120 THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



677. Merula airigularis. Black- throated Ouzel. Insects and 

 berries. Jerd. B. L, I, 529. Wild cherries, A. S. B., LXIX, 161- 



683. Geocichla wardi. Pied Ground-thrush. Various insects - 

 Jerd. B. I., I, 521. 



685. G. cyanonotus. White- throated Ground- thrush. Chiefly 

 insscts, such as ants, cockroaches and beetles, but no t unfrequently 

 also stony fruit. Jerd. B. I., I, 517. 



686. G. citrina. Orange-headed Ground- thrush. On insects 

 on ground among leaves. -Jerd. B. I., I, 518. Insects on ground. 

 B. N. H. S. J., XI, 81. 



Stomachs examined 



2-2-09. 1 (Ecophylla srrtaragdina . 



1 Phidble malinsi. 



3 Opatrum elongatum. 

 6 Opatrum sp. 



4 Opatrum sp. 



1 Myttocerus sp. 



1 Himatismus sp. 



1 Noctuid larva. 



3 Hemiptera (heads). 



1 Small worm. 



14-2-09. 6 Camponotus compresses. 



24 Opatrum depressum. 



5 Mesomorpha villiger. 



3 Myllocerus sp. 



4 Hemipterous scutella. 



Summary. Of 63 insects taken by 2 birds, 29 are injurious ard 

 34 neutral. Both birds took neutral and injurious insects, and 01 e 

 bird took a worm. 



690. Petrophila erythrogastra. Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush 

 Chiefly insects. Jerd. B. I., I, 143. 



Hawking and catching winged insects. -B. N. H. S. J., X, 151. 



691. P. cinclorhyncha. Blue-headed Rock-thrush. Appears 

 to feed on various fruits and berries. Jerd. B. I., I, 516. 



692. P. solitaria ? Eastern Blue Rock-thrush. Bread, in- 

 sects, centipedes, grain, small fruits, snails, slugs, worms, lizards. 

 B. N. H. S. J., XI, 161 and 336. 



