132 THE FOOD OP BIRDS IN INDIA. 



Stomachs examined contd. 



8-1-08. 7 Camponotus compressus. 



2 Philode malinsi ?. 



1 Weevil (head only). 

 1 Small caterpillar. 



3 Small snails (Hydrobia sp.). 

 17-1-08. 4 Hydrophilids. 



2-2-07. 7 Rhyssemus germanus. 

 3-3-07. 2 Cctmponotua compressus. 



1 Phidole malinsi. 



2 Scleron orientate. 



1 Bibionid fly. 



2 Small caterpillars. 

 5-3-08. 7 Hydrophilids of 3 spp. 



12-4-07. 7 Hydrophilidce. 



3 Rhyssemus germanus, 



4 Oat grains. 



4-10-08. Hydrophilidce. (Approx. 10). 

 2 Small caterpillars. 



1 Small seed. 



29-10-08. 10 Chrysocoris alba var. pattens. 



2 Small caterpillars. 

 12-12-07. 2 Chrysis sp. 



3 Small beetles. 

 . 2 Oat grains. 



Summary. Of 93 insects taken by 10 birds, belong to the 

 beneficial group, 10 to the injurious and 83 to the neutral. One 

 bird had eaten snails, one small seeds and two had eaten oats. 



5 birds took injurious insects, and 10 neutral. 



Notes. The food consists by no means of insects only ; weed seeds are occasionally taken, 

 oats from stables, not so far as I know from the field (crops or stubbles) and also small snails. 

 I have seen it on more than one occasion eating worms. 



827. Motacilla leucopsis. White-faced Wagtail. Insects round 

 houses, hedges, &c. Jerd. B. I., II, 219. 



829. Motacilla personata. Masked Wagtail. Flies that in- 

 fest the vicinity of stables and out-houses. Jerd. B. I., II, 219. 



Stomachs examined 



13-2-07. 16 Phidole malinsi. 



4 Cremastogaster subnuda. v i 

 1 Small Elaterid. 



1 Small caterpillar. 



5 Oat grains. 

 29-3-07. 3 Rhyssemus germanus. 



5 Fifes. 



