MASON AND LEFROY. 113 



Conclusions. The stomach records are perhaps too few for any 

 definite conclusion, but from these together with the field notes and 

 from what is known in a general way about the food of Flycatchers, 

 we may certainly class this bird as beneficial. 



580 Stoparola so^dida. Dusky-blue Flycatcler. Mulberries. 

 B. N. H. S. J., 303 ? 



581. Stoparola albicaudata. Nilghiri Blue Flycatcher. Old 

 and young birds eating fruit. B. N. H. S. J., XVI, 153. 



591. Ochromela nigrirufa. Black-and-Orange Flycatcher, 

 young, receive an insect from its mother. B. N. H. S. J., XVI, 134. 



Niltava said to eat berries. F. I., II, 39. 



Niltava and other forms eat berries and the like in ]ate summer, 

 E. B. C. N. H., 509. 



592. Culicicapa ceylonensis. Grey-headed Flycatcher. 

 Stomachs examined 



2-3-09. 1 Aphodiid. 



Remains of other small coleoptera. 

 7 Small flies. 



1 Hemipteron (head). 



Summary. Of 9 insects taken all are neutral. 



594. Niltava sundara. Rufous-bellied Niltava. Chiefly in- 

 sects from ground, and even leaves and branches. Hodgson says 

 it sometimes eats berries and seeds in winter. Jerd. B. I., I, 474. 



598. Terpsiphone paradisi. Indian Paradise Flycatcher. It 

 sometimes enters verandahs and hawks insects from trellis-work 

 (Madras). B. N. H. S. J., XVI, 489. 



Feeds chiefly on small flies and cicadella3 ; in captivity on fiiee 

 and mosquitoes ; flies atracted by the odour of shrimps. Jerd. B. 

 I., I, 477. Flies and spiders on window frame (Muscitrsea = ? Terpsi- 

 phone). Bom. Gaz. Thana, Vol. XIV. 



Stomachs examined 



2-7-08. 3 Myllocerus ? sp. ? 



2 Coleoptera (elytra). 



A mass of finely broken insects, possibly Psyllids or Jassids. 

 4_7_08. 1 Coleopterous elytron. 



4 Flies. 

 12-8-08. 6 Flies. 



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