MASON AND LEFKOY. 



Stomachs examined contd. 



1 Tanymecus sp. 

 3 Myllocerus sp. 

 7 Maize grains. 



5-7-08. 7 Liogryllus bimaculatus ? 



Ficus fruit. 



87-08. 8 Brachytrypes achatinus 



3 Myllocerus maculosus. 



2 Earth-worms. 

 24-8-08. 1 Small grasshopper. 



I Ephemerid. 



I Sphex lobatus. 



I Scolia quadri-pustulata. 



1 Myllocerus sp. 



1 Spider. 



Ficus fruit. 



A few small seeds. 



14-8-08. | 

 to 5-11-08. I 

 9-10-08. 



12-11-08. 



9-12-08. 

 9-12-08. 

 9-12-08. 

 9-12-08. 



Eleven birds contained maize grains and Ficus frui*' only. 



1 Coprid sp. ? 

 Ficus fruit. 

 Vegetable matter. 



1 Dorylus sp. 



2 Astycus lateralis. 



1 Small beetle. 



2 Myllocerus maculosus. 



2 Carabids. 

 Vegetable matter. 

 Ficus fruit. 

 Ficus fruit. 

 Ficus fruit. 



3 Camponotus compressus. 

 1 Gymnopleurus miliaris. 



Ficus fruit. 



Summary. Of 110 insects taken by 35 birds, 58 are injurious, 

 5 beneficial and 47 neutral. 45 birds took beneficial insects, 13 in- 

 jurious and 12 neutral. One bird took worms, and 2 took spiders. 

 Two birds took insects only. 



Twenty-nine birds took Ficus fruit, this food forming the greater 

 proportion of the food found in the stomachs examined ; 5 took 

 oats, 16 maize, and 1 paddy grains. One took the flower of Bomlax 

 malaba icum and 5 contained other vegetable matter. Eighteen 

 contained vegetable matter only. 



The Common Mynah has the usual habits of the starlings, work- 

 ing grass lands, and freshly ploughed fields for insects. It is not a 

 general fruit eater, though a large proportion of its food consists of 



