116 THE FOOD OF BIBBS IN INDIA. 



Stomachs examined contd. 



1 Gymnopleurus miliarit. 



3 Small caterpillars. 



1 Hemipterous scutellum. 



Summary. Of 70 insects taken by 5 birds, 1 is beneficial, 22 

 injurious and 47 neutral. One bird took beneficial insects, 5 

 neutral and 5 injurious. 



This bird seems to haunt rahar, mustard and indigo more 

 than any other crops. It, however, occurs in waste lands and 

 jungle. 



Rhyacornis. Inhabit mountain streams. F. I., II, 98. 



646. Rhyacornis fuliginosus. Plumbeous Redstart. Aquatic 

 insects and larvae at the edge of water. Insects on a wall. Jerd. 

 B. I., II, 143. 



647. Cyanecula suecica. Indian Blue-throat. Insects on 

 ground. Jerd. B. I., II, 153; and N. H. S. J., XI, 80. 



Stomachs examined 



1-2-08. 3 Opatrum depressum. 



1 Scleron orientale. 



4 Small beetles. 

 1 Myllocerus sp. 



15-2-09. 5 Mesomorpha villiger. 



1 Pachnephorus impressus. 



2 Caterpillars. 

 ^12-12-07. 4 Myrmecocystus setipes. 



5 Myllocerus discolor. 



3 Hydrophilids. 



1 Small Dytiscid. 

 1 Dipteron. 

 1 Caterpillar. 



Summary. Of 32 insects taken by 3 birds, 13 are injurious and 

 19 neutral. One bird took beneficial insects, 3 injurious and 3 

 neutral. 



Practically all the food is obtained on the ground, and it is 

 very fond of hunting about water channels for insects and worms ; 

 the latter are not often eaten, or at any rate do not form so large 

 a proportion of the food as insects. I have only once seen this bird 

 on a bush, and it was then apparently hunting for insects. 



