3 Small Hydrophilids. 



Broken remains of small coleoptera. 



2 Small Spiders. 



Hunting insects on cluster beans. 

 Summary. Three neutral insects taken. 



422. A. viridanus.' Greenish Willow-warbler. 



21-12-07. 21 Ants legs. 



3 Small Coleoptera. 



Other remains of Coleoptera unidentifiable. 

 12-1-08. 1 Tanymecus sp. 



Other remains of Coleoptera unidentifiable. 



Summary. One bird took neutral insects, the other one 

 injurious insect. 



458. Suya crinigera. Brown Hill-warbler. Small insects and 

 larvae on the ground. Jerd. B. I., II, 183. 



464. Prinia socialis. Ashy Wren- warbler. Feed in the same 

 way as 0. longicauda (Sykes). Jerd. B. L, II, 171. That is, various 



