MASON AND LEFROY. 89 



CampopJiagincB. Entirely insectivorous, caterpillars, &c. 

 Jerd. B. I., I, 414. 



Campophaga. arboreal. 



505. C. melanoschista. Dark-grey Cuckoo-shrike. Chiefly 

 caterpillars, also on other soft insects, as well as bugs and beetles, 

 but never berries as Hodgson says it frequently eats. Jerd. B. I., 

 I, 416. 



508. C. sykesi. Black-headed Cuckoo -shrike. Caterpillars 

 and other soft insects. Jerd. B. I., I, 415. 



Graucalus. Insect food obtained among foliage ; arboreal, oc- 

 casionally feeding on the ground. 



510. Graucalus macii. Large Cuckoo -shrike. Insects, chiefly 

 caterpillars, mantids, locusts and other soft insects, but it also eats 

 fruit, especially the fruit of the banyan. Jerd. B. I., 1, 417. In- 

 sects and fruit on trees. Bom. Gaz., Cutch, Vol. X, p. 70. 



Stomachs examined 



26-2-09. 11 Weevi\s-[Astycus and Myllocerus spp.] 

 1 Homoeocerus inornatus. 



1 Nezara viridula. 



2 Geometric! caterpillars. 

 29-4-07. 1 Gryllodes melanocephalus. 



1 Gryllotalpa africana, 

 6 Weevils sp. 



3 Hemiptera sp. ? 

 5-6-08. 1 Gryllotalpa africana. 



15 Myllocerus sp. 



2 Nezara viridula. 



3 Cydnus nigritu*. 

 1 Oydnua sp. 



Summary. 3 birds took 48 insects, 45 of which are injurious : 

 1 bird took 3 neutral insects. 



Artamince catch their food entirely on the wing. F. I., 1, 498. 

 A. S. B., LXIX, 115 (fuscus). 



513. Artamus leucogaster . White-rumped Swallow Shrike. 

 Grasshoppers and other insects kicked up from grass. B. N. H. S. 

 J., 17, 157. Insects on wing and turned up by the plough. B f N, 

 H, S. J., 12, 395. 



