MASON AND LEPEOY. 147 



Almost entirely insects, picked out of the bark of trees and 

 rotten wood. Bomb. Gaz., Deccan, Vol. XII, 35. Not a few 

 birds confine their attention to the creeping things that inhabit 

 the bark of trees. Such are the Wryneck, the Tree-creeper, and 

 the Wood-pecker. Of these the Wood-pecker is chief. Dewar, B. 

 P., 84. 



Gecinus obtain their insect food more frequently on the 

 ground and fallen trees than is usual with Wood-peckers. F. I., 

 Ill, 18. 



946. Gecinus squamatus. West Himalayan Scaly-bellied Green 

 Wood-pecker. Small black ants are the favourite food, the 

 Wood-pecker stands by the side of the ants' run, and picks 

 them off as they come along. A. S. B., LXIX, 164. 



952. G. cJdorogaster. 'South Indian Yellow-naped Wood- 

 pecker. (Layard) breaks into dried dung for insects. (Legge. 

 ants, besides coleoptera. F. I., Ill, 25. 



969. Dendrocopus auriceps. Brown-fronted Pied Woodpecker 

 At Mussoorie destroys fruits, such as pears, &c. (Tytler). Jerd. 

 B. I., I, 274. 



972. Liopicm mihrattensis. Yellow- fronted Pied Wood- 

 pecker.) 



Stomachs ex<muned 



22-5-08. 1 Small Elaterid. 



1 Small Hydrophilid. 



3 Geometrid larvae. 

 5-7-08. 1 Myllocerua sp. 



I Geometrid larva. 



4 Other caterpillars. 



1 Monophlebus octo-caudata. 

 1 Tachardia lacca. 



Some Ficus fruits. 

 26-9-09. 14 Amblyrrhinus poricollis. 



5 Buprestid larvae. 



Summary. Thirty-two birds took 32 insects, of which 29 are 

 injurious, 2 neutral and one useful. Qne bird took Ficus fruit. 



976. lyngipicus hardwickei. Indian Pigmy Wood-pecker. 

 Various small insects and their larvae. Jerd. B. I., I, 278. 



